Drush is a command-line utility for managing drupal sites. It lets you download modules, update core, run database updates, sync the DB, and a bunch of other stuff straight from the command line. If this is a one-time gig for you then it's probably not worth worrying about. If you have to do these things remotely often, it might be worth looking into.
For instance, when you don't have a security hot potato, you can update the site to all the latest code with
>drush up
...which updates core and contributed modules all at once, runs the DB update script, and clears the caches. If you only want security fixes:
>drush up --security-only
(well, not that simple. The right way to do it is backup filesystem and the DB then do those command. Drush also has backup options, of course.)
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Date: 2014-10-30 09:51 pm (UTC)Drush is a command-line utility for managing drupal sites. It lets you download modules, update core, run database updates, sync the DB, and a bunch of other stuff straight from the command line. If this is a one-time gig for you then it's probably not worth worrying about. If you have to do these things remotely often, it might be worth looking into.
For instance, when you don't have a security hot potato, you can update the site to all the latest code with
>drush up
...which updates core and contributed modules all at once, runs the DB update script, and clears the caches. If you only want security fixes:
>drush up --security-only
(well, not that simple. The right way to do it is backup filesystem and the DB then do those command. Drush also has backup options, of course.)