Apigee Devportal Kickstart Drupal8 Drops - Pantheon

This repository is meant to be copied one-time by the the Terminus Build Tools Plugin but can also be used as a template. It should not be cloned or forked directly.

The Terminus Build Tools plugin will scaffold a new project, including:

• Apigee devportal Kickstart on Drupal 8
• A free Pantheon sandbox site

For more details and instructions on creating a new project, see the Terminus Build Tools Plugin.

Important files and directories

/web

Pantheon will serve the site from the /web subdirectory due to the configuration in pantheon.yml. This is necessary for a Composer based workflow. Having your website in this subdirectory also allows for tests, scripts, and other files related to your project to be stored in your repo without polluting your web document root or being web accessible from Pantheon. They may still be accessible from your version control project if it is public. See the pantheon.yml documentation for details.

/config

One of the directories moved to the git root is /config. This directory holds Drupal's .yml configuration files. In more traditional repo structure these files would live at /sites/default/config/. Thanks to this line in settings.php, the config is moved entirely outside of the web root.

composer.json

This project uses Composer to manage third-party PHP dependencies.

The require section of composer.json should be used for any dependencies your web project needs, even those that might only be used on non-Live environments. All dependencies in require will be pushed to Pantheon.

If you are just browsing this repository on GitHub, you may not see some of the directories mentioned above. That is because Drupal core and contrib modules are installed via Composer and ignored in the .gitignore file.

A custom, Composer version of Drupal 8 for Apigee kickstarter is used as the source for Drupal core.

Apigee Devportal Kickstart Drupal 8 profile is included in this composer.json which allows you install the profile directly. Third party Drupal dependencies, such as contrib modules, are added to the project via composer.json. The composer.lock file keeps track of the exact version of dependency. Composer installer-paths are used to ensure the Drupal dependencies are downloaded into the appropriate directory.

Non-Drupal dependencies are downloaded to the /vendor directory.

Installation

Before we begin choose a machine-friendly site name. It should be all lower case with dashes instead of spaces. I'll use d8-composer-no-ci but choose your own. Once you have a site name export it to a variable for re-use.

Creating the Pantheon Site

1. Set env. variables

export PANTHEON_SITE_NAME="your-portal-name"

You should also be authenticated with Terminus. See the Authenticate into Terminus section of the machine tokens documentation for details.

2. Create a new Pantheon site with an empty upstream

terminus site:create $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME 'My Apigee Kickstart Dev Portal' empty

Cloning this repo locally and deploying on Panthoen

1. Clone this repository locally:

git clone git@github.com:stratus-meridian/apigee-kickstart-drupal8-drops.git $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME

This command assumes you have SSH keys added to your GitHub account. If you don't, you can clone the repository over HTTPS:

git clone https://github.com/stratus-meridian/apigee-kickstart-drupal8-drops.git $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME

2. cd into the cloned directory:

cd $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME

Updating the Git Remote URL

1. Store the Git URL for the Pantheon site created earlier in a variable:

export PANTHEON_SITE_GIT_URL="$(terminus connection:info $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME.dev --field=git_url)"

2. Update the Git remote to use the Pantheon site Git URL returned rather than the apigee-kickstart-drupal8-drops GitHub URL:

git remote set-url origin $PANTHEON_SITE_GIT_URL

Downloading Dependencies and updates with Composer

1. Run composer update to fetch updated code from kickstart

composer update

2. And now we need to install:

composer install

3. Make sure new changes are showing up (if any)

git status

4. Set the site to git mode:

terminus connection:set $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME.dev git

5. Add and commit changes

git add .
git commit -m 'Drupal 8 and dependencies'
git push --force

A Git force push is necessary because we are writing over the empty repository on Pantheon with our new history that was started on the local machine. Subsequent pushes after this initial one should not use --force:

Running Install

Now that we have all the files in Pantheon, its time to install Apigee devportal Kickstart!

1. Set the site connection mode to sftp:

terminus connection:set $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME.dev sftp

2. Use Terminus Drush to install Kickstart profile:

terminus drush $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME.dev -- site-install apigee_devportal_kickstart -y

3. Log in to your new Drupal 8 site to verify it is working. You can get a one-time login link using Drush:

terminus drush $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME.dev -- uli

Cleanup

1. Before switching the connection mode to git, we have to commit our changes.

terminus env:commit $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME.dev

3. Now you can change your site connection mode to git

terminus connection:set $PANTHEON_SITE_NAME.dev git

Updating your site

When using this repository to manage your Drupal site, you will no longer use the Pantheon dashboard to update your Drupal version. Instead, you will manage your updates using Composer. Ensure your site is in Git mode, clone it locally, and then run composer commands from there. Commit and push your files back up to Pantheon as usual.

References

• Thanks to Pantheon for detailed documentation. I adapted these instructions from the link below. Drupal 8 and Composer on Pantheon Without Continuous Integration
• Composer.json file is created from Apigee Developer portal Kickstart Repo