Easy Multisite (multiple sites or more than one site) with Drupal Part 2

Continuing from the part 1

The process:

  1. Download and install Drupal 5.x or 6.x from Drupal.org.
  2. NOTE: Dural comes with default site in drupalx.x/sites/default dir.You can install the default site or you can rename the default to example1.com.
  3. Create a database user say "dummyUSER" and database say"dummyDB" in MySQL or PostgreSQL.
  4. Grant all on dummyDB.* to 'dummyUSER'@'localhost' in MySQL or PostgreSQL. For exact SQL syntax check the respective sites.
  5. Add username, passwd and database name to settings.php in sites/default dir.
  6. Install the default site by pointing your browser to www.yoursite.com/install.php.
  7. Once you have this working then create a new dir "example1.com" directly under "sites" dir.
    - mkdir sites/example1.com
    - cp sites/default/settings.php sites/example1.com/
  8. Create a new database "example1DB" and new user "example1USER" in database.
  9. Edit the sites/example1.com/settings.php and change the following:
    • $db_url = 'pgsql://dummyUSER:dummyPSSWDl@localhost/dummyDB'; ( Use mysql in place of pgsql if you are using mysql database)
    • to

    • $db_url = 'pgsql://example1USER:example1PSSWDl@localhost/example1DB';
  10. Point your browser to www.example1.com/install.php. You will be presented with the installation screen. Install from there on.
  11. Repeat the above process for www.example2.com and www.example3.com




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