Drupal 7 NES Installation Guide

Installation Methods

HeroDevs offers three methods for downloading and installing Drupal 7 NES: Composer Installation, Direct Download and Manual Installation, and Drush Installation

If you need a different installation method, please contact sales@herodevs.com.

Composer Installation

Authentication Setup

Create an auth.json file or update your existing one:

{
  "bearer": {
    "registry.nes.herodevs.com": "ACCESS_TOKEN"
  }
}

This file contains sensitive credentials and should be excluded from source control.

Repository Configuration

Add the HeroDevs repository to your composer.json file:

"repositories": [
  {
    "type": "composer",
    "url": "https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/composer/repository"
  }
]

Place this entry before packages.drupal.org to ensure proper precedence.

Package Installation

First, add NES Drupal:

composer require "neverendingsupport/drupal:7.101.2+7.101.1:drupal" --no-update

Then install dependencies:

composer update drupal/drupal --with-dependencies --no-dev

Direct Download and Manual Installation

Contact sales@herodevs.com to receive your download URL.

Download through your browser using Basic Authentication, or use command line tools like cURL by setting authentication headers.

Download Package

Use cURL to download the tarball:

curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $NES_ACCESS_TOKEN" --output ./release.zip \
--location https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/composer/pkg/neverendingsupport/drupal/7.101.2+7.101.1:drupal/release.zip

Configure Composer

Update your composer.json:

"repositories": [
  {
    "type": "package",
    "package": {
      "name": "drupal/drupal",
      "version": "7.101.2",
      "type": "drupal-core",
      "dist": {
        "type": "tar",
        "url": "nes-d7.zip"
      },
      "autoload": {
        "classmap": ["includes"]
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "type": "composer",
    "url": "packages.drupal.org/7"
  }
]

The NES entry must precede the packages.drupal.org entry.

Installation

Preserve your composer.lock file - you'll only update Drupal core.

Clear the composer cache:

composer clear-cache

Update Drupal and its dependencies:

composer update drupal/drupal --with-dependencies --no-dev

Cleanup

Remove the downloaded zip file from your root directory.

Drush Installation

These instructions assume Drush is already installed on your system.

Download Package

Use cURL to fetch the tarball:

NES_D7_VERSION="7.101.2+7.101.1:drupal" && curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $NES_ACCESS_TOKEN" --output ./nes-d7.zip \
--location "https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/composer/pkg/neverendingsupport/drupal/$NES_D7_VERSION/release.zip"

Create Make File

Create drupal7_nes.make with the following content:

core = 7.x
projects[drupal][version] = 7.102
projects[drupal][download][type] = "get"
projects[drupal][download][url] = "file:///var/www/html/nes-d7.zip"

Update the file path to match your project structure.

Run Installation

Execute the make command and complete Drupal's installation:

drush make drupal7_nes.make