Prerequisite

• A Solr server running either on your local environment or on another server

Create a new Solr server

1. Open your browser and login to your Drupal site
2. Go to Configuration -> Search and metadata -> Search API
3. Click the Add server button
4. In the Add search server page, enter the following information
   • Server name: Solr
   • Backend: Solr
   • Solr Connector: Standard
   • Solr host: staging.upanupstudios.co

There is already basic article on upgrading Drupal 8 to Drupal 9, however, there is a bit more to consider, with my current setup of Drupal using composer.

1. Open the terminal app (or the terminal in VS Code) and change to the root site directory of the site you are updating

   cd [path/to/site/root/directory]

2. Switch to the main branch and fetch the latest changes

   git checkout master
   git fetch --all
   git pull

3. Create a new branch from the main branch for the Drupal core update

   git checkout -b update/core-[version]

4. Upda

I finally figured out how to make Google Translate work with the Drupal 8 site! I kept getting a 403 forbidden message whenever I change the language. This is because of the Drupal security directive in place in the .htaccess file.

There are multiple ways to update your Drupal 8 installation but I prefer using composer for ease of use. However, if you have multiple PHP installations on your system, composer may use the wrong PHP version. Typically, you would update your Drupal 8 installation like this: