1. Intro to Aegir

1.1. Community

• aegirproject.org
• #aegir

1.2. Terminology

• site
• platform
• task

1.3. Architecture

• Provision
• Hostmaster

2. Installation

2.1. The easy way

• using Debian packages

2.2. The hard way

• manual installs

2.3. Other operating systems

2.4. Remote database servers and clusters

3. Debugging

3.1. Checking your install

3.2. Manipulating the task queue and reading the task log

3.3. Checking crontab

4. The Aegir interface

4.1. Platforms & sites

4.2. Servers & services

4.3. Tasks & queues

5. Creating Platforms

5.1. Creating a Drupal x platform from scratch

5.2. Some handy drush commands and an explanation of node/add/platform

5.3. Creating a platform using a drush makefile

6. Sites

6.1. Creating a site on our new platform

6.2. Common Site tasks

• install
• clone
• backup
• restore
• migrate

6.3. Cron configuration via Aegir

6.4. Site aliases

7. Aegir vs. the Drupal 7 Upgrade Path

7.1. Create a 7.x platform from scratch

7.2. Migrate our site from 6.x to 7.x

8. Importing sites

8.1. Single sites

• provision-deploy

8.2. Complete platforms

• provision-verify

9. Drush Make Advanced

9.1. Patching and branching with git

9.2. Creating cascading makefiles

• using includes
• overrides

10. Client management

10.1. Clients & the quota api

11. Extending Aegir

11.1. Overview of Aegir contib modules

11.2. Scheduled backups & garbage collection

11.3. E-commerce integration

11.4. ACLs & SFTP

12. Whiteboxing Aegir

12.1. Theming with Eldir

12.2. Overriding the Aegir makefile

12.3. Overriding other files

• settings.php
• apache config files

13. Advanced Topics, Manual Uprades, and other Black Magic

13.1. Advanced Debugging

• running tasks by hand
• force-deleting
• ...

13.2. Manual upgrades

13.3. Aliases & contexts

13.4. Performance & security

13.5. Extending Provision & Hostmaster