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.

ALWAYS back up your site before installing Drupal 7 NES.

ALWAYS test Drupal 7 NES on a local or development environment before pushing to production.

Direct Download and Manual Installation

Download using command line tools like cURL by setting authentication headers.

Download Package

Set your access token to an environment variable

$NES_ACCESS_TOKEN=[YOUR ACCESS TOKEN BEGINNING WITH "pat-"]
example:
$NES_ACCESS_TOKEN=pat-12345-12345-12345-12345

Use cURL or wget to download the tarball into your project root:

curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $NES_ACCESS_TOKEN" --output ./release.zip \
--location https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/composer/pkg/neverendingsupport/drupal/7.103.2+7.103.1:drupal/release.zip

Installation

Be sure to back up your codebase before running the following command!

Unzip the archive over your existing site:

unzip -o release.zip /path/to/drupal

Example if your Drupal codebase is in the project root:

unzip -o release.zip .

Example if your Drupal codebase is in a subfolder like web or docroot:

unzip -o release.zip docroot/

The unzip -o flag overwrites your existing files and adds new ones from the archive. It does not remove files that are not in the archive. However, always back up your codebase before making changes.

Cleanup

Clear cache and check for any database changes:

drush cc all && drush updb

Verify your site works as expected.

At this point you can remove the downloaded .zip file from your folder.

Composer Installation

Authentication Setup

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

{
  "bearer": {
    "registry.nes.herodevs.com": "[YOUR ACCESS TOKEN BEGINNING WITH pat-]"
  }
}

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:7.103.2+7.103.1:drupal" --no-update

Then install dependencies:

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

Drush Installation

These instructions assume Drush is already installed on your system.

Download Package

Use cURL to fetch the tarball:

NES_D7_VERSION="7.103.2+7.103.1: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] = 7.103
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