How can I access my Drupal 8 stack from multiple computers if I have it installed on an external drive?

drewrambrose 2020-10-17 14:10:38 UTC #1

Keywords: Drupal - Windows - How to - Other
Description:
Hello, I installed Bitnami on my external drive, however when I try to load/access it on a different (work vs personal) computer it does not work. Apparently the installer installs files on the local computer as well as the external drive. So how can I access my stack on my external drive from multiple computers? What files need to be installed on the local computers for this to work and how can I do it? If this is even possible? Thanks

amoreno 2020-10-19 10:19:37 UTC #2

Hi, @drewrambrose.

First, you need to make sure the external drive is mounted to the same path in both computers. So, for example, if you installed the application on E:\my-drupal-installation then in your other computers the drive should also be mounted to E:\.

Apart from this, you would need to install the services in each computer you want to run your application. Open a command line and run these commands:

cd installdir
serviceinstall.bat INSTALL

Remember to replace the installdir placeholder with the full installation directory for your Bitnami stack.

Regards,
Alejandro

drewrambrose 2020-10-19 14:27:29 UTC #3

Hi, thanks for replying. Well right now my one computer views the external as D:\ and my second see it as E:\ If I tell both computers to recognize my external drive as H:\ for example, how would I go about changing the path to the application without losing my current set up?

Once I get that straightened out then I can move forward to the second part.

Thanks

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