Install Drupal on a VPS

Install Drupal from the SoftServer panel without touching the command line. Nginx, PHP, the required extensions and MariaDB are configured for you.

Install steps

1. Open your server and go to Platform Installation.
2. Choose Drupal.
3. Confirm the install. The panel provisions the web server, PHP, database and Drupal itself.
4. When finished, open the site URL shown in the panel and complete the Drupal installer.

After install

• Add your own domain under Domains and enable free SSL.
• Manage the database and users from the Databases section.
• Turn on automatic backups so you always have a restore point before updates.
• Use Git deploy if you manage a custom Drupal codebase and modules.

Drupal needs a specific set of PHP extensions and a database — SoftServer handles both during setup, so the site is ready to configure as soon as the install job completes.