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Version: 2.0.1

Drupal Manager

Install and manage Drupal sites in an existing domain, via Composer and Drush — deliberately simpler than the WordPress Manager: no dedicated Drupal Manager sidebar page, no cloning, no filesystem scan for existing installs, no hardening rules, no drush passthrough console, and no dedicated backup system. Install, a read-only overview, and uninstall.

Install Drupal​

Navigate to OpenPanel > AutoInstaller and click Install Drupal.

On the install page, configure:

  • Domain – The domain (and optional subfolder) to install into. Leave the subfolder blank to install at the domain root.
  • Site name – Displayed as the site's title.
  • Drupal version – Latest, or pin to a specific major version (Drupal 11 or Drupal 10).
  • Admin username / password / email – The initial administrator account Drupal creates during install. Leave the password blank to generate one.

Behind the scenes, this runs composer create-project drupal/recommended-project, requires drush/drush, creates a dedicated MySQL/MariaDB database, and runs drush site:install standard with the admin details you provided. Progress is streamed live as each step completes.

Manage a Drupal site​

Every Drupal install shows up on the general Site Manager page (/sites) alongside your other websites. Click Manage on a Drupal site to open its overview page:

  • Docroot – Where the Drupal codebase lives.
  • Drupal version – The exact installed version, read live from composer.lock.
  • Database name / user / host – Read live from settings.php, not stored anywhere separately.
  • Created – When the site was installed.

Remove​

The Remove tab's Delete Application button fully uninstalls the site: drops the database and database user, deletes every file in the docroot, and removes it from Site Manager. This cannot be undone.

Not included​

To keep this feature simple, the following are not part of Drupal support (unlike the WordPress Manager):

  • A dedicated "Drupal Manager" sidebar page — manage installed sites from Site Manager instead
  • Cloning a site
  • Scanning the filesystem for untracked installations
  • Security hardening rules
  • A Drush command passthrough console
  • A dedicated backup/restore system (use the account-level Backups feature instead)
  • Only MySQL/MariaDB databases are supported (not PostgreSQL)
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