To install the latest SVN trunk version using Aegir (and provision_civicrm), the process is rather equivalent to the usual CiviCRM installation, except that you have to run "GenCode" (more on that later). The following instructions are for Debian/Ubuntu, mainly because installing Aegir on those environments is easier.
Aegir installation
Check the official installation instructions for more information. In a nutshell:
Add the following package repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://debian.aegirproject.org stable main
deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
Update the package database:
apt-get update
Install Drush and Aegir:
apt-get install -t squeeze-backports drush
apt-get install aegir
apt-get install sudo
There is a known bug in Aegir 1.4: if you had an issue with the drush_make installation, you can manually install it in /var/aegir/.drush/drush_make :
su - aegir
drush dl drush_make-6.x-2.3 --destination=~/.drush
Then continue the Aegir installation if it had failed:
apt-get -f install
Configure sudo so that your user can sudo to the aegir user easily. If you are running Debian "squeeze" or later, you can add the following to a file such as /etc/sudoers.d/aegir-local (otherwise, use "visudo" to add to the main sudo config file):
your-username-here ALL=(aegir) NOPASSWD: ALL
Installation of provision_civicrm
For the moment there are no regular releases of provision_civicrm, so doing a git checkout is recommended:
su - aegir
cd /var/aegir/.drush/
git clone --branch 6.x-1.x git://git.drupal.org/project/provision_civicrm
Create a new Aegir platform
Here is a sample drush make "makefile" for creating the platform (i.e. code base):
; drush make API version api = 2 ; Drupal core core = 7.x ; Download Drupal core projects[] = drupal ; Modules projects[admin_menu][subdir] = contrib projects[admin_menu][version] = 3.0-rc1 projects[devel][subdir] = contrib projects[devel][version] = 1.2 projects[views][subdir] = contrib projects[views][version] = 3.0-rc1 projects[ctools][subdir] = contrib projects[ctools][version] = 1.0-rc1 projects[webform_civicrm][subdir] = contrib projects[webform_civicrm][version] = 2.0 ; Download CiviCRM from SVN libraries[civicrm][type] = "module" libraries[civicrm][destination] = "modules" libraries[civicrm][directory_name] = "civicrm" libraries[civicrm][download][type] = "svn" libraries[civicrm][download][url] = "http://svn.civicrm.org/civicrm/trunk" libraries[civicrm_l10n][destination] = "modules" libraries[civicrm_l10n][directory_name] = "civicrm" libraries[civicrm_l10n][download][type] = "get" libraries[civicrm_l10n][download][url] = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/civicrm/civicrm-stable/4.0.7/civicrm-4.0.7-l10n.tar.gz" libraries[civicrm_l10n][overwrite] = TRUE
Save this in a file such as /var/aegir/makefiles/civicrm-4-svn.make
Run drush make to create the platform:
sudo -i -u aegir
mkdir ~/platforms/civicrm-4-svn-2011-10-26
cd ~/platforms/civicrm-4-svn-2011-10-26
drush make --working-copy ~/makefiles/civicrm-4-svn.make
The "--working-copy" parameter tells drush make to keep the ".svn" (or .git) files, so that you can use the platform for development.
Run GenCode
cd ~/platforms/civicrm-4-svn-2011-10-26/sites/all/modules/civicrm/xml
php GenCode.php schema/Schema.xml
Add the platform to the Aegir front-end
- Create content -> Platform
- Enter a name, e.g. "CiviCRM SVN 2011-10-26"
- Path: /var/aegir/platforms/civicrm-4-svn-2011-10-26
You are now ready to create sites.