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

1. Create a 7.x platform from scratch
2. Migrate our site from 6.x to 7.x

8. Importing sites

1. Single sites (provision-deploy)
2. Complete platforms (provision-verify)

9. Drush Make Advanced

1. Patching and branching with git
2. Creating cascading makefiles, using includes and overrides

10. Client management

1. Clients & the quota api

11. Extending Aegir

1. Overview of Aegir contib modules
2. Scheduled backups & garbage collection
3. E-commerce integration
4. ACLs & SFTP

12. Whiteboxing Aegir

1. Theming with Eldir
2. Overriding the Aegir makefile
3. Overriding settings.php and apache config files

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

1. Advanced Debugging (running tasks by hand, force-deleting, etc...)
2. Manual upgrades
3. Aliases & contexts
4. Performance & security
5. Extending Provision & Hostmaster