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Get Started |
Learn how to create a Drupal or WordPress site on Pantheon. |
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going live, getting started, create account, create site, import, faqs |
Welcome to Pantheon, the world’s fastest hosting for Drupal and WordPress. In a few simple steps, your site will be up and running on our distributed infrastructure with no single points of failure.
If you haven't already done so, create your free Pantheon account. Agencies (even freelancers) who build websites for third parties can sign up for Pantheon for Agencies.
Click "Create your first site" or visit https://dashboard.pantheon.io/sites/create. All users receive two free sandbox sites. When one of your sites converts to a paid plan, you can start another sandbox site. If you need additional development sites, contact us and we'll be happy to work with you. Pantheon for Agencies organizations do not have the two-sandbox restriction for sites associated with their organization.
Visit your Dashboard to create a site.
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Choose a distribution.
To start development directly on Pantheon, select a start state from our available distributions. For details, see Choosing Your Start State. -
Visit the Dev installation.
On the Site Dashboard, click Visit Development Site to complete the Drupal or WordPress installation process.
If you have an existing Drupal or WordPress site that you want to import, choose Import Archives. For details, see Migrate Sites to Pantheon.
There are two ways to add and update your site's code: Git source code management and SFTP.
Git is a well-known, industry standard version control system for managing code. For more information, see Starting with Git.
We recommend enabling passwordless access to the site's codebase for Git by loading an SSH Key into the User Dashboard. For detailed instructions, see Generating SSH Keys. Users without an SSH key loaded on their account can interact with code via Git by entering their Dashboard password when prompted in terminal.
You can develop directly on the server using SFTP mode.
Your Pantheon Dashboard credentials are used to manage sites, organizations, and support tickets. Users on your Pantheon hosted sites will be distinct and are not managed by Pantheon; there is no single sign-on between the Dashboard and Drupal or WordPress site.
Find more Pantheon provided credentials in the site Dashboard's connection information. For more details, see:
- Developing on Pantheon Directly with SFTP Mode
- Starting with Git
- Accessing MySQL Databases
- Redis as a Caching Backend
- Loading SSH Keys
Learn more about the Pantheon workflow, both for code deployment and content (database and files).
Familiarize yourself with Pantheon's platform considerations now to reduce headaches later.
Ensure a successful launch by following our best practice checklist for Going Live on Pantheon.
Read All About Application Containers for a better understanding of the Pantheon architecture.
If you're ready to move beyond the basics, check out our curated list of Required Reading: Essential Pantheon Documentation.