Drupal§

To run the Drupal content management system using Unit:

1. Install Unit with a PHP language module.

2. Install and configure Drupal’s prerequisites.

3. Install Drupal’s core files. Here, we install it at /path/to/app/; use a real path in your configuration.

4. Run the following command so Unit can access the application directory:

   # chown -R unit:unit /path/to/app/
   

   Note

   The unit:unit user-group pair is available only with official packages, Docker images, and some third-party repos. Otherwise, account names may differ; run the ps aux | grep unitd command to be sure.

   For further details, including permissions, see the security checklist.

5. Next, prepare the Drupal configuration for Unit. The default .htaccess scheme in a Drupal installation roughly translates into the following (use real values for share and root):

   {
       "listeners": {
           "*:80": {
               "pass": "routes"
           }
       },
   
       "routes": [
           {
               "match": {
                   "uri": [
                       "!*/.well-known/*",
                       "/vendor/*",
                       "/core/profiles/demo_umami/modules/demo_umami_content/default_content/*",
                       "*.engine",
                       "*.inc",
                       "*.install",
                       "*.make",
                       "*.module",
                       "*.po",
                       "*.profile",
                       "*.sh",
                       "*.theme",
                       "*.tpl",
                       "*.twig",
                       "*.xtmpl",
                       "*.yml",
                       "*/.*",
                       "*/Entries*",
                       "*/Repository",
                       "*/Root",
                       "*/Tag",
                       "*/Template",
                       "*/composer.json",
                       "*/composer.lock",
                       "*/web.config",
                       "*sql",
                       "*.bak",
                       "*.orig",
                       "*.save",
                       "*.swo",
                       "*.swp",
                       "*~"
                   ]
               },
   
               "action": {
                   "return": 404
               }
           },
           {
               "match": {
                   "uri": [
                       "/core/authorize.php",
                       "/core/core.api.php",
                       "/core/globals.api.php",
                       "/core/install.php",
                       "/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php",
                       "~^/core/modules/system/tests/https?\\.php",
                       "/core/rebuild.php",
                       "/update.php",
                       "/update.php/*"
                   ]
               },
   
               "action": {
                   "pass": "applications/drupal/direct"
               }
           },
           {
               "match": {
                   "uri": [
                       "!/index.php*",
                       "*.php"
                   ]
               },
   
               "action": {
                   "return": 404
               }
           },
           {
               "action": {
                   "share": "/path/to/app/web$uri",
                   "fallback": {
                       "pass": "applications/drupal/index"
                   }
               }
           }
       ],
   
       "applications": {
           "drupal": {
               "type": "php",
               "targets": {
                   "direct": {
                       "root": "/path/to/app/web/"
                   },
   
                   "index": {
                       "root": "/path/to/app/web/",
                       "script": "index.php"
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   }
   

   Note

   The difference between the pass targets is their usage of the script setting:

   • The direct target runs the .php script from the URI or index.php if the URI omits it.

   • The index target specifies the script that Unit runs for any URIs the target receives.

6. Upload the updated configuration. Assuming the JSON above was added to config.json:

   # curl -X PUT --data-binary @config.json --unix-socket \
          /path/to/control.unit.sock http://localhost/config/
   

   Note

   The control socket path may vary; run unitd -h or see Startup and Shutdown for details.

   After a successful update, browse to http://localhost and set up your Drupal installation: