This module provides tools to manage CiviCRM in the Aegir Hosting System. In other words, it will handle the installation of CiviCRM, generate the civicrm.settings.php file, handle upgrades, manage the CiviCRM crons and the CiviCRM API site key, and so on.
To get the latest version of hosting_civicrm or to submit a patch (pull
request), please see the project on Github:
https://github.com/mlutfy/hosting_civicrm
- Supports CiviCRM 5.0 or later
- Supports Drupal 7 to Drupal 10, WordPress and partial CiviCRM Standalone support
In August 2024, we forked this module in order to make some more drastic changes. Coop Symbiotic's hosting does a few non-Aegir-standard things when managing sites. For example, site crons are configured using SystemD timers/services. We also increasingly rely on Ansible to configure sites. We support Drupal7, Drupal10+, WordPress and Standalone, and want a consistent solution.
In 2024, in order to support Drupal 10+ (which requires a newer drush), we
started making some major changes in the provision module. Instead of
"bootstrapping" the CMS, our provision fork uses the command line using drush
or cv or wp-cli to setup sites. This broke a lot of things initially, but
ultimately resulted in a simpler model (h/t to work by Jon Pugh who saw the
necessity for this a long time ago, and Omega8 for their early D9/D10 work).
Ultimately our goal is to have as little Aegir code as possible, so that when
we move off Drupal 7, it will not be too complicated. We do not currently
have a roadmap for that. Besides stabilising our forks, our priorities
are to add full CiviCRM Standalone support, and to remove hosting_https.
Everything we do is Free Software, and we commit to always do so, but we cannot garantee it will work for you. You can hire us if you need a hand or would like to sponsor some improvements. We specialise in Drupal, WordPress and CiviCRM hosting (and everything that goes with it, such as monitoring and backups).
Here are the main non-standard Aegir repos that we use:
provision: https://github.com/mlutfy/provision/ (fork for Drupal 10+ support and more)provision_symbiotic: https://github.com/coopsymbiotic/provision_symbiotic (mostly Symbiotic-specific tweaks)hosting_civicrm: https://github.com/mlutfy/hosting_civicrm (this repo)hosting_civicrm_ansible: https://github.com/coopsymbiotic/hosting_civicrm_ansible (wrapper for calling Ansible)- Our Ansible roles: https://github.com/coopsymbiotic/coopsymbiotic-ansible/
- PHP 7.3 or later (and tested up to PHP 8.2)
- Aegir 3.x
- Provision fork by Symbiotic: https://github.com/mlutfy/provision/ ('symbiotic' branch)
As of version 3.2, this module has been included in the Aegir distribution, as part of the "Golden contrib" initiative. As such, it is automatically available to be enabled without the need to deploy any code.
- In Aegir, enable CiviCRM and the CiviCRM cron queue from the "Hosting" options (under "experimental" options).
- Create a platform with CiviCRM located in sites/all/modules/ (or in an install profile)
- In Aegir, add the platform inside Aegir (Node -> add -> platform)
When new sites are created in the platform, provision_civicrm will detect that CiviCRM is available and will automatically install it.
Please use the issue queue for support:
https://github.com/mlutfy/hosting_civicrm/issues
Please note that we provide very limited community support on Github.
For paid support or to sponsor development:
https://www.symbiotic.coop/en/contact
You can send a patch attached to an issue on drupal.org [11] or send a pull-request on Github [12].
Pull-requests are not required, but have the added benefit of being tested automatically [13] against most CiviCRM versions that are supported.
[11] https://drupal.org/project/issues/hosting_civicrm [12] https://github.com/mlutfy/hosting_civicrm [13] https://github.com/mlutfy/hosting_civicrm/wiki/Continuous-integration
Initial development was by Mathieu Petit-Clair [3] during the CiviCRM code sprint in San Francisco of spring 2010, with the help of Deepak Srivastava [4] who wrote the CiviCRM drush module.
Maintenance and development was then continued by Mathieu Lutfy [5], with the help of many contributors [6] and with great support from the CiviCRM core team and community. Front-end components were later added by Christopher Gervais [7].
Ongoing development and maintenance by Coop SymbioTIC [8].
[3] https://drupal.org/user/1261 [4] http://civicrm.org/blogs/deepaksrivastava [5] https://drupal.org/u/bgm [6] https://drupal.org/node/1063394/committers [7] https://drupal.org/u/ergonlogic [8] https://www.symbiotic.coop
Thanks to Koumbit, Praxis, Ixiam, PTP, JMA consulting and NDI for financially supporting the development of this module.
(C) 2012-2024 Mathieu Lu mathieu@bidon.ca
(C) 2012-2024 Coop SymbioTIC info@symbiotic.coop
(C) 2012-2015 Christopher Gervais https://www.drupal.org/u/ergonlogic
(C) 2010-2012 Mathieu Petit-Clair
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