Managing a Fleet of Custom Drupal Sites Centrally at CERN

Explore how CERN manages a fleet of custom Drupal sites centrally in this 43-minute conference talk. Dive into the components of CERN's custom Drupal distribution, including a Composer project, Docker images, CI pipelines, and operational scripts. Learn about the challenges of maintaining and updating a custom distribution alongside upstream Drupal versions, and discover the automation pipeline built to address these issues. Gain insights into leveraging a custom distribution on Kubernetes infrastructure, and understand the roles and trade-offs of various automation components. Witness a live demonstration of the distribution and CI in action. Conclude with an overview of the current state, future plans, and valuable tips for implementing a similar approach. Access the open-source work presented at https://gitlab.cern.ch/drupal/paas/cern-drupal-distribution.