Web Hosting

In Part 1, we talked about using Backdrop CMS to run your entire business, from job tracking to stadium screens. Now, let’s get our hands dirty and talk infrastructure. If your business apps are critical, you need speed, reliability, and full control over your data.

We're trading expensive cloud bills and vendor lock-in for a lean, powerful, self-hosted infrastructure stack that keeps you in the driver's seat.

This is a deep dive into what DevOps need to develop, deploy, and automate your mission-critical Backdrop applications:

You already know Backdrop CMS builds great websites. But what if it could revolutionise your business processes, manage your clients, and even control the big-screen TV at sports stadiums?

I would like to show how my multisite creator module works (https://github.com/robertgarrigos/multisite_creator) and discuss any improvements it would need before posting into contrib.

Drupal Forge spins up pre-configured sites for you. Each site configuration is called a template. You provide some basic information and Drupal Forge sends you a link when your site is ready.

If you choose to include a dev environment, our partner DevPanel will provide a complete cloud development environment for you.

https://www.drupalforge.org/

I would like to facilitate discussion about hosting Backdrop sites.

Some questions we will be discussing are:

I've recently started moving sites off Pantheon and onto Amezmo. I'd love to share my experiences with Backdrop sites. 

• How to set up a Backdrop Site on Amezmo
• How to handle configuration files
• Similarities and differences beween Pantheon and Amezmo

A discussion on measures available in core, contrib and in hosting to secure Backdrop websites.

In this hour I would like to discuss the pros and cons of hosting your site on Pantheon, several strategies for success, and possible future improvements. 

Questions we should address:

1. How many sites/people want to be on Pantheon (but have reservations)?
2. What are the technical challenges for Backdrop sites to be effectively hosted on pantheon?
3. Are there things short of "official support" that Pantheon could do to help?
4. What would "official support" for Backdrop look like?

A brief introduction to Backdrop CMS including:-
What is Backdrop CMS
Who is Backdrop CMS for
The benefits of Backdrop CMS

A demonstration of how to install Backdrop CMS on shared hosting including One-Click Installs and installing via FTP.

A demonstration of some of the features of Backdrop CMS.

This presentation is geared towards people new to Backdrop CMS who do not have a great deal of experience with building websites.