Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of InstallDrupal

Timestamp:

Aug 10, 2012, 1:26:24 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

tristano

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InstallDrupal

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+An outline of the project itself can be found here: http://bit.ly/rht93U
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+= Integrating Drupal with BOINC =
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+1. Download Drupal 6 and install it into a prepared web root / virtual host. Alternatively, use a package manager for easier installation. In either case, be sure to include the allow overrides directive, as .htaccess files must be able to work. Also, enable mod_rewrite in Apache, if not so already, so that clean URLs can be used.
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+2. Clone the BOINC source repository somewhere on the server (e.g. /BOINC/drupal-boinc) and link the sites/all/ directory in the Drupal web root to the drupal/sites/all/ directory in the BOINC source via symbolic link. Also clone the project specific source repository similarly (e.g. /BOINC/drupal) and link the sites/default/project/ directory there to sites/default/project/ in the project specific source.
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+3. Import a working copy of the BOINC database to MySQL, granting permissions for SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE to an appropriate user (e.g. boinc) on boinc_db_name@localhost.
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+4. Import the pre-configured Drupal database and grant permissions for SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE_TMP_TABLE, and LOCK_TABLES to an appropriate user (e.g. drupal_boinc) on drupal_db_name@localhost.
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+5. Edit the dbconfig.php file in sites/default/ of the web root so that db variables are appropriate for the Drupal database and boinc_db variables likewise allow access to the BOINC database.
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+Basic functionality should now be in place. Create an account and then set its uid to 1 in the Drupal users table for unlimited admin access in Drupal. 
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+= Troublshooting = 
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+== Errors Referencing Old URLs or File Paths ==
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+If there are Drupal caches causing references to files that don't exist, the first thing to try is to access the page at: 
+{{{
+/admin/settings/performance
+}}}
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+At the bottom is a button to "Clear cached data", which is typically the first thing to try in general Drupal troubleshooting.
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+If the error prevents even access to that page, create a clear_cache.php file in the Drupal root directory:
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+{{{#!php
+<?php
+  include_once('./includes/bootstrap.inc');
+  drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
+  drupal_flush_all_caches();
+?>
+}}}
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+Accessing that page should also clear the cache.
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+If neither of those work (or if direct DB access is not difficult), go straight to the database and run the following query:
+{{{#!sql
+DELETE FROM cache;
+}}} 
+There are a number of cache_* tables to clear, but with any luck that one will suffice to then use one of the easier methods above to finish clearing them automatically.