Deployment
NOTE: Deploy is under active development. API and/or UI changes can and almost certainly will happen. Also, I am out of town for several weeks, any issues will have to wait until late July for attention.
The deployment framework is a series of modules which are designed to allow developers to easily stage Drupal data from one site to another. This includes content (nodes, taxonomy, users, etc) as well as configuration (views, content types, system settings, etc.) Not only can it push new content, it can also push updates to existing content. Deploy automatically manages dependencies between nodes (IE nodereferences) as well as between other objects. It is designed to have a rich API which can be easily extended to be used in a variety of situations. Check out the screencast for a demo!
Please read the installation and usage documentation before using the Deployment module. There are a lot of moving parts and while its not "hard" to setup, there are a several steps to go through. There will be an installation and configuration screencast soon!
Deploy makes extensive use of the Services module for communicating with remote sites. Deploy will only work with the most current 2.x-dev release of Services.
The module's current -dev release is a preview that can deploy and update taxonomy terms, taxonomy vocabularies, nodes and comments. Node deployment includes dependencies such as nodereferenced nodes, taxonomy, and users. There is a great deal more to come, although much of it is waiting behind patches to Services or Core. If you are interesting in seeing the following modules released for Deploy I encourage you to help out on the associated issues!
File/Imagefields - #376226: Add a file save service
I welcome any patches, feature suggestions, feedback, or bug fixes.
The Drupal 5 version of Deploy is currently non-functioning and I do not plan to revive it.
This module was developed by Palantir.net for Foreign Affairs magazine.
Releases
| Development snapshots | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-1.x-dev | 2009-Jun-26 | 40.81 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot |  |
