Aegir: Adding external databases / injecting data in the settings.php file
I’ve been using Aegir a lot lately and it’s nice to find built-in work-arounds when you need one. I needed to add an external database to my drupal site. As it turns out you can create a...
View ArticleUn-track files in git
Recently I realized I wanted to un-track a few files in one of my git repositories for a drupal 6 site. These were files that weren’t portable between the prod, staging and dev servers. One example...
View ArticleReset a password on a Parallels VM
I forgot the password to a RedHat 6 Parallels VM recently. It’s a VM that we use to test changes to Aegir prior to working on the live hub. Max Bronsema created and shared this VM a few years ago....
View ArticleBash – Add drupal site name to PS1
I updated my bash prompt (PS1) the other day. Now it displays what site I’m in. I recently posted my former change: An improved PS1 for Git in Bash. Now I added an extra bit of code that inserts the...
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