A minimally-patched CiviCRM for Drupal on Pantheon platform.
- Spin up a fresh Pantheon Drupal 7 site at http://getpantheon.com.
- Clone a copy of the Pantheon install locally (following Pantheon's steps).
- Choose which branch you want: 4.6.x tracks CiviCRM 4.6 Long-term support; 4.7.x tracks CiviCRM 4.7 the latest release.
- Download this repository and place just the civicrm folder into sites/all/modules.
- Either use SFTP mode to upload the civicrm folder, or commit it with git and push the changes up.
- Make sure you are in SFTP mode while installing the database so Pantheon can create civicrm.settings.php in sites/default.
- Login to your Drupal site with Administrator level permissions.
- Point your browser to the install script such as:
http://<your_drupal_home>/sites/all/modules/civicrm/install/index.php
Follow the rest of the installation guidelines here https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installing+CiviCRM+for+Drupal+7
If you are going to use Redis there's an option to also use a patch which will store the Smarty templates in Redis instead of the file system, providing a performance and stability boost. In order to use this patch:
- Go to civicrm_drupal_pantheon.make and uncomment the libraries[civicrm]... line where it says [OPTIONAL IF USING REDIS]
- On your own computer you will need drush installed
- Run the command from the civicrm-drupal-pantheon folder:
drush make --no-core civicrm_drupal_pantheon.make - Copy the civicrm folder from sites/all/modules to your Pantheon install, replacing any civicrm folder already there.
- Upload with SFTP or push with git.
- Clear cache from Pantheon dashboard.