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

jota 2020-10-22 10:02:33 UTC #4

Hi @drewrambrose,

You would need to change many configuration files so we do not suggest you do so.

If you installed the app using the D:\ drive, you will need to use the D:\ drive in the second computer. If the D drive already exists and you can't mount your drive there, you can create a link to the new drive. Let's say that the original installation directory is D:\my-drupal-installation and you have it at E:\my-drupal-installation in the second machine, you can create a symlink in the D:\ drive that points to the E:\ drive (D:\my-drupal-installation -> E:\my-drupal-installation).

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

drewrambrose 2020-10-22 14:01:34 UTC #5

Thanks for your feedback. I got it to work by first making the external drive letters the same on both computers. To get it working on computer 2 I had to backup the Bitnami folder on my external drive to another source, reformat the external drive erasing everything on it, do a new install of Bitnami on the external drive using computer 2 using the same Bitnami Drupal version and inputting the exact same credentials as the first install on computer 1, after the install was complete erase and reformat the external drive again, then put my Bitnami backup back on my external drive. Nothing else worked for me except this method. Quite a process but it works well.

system 2020-11-05 14:01:39 UTC #6

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