[documentation] multi site documentation?

[Anisa]

On 6/25/06, Kieran Lal <kieran at civicspacelabs.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Anisa wrote:
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> http://drupal.org/node/43816
>
> The page on multisites is a list of links to forum posts, which is better
> than nothing, to be sure, but, you know, still...
>
>
> Yep, that was me.  It was much worse than before when it was endless
> comments and you couldn't figure out where anything was.
>
> I just did another round of clean up.   Based on the fact there was only 6
> comments people were finding what they were needing, or commenting else
> where.
>

I bet they just give up and install multiple drupals.  I would...  but I
kinda wanna try lots of little drupals.

The problem is databases are involved.  It's not like when you test out a
module, post a few nodes, oops, this isn't quite what I wanted...  delete
what you made, and change the config options.  You have to get it right the
first time, fixing it afterwards is a bloody pain.

The rest of it is more of a support question so I will do some searching and
> find out.
>
> Some configurations that you can write instructions for...  basically,
> multi-site means you share the codebase at the same place, although the site
> exists somewhere else, there are no files there, right?  I have no idea how
> that works, but that is my impression (with a gallery multi site you get a
> minimum collection of files in the sub site).
>
> So, some possibilities:
> 1. Same codebase, completely different content and users
> 2. Same codebase, different content, same users
> 3. Same code base, same configuration, different content, same users
>
> Each configuration should cover:
> settings.php
> database prefixes
> and whatever else changes, though I can't think of what.
>
> When I figure out my own site I can write up something basic, but if
> anyone has any ideas/rough drafts for putting those forum posts in a
> cohesive document, that should be shared I think.
>
>
> Breaking these listing into those three categories seems like a good idea.
>

For number 1, I found an *excellent* forum post:
http://drupal.org/node/69924

Most people post when they have problems, and you have to wade through to
find the solution...  he posted the solution!  People should do that more
often.  ^.^

Does this information exist somewhere else in the handbook, other than
> install > multi site setup?  I can't believe it, so I feel like I must be
> missing something...  The install.txt actually is not so bad in this
> respect, but it says find more info in the handbook, and since no mention of
> database prefixes is mentioned, I'm a bit confused.  This is a support q,
> but in order to have a multi-site thingy, do you even need different
> databases?
>
>
> No.
>

No?  Maybe this is a terminology thing...  I think of a set of tables with
the same prefix as 1 drupal database.  I think you are thinking that you can
have several sets of tables in the same database...?  Otherwise, it wouldn't
make sense...  if you could run several drupals off the same set of tables,
why would you even need to create shared user tables?

I looked in the install.mysql file too, but no mention.
>
>
> Yep, we need to flush it out.
>

I am completely baffled, there isn't even a *bad* mention, just complete
absence.

Anyway, this should be relatively easy, it's not technically difficult, but
it does have to be accurate.

In addition to the handbook pages, the install and install.mysql text should
be updated.

Anisa.

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