By xiaomo on

I recently switched from hostgator to Google Cloud hosting and since I am not a very technical developer I'm very confused with this new structure.

I was able to install drupal through the click install but I do not see the file anywhere. I was heavily relying on Cpanel to find my files and to upgrade drupal, but since I don't have Cpanel anymore I feel powerless. I tried using drush, and I didn't get far, I was getting alot of errors.

Does anyone know how I can install cpanel on Drupal? Or point me to a direction on how I can find my files.

Many thanks

⋅ Categories: Drupal 7.x

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VM’s picture

VM commented

cPanel gets installed on the server provided by the host, not installed on Drupal. I'd venture that if cpanel isn't already installed on your hosted server, then you can can't install it (at least on your own). I suggest contact your hosting support channels.

Sam Moore’s picture

Sam Moore
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Given that Google have their own Developer Console for managing your Cloud services, I find it unlikely that they'd let you install Cpanel, as @VM says.
You might ask what their recommended methodology for updating Drupal core is, since they feature Drupal as a supported package.
https://cloud.google.com/launcher/solution/click-to-deploy-images/drupal...

Here's my argument against deploying on these cloud services... having supported a client with a Drupal multisite setup on Acquia for the last 18 months, I must say i found having to scramble around and find where stuff was located, and even the basic process of updating core, more trouble than it was worth.
If you're not prepared to grok the Google Cloud way of doing things, you might be happier with a modest VPS account, with root.

Alternatively, if they support git (one would hope...), you could develop locally (on your desktop) and push to Google Cloud when ready. You can do your core updates that way.

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