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I recently said that I've been using devenv to run Drupal applications locally<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Here's the It installs the required version of PHP for this project, creates a web server (Caddy) and configures MariaDB with a default database.<\/p>\n\n I've also added commands to run With this approach, there's no need for containers as everything is run locally and I can view the site at http:\/\/localhost:8080<\/a> (or whatever port is defined).<\/p>\n\n All of my current development projects are using this approach and I think it'll be my default method for future projects.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed": "\n I recently said that I've been using devenv to run Drupal applications locally<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Here's the It installs the required version of PHP for this project, creates a web server (Caddy) and configures MariaDB with a default database.<\/p>\n\n I've also added commands to run With this approach, there's no need for containers as everything is run locally and I can view the site at http:\/\/localhost:8080<\/a> (or whatever port is defined).<\/p>\n\n All of my current development projects are using this approach and I think it'll be my default method for future projects.<\/p>\n\n ",
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}devenv.nix<\/code> file I used for my recent talk for the Drupal London meetup<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n
{ pkgs, ... }:\n\nlet\n drupal.root = \"web\";\nin\n{\n packages = [ pkgs.git ];\n\n dotenv.disableHint = true;\n\n languages = {\n php = {\n enable = true;\n version = \"8.2\";\n\n ini = ''\n memory_limit = 256M\n '';\n\n fpm.pools.web = {\n listen = \"127.0.0.1:9000\";\n\n settings = {\n \"pm\" = \"dynamic\";\n \"pm.max_children\" = 75;\n \"pm.max_requests\" = 500;\n \"pm.max_spare_servers\" = 20;\n \"pm.min_spare_servers\" = 5;\n \"pm.start_servers\" = 10;\n };\n };\n };\n };\n\n processes = { };\n\n services = {\n caddy = {\n enable = true;\n\n config = ''\n {\n http_port 8080\n }\n\n localhost:8080 {\n root * ${drupal.root}\n encode gzip\n php_fastcgi localhost:9000\n file_server\n }\n '';\n };\n\n mysql = {\n enable = true;\n initialDatabases = [ { name = \"drupal_london\"; } ];\n };\n };\n\n enterShell = ''\n if [[ ! -d vendor ]]; then\n composer install\n fi\n '';\n\n enterTest = ''\n phpunit --testdox\n '';\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
composer install<\/code> to download dependencies when entering the shell and
phpunit<\/code> for tests.<\/p>\n\n
devenv.nix<\/code> file I used for my recent talk for the Drupal London meetup<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n
{ pkgs, ... }:\n\nlet\n drupal.root = \"web\";\nin\n{\n packages = [ pkgs.git ];\n\n dotenv.disableHint = true;\n\n languages = {\n php = {\n enable = true;\n version = \"8.2\";\n\n ini = ''\n memory_limit = 256M\n '';\n\n fpm.pools.web = {\n listen = \"127.0.0.1:9000\";\n\n settings = {\n \"pm\" = \"dynamic\";\n \"pm.max_children\" = 75;\n \"pm.max_requests\" = 500;\n \"pm.max_spare_servers\" = 20;\n \"pm.min_spare_servers\" = 5;\n \"pm.start_servers\" = 10;\n };\n };\n };\n };\n\n processes = { };\n\n services = {\n caddy = {\n enable = true;\n\n config = ''\n {\n http_port 8080\n }\n\n localhost:8080 {\n root * ${drupal.root}\n encode gzip\n php_fastcgi localhost:9000\n file_server\n }\n '';\n };\n\n mysql = {\n enable = true;\n initialDatabases = [ { name = \"drupal_london\"; } ];\n };\n };\n\n enterShell = ''\n if [[ ! -d vendor ]]; then\n composer install\n fi\n '';\n\n enterTest = ''\n phpunit --testdox\n '';\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
composer install<\/code> to download dependencies when entering the shell and
phpunit<\/code> for tests.<\/p>\n\n