Acquia on drupal vm install#

Here’s some links to the plugins in question: As I mentioned, I’m going to setup Lando using my blt-lando plugin. There are numerous BLT plugins to make adding a VM easier. So depending on your own level of access on the host machine, this administrative requirement may force you to make a decision. Docker Desktop requires sudo to install, but Lando / DDev / Docksal shouldn’t require sudo every time you start and stop them. Having said that, if you’re just doing a one-off it doesn’t really matter (and I’m going to use Lando in this example).Ī friendly warning: Drupal VM requires sudo privileges every time you start and stop it. So the next step is getting a VM setup! Provisioning a VMĬhoosing a VM solution is not a decision to be undertaken lightly as it can have significant consequences on your team and organization. However we do not have the necessary containers in place to actually run Drupal. Once completed, you should see a folder listing that looks something like this:Īs of this point, we have the files that we need for a Drupal 9 site. This process should take a couple of minutes (depending on your internet connection and composer version). You can start a new project with the following command: composer create-project -no-interaction acquia/drupal-recommended-project You can use this as a starting point even if you do not host with Acquia. Implement a configuration management strategyĪcquia provides an open source recommended Drupal project for getting your composer-based project formatted and ready to go. Setup the project structure (using composer) To properly run a Drupal 9 site locally, there are a few steps you need to take:

Acquia on drupal vm install#

If you haven’t setup a VM before, I would suggest reviewing my post on prepping your host machine to install the requisite software. Based on his data you can see that Lando is in the lead, but this shouldn’t dissuade you from using some of the other solutions I mentioned are very well maintained and work great.