Drupal installs from the Softaculous Apps Installer in cPanel like any other platform. The part that deserves attention comes earlier: the installer lists three different things under the same name, and picking wrong costs you a migration later.
Which Drupal
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What it is, and who it is for |
| Drupal 10 |
Current Drupal, bare: it starts empty and you assemble it. This is the default choice for a new project. Wants PHP 8.1 or newer. |
| Drupal CMS |
The same Drupal, already assembled: modules, content types and the usual configuration are done for you. It saves days for anyone who wants a website rather than a project. Wants PHP 8.3 or newer, and takes considerably more disk. |
| Drupal 7 and older series |
Still in the list because old sites need them for a migration. Do not start a new project here. |
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Torn between the first two? Install both on a subdomain. Half an hour tells you which one speaks your language, and you delete the other. See setting up a test site.
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What Drupal asks of your account
Good news: of the serious platforms, Drupal is one of the few that needs no extra PHP extension at all. Everything it asks for is already switched on for a new account. What you do have to check is the PHP version, changed in Select PHP Version: see changing your PHP version without breaking the site.
Installing, step by step
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Under Software, open the Softaculous Apps Installer, search for Drupal and choose between Drupal and Drupal CMS.
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Pick the version and the address. Protocol on https, the domain you want, and an empty directory field to install at the root.
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Create the administrator account. A username that is not admin, a long password from the password generator, and an e-mail address you actually read.
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Under Advanced Options, switch on automatic backups. With Drupal it is worth leaving automatic upgrades off until the site is built: its updates touch database schemas, and you want to watch those happen.
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Install. Keep the two addresses it gives you at the end: the site, and the way in, which in Drupal is /user/login.
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The first few minutes
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Create the scheduled task. Drupal needs background jobs to run: search indexes, update notices, cleanup. See cron jobs.
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Turn the error display down. A Drupal printing PHP notices onto the page is telling strangers where its files live.
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In Drupal, files and database travel together. Restoring only the database over newer files, or the other way round, gives you a site that boots and then fails halfway. When you take a copy, take both at the same moment.
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Keeping it
In the Softaculous installations list, Drupal 10 offers upgrade, clone, backup and change admin password. Drupal CMS has fewer buttons, being newer in the catalogue: backups still work, and upgrading is done from inside Drupal itself.
For what every installation has in common, see installing a ready-made platform. If you are still choosing a platform, see what a CMS is.
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Not sure whether you want bare Drupal or Drupal CMS? Tell us what the site has to do and we will help you decide.
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