Is it possible to deploy an already built Drupal site?

Question

Hi,

I'm a Drupal newbie. Is it possible to set up everything and deploy Drupal on the server? I mean things like putting in the content, setting up the modules, etc..., then you put it all up to the production server?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Ofcourse.

• copy all the files
• edit the database credentials (sites/default/settings.php)
• export the database content via mysqldump or phpMyAdmin (supposing you use MySQL)
• import the database content at the target server

I've done it a several times.