Update drupal core only drush install#
Update drupal core only drush update#

So I decided to use the sql-dump command in Drush and create one tar file of the whole Drupal root manually. Since the archive-dump command wraps everything in a single file, including Drupal core and all the files, I did not want to run it on all of the 62 sites (and thus getting 62 tarballs with the same Drupal core code base). The former backs up everything including files and database as the latter only dumps the database.

Drush has two different commands for backup purposes archive-dump and sql-dump. To completely backup a Drupal installation, you need to backup the files and the database. Feel free to explore the Drush help/documentation to learn about the shorthands and all options available for each command. Most Drush commands also have a shorthand version but I will be using the full commands in this post to better illustrate what each command is doing.

Please note that the commands listed here are for Drupal 7 and Drush 5, so the commands may vary for different versions.

Update drupal core only drush update#

I will now describe the Drush commands I used to accomplish the above steps and update my multisite Drupal. There are some Drush commands that can be used to sync a Drupal database to a remote server that help you in managing a mirrored testing server, but those are out of the scope of this post. It will list all the sites and ask for a confirmation before executing, so you always know when you are running a command on multiple sites.Īccording to Drupal Core update instructions the update process involves more or less the following steps:Īlso, it is always best to do a trial run of the complete update process on a test server before updating production environment. Luckily there is also a keyword that executes the command on all sites of a multisite installation. In a multisite installation you have to tell Drush which site you want to run the command on (or if you don’t, by default the command will be run on the default site).

It saves you time and makes working with Drupal more enjoyable by not having to click around the Drupal admin interface that much. If you do Drupal development and are not using Drush, you really should.

Update drupal core only drush install#

Such as: run cron, clear caches, make backups, install modules etc. For anyone reading this who is not familiar with Drush, it is a command line tool used to manage a Drupal installation and run all kinds of Drupal commands. I had used Drush previously so I knew it can be a real time saver.