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Handbook

Aegir is a set of Drupal modules that helps you maintain your Drupal sites.

How does it work?

It does this by providing you with a simple Drupal based hosting frontend or control panel for managing your entire network of websites.

To deploy a new site you simply have to create a new Site node. That site node then provides you with a collection of tasks that can be executed against that site (such as Backup, Restore, Migrate (upgrade), Clone, Disable, Delete, among others).

What is the meaning of Ægir?

In Norse mythology, Ægir was the god of the oceans and if Drupal is a drop of water, Ægir is the deity of large bodies of water.

Where can I learn more?

You're in the right place! Browse the subsections listed in the Notebook sidebar to continue reading our handbook.

Our extensive documentation will teach you about Aegir and how to use it.

Want to extend Aegir or join the development effort? Read our section on Developing for Aegir.

Want to get involved and help improve the project with support, documentation, Q/A, publicity or even just spend some time with our great community? Check out Community Support. Need help? The FAQ is your first point of call.

Finally, welcome to our community, and thanks for using Aegir!

#1

A better way of writing the pronounciation would be "ay-eer", to omit the "dg" sound.

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The notebook section provides a way for you to store and share information with your group members. With the book feature you can:

  • Add book pages and organize them hierarchically into different books.
  • Attach files to pages to share them with others.
  • Track changes that others have made and revert changes as necessary.
  • Archive books that are no longer of interest to the group. Archived books can be reactivated later if needed.

The revisions let you track differences between multiple versions of a post.