Managing a Drupal site is not easy especially if you want to provide quality content to online users and to experience full functionality of the site. What more if you have to manage several Drupal based websites? Indeed, it is not easy to rely on your manual skills alone.
There is a solution that you can help you simplify your task to manage your Drupal sites from a centralized location. Aegir offers a solution for you to easily manage your Drupal sites.
What is Aegir?
The Aegir hosting system enables you to automate different common tasks to manage Drupal sites. It is easier for you to easily install, deploy and upgrade or even backup an entire network of Drupal sites. The hosting system can also allow you to migrate sites between servers even those large sites that spread across various web servers.
Requirements
Before you can finally use Aegir, there are three requirements needed. First is that there is a system that can run Drupal. Second is that you are using a Unix based operating system. It is also a requirement to have a root access so that everything can be configured.
Prior to that, there are also modules that you have to install to ensure that Aegir will work properly. The following modules are needed: Drush Script, Hosting Module, Hostmaster, Provision Script and Eldir Theme.
Is this the Solution for You?
Every administrator varies when it comes to the kind of solution that they need to be able to handle different Drupal sites. But considering the features of the Aegir, you can decide for yourself if this is a good solution for you.
User-friendly: Aegir is a user-friendly solution. Instead of spending a lot of time searching for solutions as to how you can efficiently manage multiple Drupal sites, Aegir offers an easy solution where few requirements are needed and where the implementation is quite simple. It is easy to use and to handle.
Functions and Usage: With Aegir, you get to maintain your site. It supports the installation of new sites, redeployment of current sites with new domains as well managing upates.
Security: File permissions are strict but Aegir is a highly flexible and customizable tool.
The current version of Aegir is still undergo development but its stable version can already provide for the needs of most administrators who want to manage multiply Drupal sites.