Drupal Performance

2026-05-02T21:28:33Z

Piousbox:

2026-04-18T18:59:21Z

Piousbox: /* Install & Configure */

* A great book: https://drupalatyourfingertips.com
* How to clear cache: /devel/cache/clear

= Install & Configure =

composer create-project drupal/recommended-project:9.5.10 html

composer require 'drupal/devel:^5.1'
composer require 'drupal/s3fs:^3.3'
# composer require 'wasya-co/consent_popup: 1.0.4.x-dev'
composer require 'drupal/consent_popup:^1.0'
composer require 'drush/drush:^11.6'
composer require 'drupal/metatag:^2.0'
composer require 'drupal/redirect:^1.9'
composer require 'drupal/superfish:^1.6'
composer require 'drupal/webform:^6.0'
composer require 'drupal/captcha:^1.14'
composer require 'drupal/typed_data:^1.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/rules:^3.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/smtp:^1.2'
composer require 'drupal/hal:^1.0'
composer require 'drupal/restui:^1.21'
composer require 'drupal/keycloak:^2.2@beta'
composer require 'drupal/nodeaccess:^2.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/backup_migrate:^5.1' ## was 5.0
composer require 'drupal/email_registration:^2.0@RC'
composer require 'drupal/content_access:^2.0'
composer require 'drupal/social_media:^2.0'
composer require 'drupal/wordpress_migrate:^3.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/migrate_tools:^6.0'
composer require 'drupal/codefilter:^2.0'
composer require 'drupal/views_taxonomy_term_name_depth:^7.2'
composer require 'drupal/pathauto:^1.12'
composer require 'drupal/twig_tweak:^3.3'
composer require 'drupal/simplenews:^4.0'
# composer require 'drupal/migrate_plus:^6.0' ## didn't need it the second time
composer require 'drupal/ctools:^4.0'

composer require 'drupal/commerce:^2.40' ## drupal 9.5
composer require 'drupal/commerce:^3.3' ## drupal 10
composer require drupal/inline_entity_form @RC --no-update
apt install php-bcmath php8.1-bcmath
composer require 'drupal/commerce_stripe:^1.1'
composer require 'drupal/commerce_recurring:^1.0@RC'

composer require 'drupal/linkit:^6.0'
composer require 'drupal/redirect_after_login:^3.0'
composer require 'drupal/symfony_mailer:^1.4'
composer require 'drupal/custom_search:^1.0@beta'
composer require 'drupal/fullcalendar_view:^5.2'
composer require 'drupal/date_recur:^3.3@RC'
composer require 'drupal/date_recur_modular:^3.1'
composer require 'drupal/colorbox:2.0.2'
composer require 'drupal/tagclouds:^2.0'
composer require 'drupal/filelog:^3.0'
composer require 'drupal/message:^1.6'
composer require 'drupal/flag:^4.0@beta'
composer require 'drupal/message_subscribe:^1.4'
composer require 'drupal/message_digest:^1.5'
composer require 'drupal/message_ui:^1.3'
composer require 'drupal/layout_builder_usage_reports:^1.0'
composer require 'drupal/views_tree:^2.0@RC'
composer require 'drupal/vote_up_down:^1.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/formblock:^2.0@beta'
composer require 'drupal/views_pdf:^3.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/field_permissions:^1.4'
composer require 'drupal/scheduler:^2.2'
composer require 'drupal/simplenews_scheduler:^4.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/insert_view:^2.1'
composer require drush/drush
composer require 'drupal/keycloak:^1.8'
composer require 'drupal/simple_oauth:^5.2'
composer require 'drupal/group:^1.6'
composer require 'drupal/group_join_link:^1.0'
composer require 'drupal/social_auth:^4.1'
composer require 'drupal/social_auth_google:^4.0'
composer require 'drupal/social_auth_facebook:^4.0'
composer require 'drupal/social_auth_linkedin:^4.0'
composer require 'drupal/social_auth_microsoft:^4.0'

composer require 'drupal/twilio:^3.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/smssystem:^1.1'
composer require 'drupal/upgrade_status:^4.3'
composer require 'drupal/smsframework:^2.3'
composer require symfony/dom-crawler symfony/css-selector
composer require drupal/markdown
composer require drupal/markdown_easy
composer require 'drupal/crm_core:3.x-dev@dev'
composer require 'drupal/name:^1.0@RC'
composer require 'drupal/dynamic_entity_reference:^2.0@alpha'
composer require 'drupal/default_content:^2.0@beta'
composer require --dev drupal/core-dev
composer require 'drupal/single_content_sync:^1.4' ## yep its this one
# composer require drupal/views_show_more ## I don't use it?
composer require 'drupal/matomo:^2.0@alpha'

=== evaluating ===

composer require 'drupal/seo_checklist:^5.2'
composer require 'drupal/yoast_seo:^1.9'
composer require 'drupal/tvi:^2.0' ## From: https://www.drupal.org/project/tvi
composer require 'drupal/advanced_text_formatter:^3.0@RC'
composer require 'drupal/token_filter:^2.1'
composer require 'drupal/form_mode_control:^2.4'
composer require 'drupal/queue_mail:^1.7'
composer require 'drupal/googlelogin-googlelogin:^9.5'
composer require 'drupal/dark_mode_toggle:^1.0'

Not gonna use ebt_core, because (1) they have way too many modules, it should have been just one, and (2) their "hero" module doesn't honor container and isn't a hero.

# composer require 'drupal/layout_library:^1.0@beta' ## looks poor, just use blocks
# composer require 'drupal/section_library:^2.0' ## looks poor, just use blocks

== Upgrade 9 to 10 ==

composer require 'drupal/upgrade_status:^4.3'
composer require drupal/core-recommended:^10 drupal/core-composer-scaffold:^10 drupal/core-project-message:^10 --update-with-all-dependencies

composer update --with-all-dependencies

== Setting up dev environment ==

* From: https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/9393
* From: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/automated-testing
* probably not useful: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/automated-testing/phpunit-in-drupal/creating-functional-tests-simulated-browser

composer require --dev --no-update symfony/filesystem:4.4.42
composer require --dev drupal/core-dev:9.5.11 --with-all-dependencies
composer require --dev behat/mink jcalderonzumba/mink-phantomjs-driver
composer update -W
composer update symfony/filesystem:4.4.42 drush/drush -W
composer require --dev drupal/core-dev -W
composer require --dev phpspec/prophecy-phpunit:^2

Not useful:

composer require 'drupal/examples:^4.0'

== Configure Apache ==

<pre>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</pre>

== Configure s3fs ==
<pre>
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "Statement0",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:ListBucket",
"s3:ListBucketVersions"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:s3:::<ze bucket>"
]
},
{
"Sid": "Statement1",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:PutObject",
"s3:GetObject",
"s3:DeleteObjectVersion",
"s3:DeleteObject",
"s3:GetObjectVersion",
"s3:GetObjectAcl",
"s3:PutObjectAcl"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:s3:::<ze bucket>/*"
]
}
]
}
</pre>

== Disable caching ==

From: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/development-tools/disable-caching

* Add the settings.local.php and
* Modify development.services.yml:

<pre>
parameters:
http.response.debug_cacheability_headers: true
twig.config:
debug: true
auto_reload: true
cache: false
services:
cache.backend.null:
class: Drupal\Core\Cache\NullBackendFactory
</pre>

== cleanup template debug ==

Use in twig:

<pre>
|preg_replace('//s','')|striptags|replace({"\n":"","\r":"","\t":""})
</pre>

== ReST ==

<pre>

curl --include \
--request POST \
--user admin:<> \
--header 'Content-type: application/hal+json' \
http://pi.local/node?_format=hal_json \
--data-binary '{
"_links": {
"type":{"href":"http://pi.local/rest/type/node/article"}
},
"title":[{"value":"Node +++ 123 bac +++" }],
"body":[{"value": "hello, world!", "format": "full_html" }],
"type":[{"target_id":"article"}],
"status": [{"value": 1}],
"_embedded": {
"http://pi.local/rest/relation/node/article/field_issue": [
{ "uuid": [{ "value": "56229a95-d675-43e1-99b1-f9e11b5579c5" }] }
],
"http://pi.local/rest/relation/node/article/field_tags": [
{ "uuid": [{ "value": "45646a7d-1a16-42e8-b758-f6e1c8d976f7" }] },
{ "uuid": [{ "value": "834e34e2-05ae-498d-b876-453798872ce1" }] }
]
}

}'
</pre>

== Default Attachments ==
txt pdf doc docx html csv xlsx xlsm sh json svg
cer pem pub key kdbx
png jpg jpeg gif
mkv sfv avi mp3 mp4 webm mov
zip tar gz

== change ownership ==

of all simplenews_issue

<pre>
drush php:eval "
\$nids = \Drupal::entityQuery('node')
->condition('type', 'simplenews_issue')
->accessCheck(FALSE)
->execute();

\$storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('node');
\$nodes = \$storage->loadMultiple(\$nids);

foreach (\$nodes as \$node) {
\$node->setOwnerId(252);
\$node->save();
}
"
</pre>

of all content with "generated" in title:

<pre>
drush php:eval '
$nids = \Drupal::entityQuery("node")
->condition("title", "%enerated%", "LIKE")
->accessCheck(FALSE)
->execute();

$storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage("node");
$nodes = $storage->loadMultiple($nids);

foreach ($nodes as $node) {
$node->setOwnerId(129);
$node->save();
}

print "Updated " . count($nodes) . " nodes\n";
'
</pre>

= Testing =

From: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/automated-testing/phpunit-in-drupal/running-phpunit-tests

For me, in my drupal images and containers, drupal is installed in the following folder, which is also my workdir:

WORKDIR /var/www/html

The below is optional, I call the specific phpunit executable every time:

export PATH="$PATH:/var/www/html/vendor/bin"

You need to change minimum stability to "dev" for the testing libraries to be loaded.

DO NOT RUN THIS IN PRODUCTION!

composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit # trash
composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit:^9.5 --with-all-dependencies
composer require --dev drupal/core-dev
composer require --dev drupal/core-dev --update-with-all-dependencies # trash
composer require --dev behat/mink:1.8.0 --with-all-dependencies
composer require --dev symfony/phpunit-bridge
composer require --dev phpspec/prophecy-phpunit
composer require --dev behat/mink-browserkit-driver

Copy and configure phpunit.xml:

phpunit --testsuite unit --filter CurrentUserBlock # trash?
cd /var/www/html
../vendor/bin/phpunit -c ../phpunit.xml modules/ish_drupal_module/tests/src/Functional/CurrentUserBlockTest.php
../vendor/bin/phpunit -c ../phpunit.xml modules/ish_drupal_module/tests/src/Functional/CurrentUserBlockTest.php -v --debug