As you start planning for an upgrade, a good starting point is performing a readiness audit. An audit assesses the level of effort and provides recommendations for a smooth migration path to Drupal 9. For more information on our Drupal 9 Readiness Audit, or to start the discussion about transitioning to Drupal 9, please visit our contact page or chat with us right now see bottom right corner of the page.
We would be happy to talk more about your project. Skip to main content. Home Resources Blog by Jessie Golombiecki. Are you still on Drupal 7 or 8? Version 9: Drupal in its Prime Organizations are moving to Drupal 9 to reap the benefits of fresh features and community-supported innovation. So, what is Drupal 7 and 8 End of Life? How does this impact you? Drupal is an Open Source project with a uniquely robust security model : Drupal has a dedicated team of Security professionals who proactively review core and contributed modules for vulnerabilities.
When a security vulnerability is identified, the Drupal Security Team is notified and code is quickly fixed to remove the vulnerability. When a fix is available an announcement immediately goes out and a patch is released to the community. Drupal sites are also automatically notified that they need to upgrade. What do YOU need to do? We advise our clients to take the following steps: Ensure your website will be secure after Community Support ends.
You can do this by developing an internal plan to monitor future Drupal 7 or 8 security releases, or engaging with your Drupal hosting provider and agency to cover you while you plan and execute the move off of Drupal 7 or 8. Partnering with an expert Drupal agency like Mediacurrent will help you to reassess your website plans, determine if your Digital Strategy is effective, and ensure your next platform serves your needs now and can adapt in the future.
Once you have identified the correct platform, plan and execute your migration. By taking care of security first, and securing the right partner, you can take the time to correctly plan and build your next Digital Platform in Drupal. Learn to love the upgrade While Drupal 7 and 8 End of Life might mean more work for you, we view it as an opportunity. Prepare for an upgrade with a Drupal 9 Audit Upgrading can certainly come with challenges.
What about contrib modules? How do we upgrade our projects? Some of the information we gain from this analysis answers the following questions: What version of PHP is the server using? What version of Drupal Core is installed? Is the Drupal Core Media module enabled? How many contrib modules are installed? How many custom modules have been created?
We have a few pre-conditions that the project must pass before we can continue: The server is running on PHP version 7. Deploy So we have gone through and analysed the code, updated the modules and exported the configuration, now how do we deploy our changes to the production environment?
The developer then fires up a local instance either with Docker or with native PHP. The developer then creates a feature branch on git from the latest changes on the prod branch. Using the composer tool, the developer upgrades the necessary modules as well as upgrades Drupal Core. Then they run the update database command in Drush and export the configuration changes. After this, they commit all changes: configuration changes, composer JSON and lock file changes, as well as any other changes to the custom modules or custom theme.
They push their local git branch to the remote origin and create pull-request into the prod branch. If PR environments are available, then this would automatically spin up a new environment with all the changes, ready to be tested by another developer. If the project does not have PR environments available i.
If the second developer does not find any specific issues during their testing process, then the project manager is informed that they can test the changes with the client. If the project manager and the client find no specific issues with the changes, then the pull-request is approved for deployment to production. The original developer is empowered to deploy on their own but the team is always there for one another.
The developer will trigger the deployment by simply merging the pull request they made into prod. Besides the modules there remains the custom code that calls obsolete functions or methods. During migration, such code is deleted immediately and needs reworking. Thus, when it comes to Drupal 8, the duration of migration depends on the core the more recent the version of Drupal 8 is, the easier , contributed modules, and custom code.
So be ready — it will be expensive. Nevertheless, you can make a special effort and create the same website structure. In the first place, the potential for saving depends on the core you are migrating from. The owners of Drupal 7 websites, on the other hand, will face more troubles, as we mentioned above.
In the previous chapter , we discussed the modules which are becoming obsolete and are not compatible with Drupal 9. Here you have another chance to save: if the website functionality is based on such modules, how necessary is it really?
And is it necessary at all, if it depends on a large chunk of custom code? Preparation for migration is the time to think over the website concept and your business model so that you could change something. An audit for the website is the same as a medical checkup for a person. The audit of Drupal websites deals mainly with the two aspects — contributed modules and custom code.
Before migrating the website, check whether such modules have a version supporting Drupal 9. If not, look for a patch or try to get it fixed on your own. As a rule, popular contributed modules are already adapted to Drupal 9 and if your website operates based on a certain module that is not supported yet, this will become the main problem. You need to check if it is adapted to Drupal 9. Thus, jquery.
Some jQuery UI libraries were also removed from the core — now you have to install them as individual contributed modules. How can you make the audit easier? Use the Upgrade Status module. It will give you a comprehensive answer regarding migration to Drupal 9 by showing which modules are compatible and which of them need updating, whether there are any issues with the custom code, etc. Support for Drupal 8 is coming to the end.
Every website running on an unsupported Drupal version is a potential source of malicious code both you and your clients may suffer from. If you are not planning to cease your business operations, find a web studio without delay to migrate your website to Drupal 9.
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