Newb: Please get me started on a Drupal multisite install

[Slowhand]

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right forum for this...

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS...

I want to set up about four sites, each running the same instance of Drupal, for ease of maintenance.

The sites *do not* want to share users etc, although at least one will be using subdomains.

What is the best way to go about this?

So far I have created all the sites in ISPc3, along with their databases.

I have downloaded Drupal 6 into /usr/share/drupal

Do I create a symlink from /usr/share/drupal to each of my sites?
Perhaps I just symlink /usr/share/drupal/sites to each of my sites?

Should I *copy* the /usr/share/drupal/sites folder to each of my sites?

Get me started please

Slowhand

[tom]

Here you will find several howtow for your desire here
http://drupal.org/node/43816

Maybe you prefer an library to install. Look here
http://drupal.org/node/124268

[Slowhand]

Originally Posted by tom

Here you will find several howtow for your desire here
http://drupal.org/node/43816

Maybe you prefer an library to install. Look here
http://drupal.org/node/124268

Tom,

Thanks for the links.

I'd seen the first one but wasn't confident to apply it to my setup.

Am I right in thinking that the Drupal 'default' directory just needs to be *copied* into each of the sites I created with ISPc3? I then run the install.php file from each of the sites?

I installed Drupal on a different server as a single instance and remember the installer asking whether I wanted a single or a multi site install.

If I answer 'Multisite', what is it going to do?

I'm just going to have to go for it aren't I...?

S

[till]

Normally you want to use a single site install and not a multisite install. Miltisite installs are only used if you have so many drupal sites that you want to share the same login and other resources.

[Slowhand]

Originally Posted by till

Normally you want to use a single site install and not a multisite install. Miltisite installs are only used if you have so many drupal sites that you want to share the same login and other resources.

Till,

Thanks for coming to the rescue. You know how dim I am...

I'd like all the sites to share all resources such as themes and modules but *not* users.

I found
http://drupal.org/node/53705

What I planned to do is to unpack drupal into /var/share. Already done.
Then copy the file structure in the page linked above for each of my sites.
Then symlink the example.com directory to the web folder of the site I created in ISPc3.

Does this make sense?

My problem is, how do I run the install.php file for each of my sites? It's outside the drupal/sites/example.com directory...

Do I just edit the settings.php file for each site?

S

[till]

Does not make much sense in my opinion and will result in a very unsecure setup as you will not be able to use any security functions like suexec for your setup.

To setup drupal, create a website in ispconfig, download a drupal single server install into the web dierctory o the site, unpack it and runn install.php