Drupal 7 - Content Management Framework

IMPORTANT NOTE: Drupal 7 is EOL Jan 2025 (extended life support). If you are starting a new Drupal project, DO NOT use this appliance. Instead use the Drupal 10 appliance_.

Drupal_ is an open source content management platform licensed under the GPL. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal can support a variety of websites ranging from personal blogs, corporate brochures and large community-driven websites.

This appliance includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core_, and on top of that:

• Drupal 7 configurations:

  • Installed (using drush) from upstream source code to /var/www/drupal7

    Security note: Updates to Drupal may require supervision so they ARE NOT configured to install automatically. See below for updating Drupal.

  • Includes drush for command line administration and configuration.

  • Drupal security update alerts delivered to your inbox - requires Security Alerts_ ('secalerts') be enabled on firstboot with a valid email address.

• Bundled popular Drupal 7 modules and dependencies (installed to /var/www/drupal7/sites/all/modules):

  • Admin menu_: Adds dropdown administration menu to the top of the screen.
  • Admin views_: Replaces administrative overview/listing pages with actual views for superior usability.
  • Advanced\_help_: Improves the Drupal help system.
  • Backup and migrate_: Backup and restore your Drupal site on-demand or on a schedule.
  • CKEditor_: Enables CKEditor (a WYSIWYG editor) instead of plain text fields.
  • Colorbox_: Light-weight customizable plugin to provide overlayed images (replaces previous inclusion of Lightbox2).
  • Drush_: a command line shell and Unix scripting interface for Drupal.
  • Field group_: Allows fields to be grouped together.
  • GlobalRedirect_: Alias 301 redirects, prevents duplicate content. (SEO)
  • Google analytics_: Adds Google Analytics js tracking code to all your site's pages.
  • Honeypot_: A honeypot for deterring spam bots from completing forms on your site (additionally uses timestamp method).
  • Imce_: Powerful image file uploader and browser, with support for on the fly resizing.
  • Module filter_: Allows modules on the modules list page to be filtered for easier reading.
  • PathAuto_: Auto-generate search engine friendly URLs (SEO).
  • Rules_: Lets you define conditionally executed actions based on occurring events.
  • Token_: Provides a shared API for replacement of textual placeholders with actual data.
  • Views_: Allows creation of dynamic pages ("views") of existing content.

  Note: Only some modules are enabled by default. To enable/disable modules, navigate to Administer > Modules (or http://example.com/admin/modules). Some modules may require additional configuration and/or permissions settings.

• SSL support out of the box.

• Adminer_ administration frontend for MySQL (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL).

• Postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email (e.g., password recovery).

• Webmin modules for configuring Apache2, PHP, MySQL and Postfix.

Supervised Manual Drupal Update

It is possible to check for and install updates from the Drupal Admin UI:: Admin > Reports > Available Updates

Or from the command line::

drush pm-refresh
drush pm-update --security-only --simulate
drush pm-update --security-only

We also recommend that you subscribe to the drupal.org security newsletter (create a user account on drupal.org and within your drupal.org profile:: Edit > My newsletter tab).

Credentials (passwords set at first boot)

• Webmin, SSH, MySQL: username root
• Adminer: username adminer
• Drupal 7: username admin

.. _Drupal 10 appliance: https://www.turnkeylinux.org/drupal10 .. _Drupal: https://drupal.org .. _TurnKey Core: https://www.turnkeylinux.org/core .. _Security Alerts: https://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/automatic-security-alerts .. _Admin menu: https://drupal.org/project/admin_menu .. _Admin views: https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_views .. _Advanced_help: https://drupal.org/project/advanced_help .. _Backup and migrate: https://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate .. _CKEditor: https://drupal.org/project/ckeditor .. _Colorbox: https://www.drupal.org/project/colorbox .. _Drush: https://drupal.org/project/drush .. _Field group: https://www.drupal.org/project/field_group .. _GlobalRedirect: https://drupal.org/project/globalredirect .. _Google analytics: https://drupal.org/project/google_analytics .. _Honeypot: https://www.drupal.org/project/honeypot .. _Imce: https://drupal.org/project/imce .. _Module filter: https://www.drupal.org/project/module_filter .. _PathAuto: https://drupal.org/project/pathauto .. _Rules: https://drupal.org/project/rules .. _Token: https://drupal.org/project/token .. _Views: https://www.drupal.org/project/views .. _Adminer: https://www.adminer.org