Using DDEV for local testing and development

DDEV is an open source tool for creating local, virtualized PHP development environments. It is preconfigured in a way that makes it very well suited for Drupal and Mukurtu CMS development.

Steps to use DDEV with Mukurtu CMS v3:

• Install DDEV
  • If you are on Windows, you MUST follow the instructions for installing using WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux). The filesystem performance between docker and DDEV on the non-WSL installation is too slow to be useful
• Once DDEV is successfully installed, clone the Mukurtu CMS code: git clone https://github.com/MukurtuCMS/mukurtucms.git my-mukurtu-site
• Change directory into your new project: cd my-mukurtu-site
• Configure the DDEV project for Drupal 7: ddev config --project-type=drupal7
• Start the DDEV virtual machine: ddev start
• Click the link, or run ddev launch to open your new local site in your browser
• Install and use Mukurtu as normal
• Run ddev stop to turn off the virtual machine
• Read the DDEV Basics for more instructions on how to use the ddev command. You can use drush with DDEV by prefixing your commands with ddev, for example clearing all caches: ddev drush cc all