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Appendix A ■ Installing Drupal Next, set the permissions on the settings.php file so that anyone can read and update the file. Drupal must have the ability to update this file during the update process. Check your operating system’s directions for setting permissions if you’re unsure about how to do this. Creating the files Directory Drupal stores all uploaded files and images in a directory on the server. The standard name for that directory is files and the location is in the sites/default directory. Create a new directory, named files, and set the permissions so that the web server can write to that directory. Creating the Drupal Database Creating the database is a relatively simple process. If you are using XAMPP or a hosting provider, you should have access to the phpMyAdmin administrator’s tool. To access the admin tool on your laptop or desktop, visit the http://localhost/xampp page (if you are using XAMPP) or the appropriate dashboard URL for the AMP stack that you have installed. In the Tools section, you will see a link to “phpMyAdmin.” Please click that link to launch the phpMyAdmin administrator’s page. On this page, locate the text box that is right below the “Create database” label. In this text box, type in a name that is easy for you to remember and is representative of what your website is about (using this approach makes it easier in the future to figure out which database goes with which website, especially when you have multiple Drupal sites running on your server). MySQL is extremely flexible, and you can name your databases anything that you wish; however, there are generally accepted standards that you may want to follow: • Only use lowercase characters. • Separate words with underscores. • Keep the database name shorter than 64 characters (a MySQL restriction). For demonstration purposes, I have created a new database named “drupal8testsite.” After entering the database name, click the Create button. See Figure A-1. Figure A-1. Creating a new MySQL database The next screen that appears shows that the database was created. We don’t have to create any tables, which is what this screen can be used for, because Drupal will create the tables for us as part of the installation script. 270
Creating a Database User Account Appendix A ■ Installing Drupal The next step is to create a MySQL user who will be associated with the database that we just created. You can use the “root” account that is created automatically when MySQL is installed. However, for security purposes, it is a better practice to create a user account that can only access this database. To access the user account creation screens, simply click the Privileges tab. This screen lists all existing user accounts. Click the “Add user” link at the bottom of the page. There are four fields on the “Add user” screen that we need to fill to create our new user account (see Figure A-2): • User name: This is the unique value that represents our database user and will be used by Drupal to log onto the database. For our example enter “drupal8.” • Host: This field provides the ability to restrict which system the user can log in from. For security purposes, we want to set this value to “localhost” by selecting the Local option from the drop-down list. Localhost is your web server; we don’t want that user to have the ability to log in from any system other than the server. • Password: Create a password and enter that same password in the Re-type field. • Database for user: Leave the default option, which is None. Figure A-2. Creating a new database user One you click the Go button, phpMyAdmin creates your user account. The last step is to assign the user you just created to the database and grant the user the required privileges to use your new database. To assign the user, click the person and pencil icon for the user you just created and scroll down to the section titled “Database-specific privileges.” Select the name of the database you created from the drop-down list and click the Go button within that section. You will then be presented with a list of privileges that you can grant to your user on the database you created. Click the Check All link near the top of the list and click the Go button. You are now ready to start the Drupal configuration process. 271
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