Drush: The Drupal Shell Utility

Trevor MckeownFounder & Owner

Sublime Technologiestrevor@sublimetechnologies.net

What is Drush?

• What is Drush? Drush Stands for Drupal Shell• What is a shell? Not something found at the

sea. Also interchangeable with the term command prompt

• It’s a way to interact with Drupal via the command prompt

Running Scripts via the Command Prompt

• Drush is just a php script that you run on the command prompt

• Many languages you can run on the command prompt

• Examples: Ruby, php, perl, python, and of course bash it’s self

• Small Demo

Drush Installation

• Download Drush• Place it somewhere you will remember• Symbolic link drush to an path in your $PATH

variable• Change directory into a drupal base directory• If settings.php is in sites/defaults directory

your all set otherwise use the –l and –r options

Drush Configuration Files

• See examples directory under the root drush directory

• drushrc.php file for setting common options like -l or -r or many more options. See example.drushrc.php

• aliases.drushrc.php or similar file for setting up aliases like @prod @dev @staging. See example.aliases.drushrc.php

Drush configuration files continued …

• drush.ini for over riding php.ini• An example.bashrc file• Something about sandwiches• A sample command for writing your own

commands

What can Drush do from me?

• A lot ..• Scripting out deployments including rsync• Database management• Backing up the site and database• User management: add, block, and assign roles

to users• Site management: clear cache, run cron, run

database updates, install drupal (D7)

What can Drush do for me?

• Many modules extend Drush and add additional commands

• Features• Views• Devel• Drush Make• Node Export• Many more!

DEMO

Thank You!

Comments, Questions, Concerns

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