Upsun Fixed (Platform.sh) Integration¶

DDEV provides integration with the Upsun “Fixed” Website Management Platform (formerly Platform.sh), which allows Upsun Fixed users to quickly download and provision a project from Upsun in a local DDEV-managed environment.

DDEV’s Upsun Fixed integration pulls databases and files from an existing Upsun/Platform.sh-style site/environment into your local system so you can develop locally.

Upsun Fixed (Platform.sh) Global Configuration¶

You need to obtain and configure an API token first. This is only needed once.

1. Login to the Upsun Dashboard and go to Account → API Tokens. Create an API token DDEV can use.

2. Add the API token to the web_environment section in your global DDEV configuration at ~/.ddev/global_config.yaml:

   web_environment:
       - PLATFORMSH_CLI_TOKEN=abcdeyourtoken
   

   You can also do this with:

   ddev config global --web-environment-add="PLATFORMSH_CLI_TOKEN=abcdeyourtoken"`
   

   What if I have more than one API token?

   To use multiple API tokens for different projects, add them to your per-project configuration using the .ddev/config.local.yaml file instead. This file is gitignored by default.

   web_environment:
       - PLATFORMSH_CLI_TOKEN=abcdeyourtoken
   

Upsun/Platform.sh Per-Project Configuration¶

1. Check out the site and configure it with ddev config. You’ll want to use ddev start and make sure the basic functionality is working.

2. Add PLATFORM_PROJECT and PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT variables to your project.

   • Either in .ddev/config.yaml or a .ddev/config.*.yaml file:

     web_environment:
         - PLATFORM_PROJECT=nf4amudfn23biyourproject
         - PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT=main
     

   • Or with a command from your terminal:

     ddev config --web-environment-add="PLATFORM_PROJECT=nf4amudfn23bi,PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT=main"
     

3. Run ddev restart.

4. Run ddev pull platform. After you agree to the prompt, the current upstream databases and files will be downloaded.
5. Optionally use ddev push platform to push local files and database to Upsun. The ddev push command can potentially damage your production site, so use it against a known environment and not against your production site..

Managing Multiple Apps¶

If your environment contains more than one app, add PLATFORM_APP variable to your project:

• Either in .ddev/config.yaml or a .ddev/config.*.yaml file:

  web_environment:
      - ...
      - PLATFORM_APP=app
  

• Or with a command from your terminal:

  ddev config --web-environment-add="PLATFORM_APP=app"
  

Managing Multiple Databases¶

If your project has only one database, it will automatically be pulled into and pushed from DDEV’s 'db' database.

If your project has multiple databases, they’ll all be pulled into DDEV with their respective remote names. You can optionally designate a primary to use DDEV’s default 'db' database, which may be useful in some cases—particularly if you’ve been using the default solo-database behavior and happened to add another one to your project.

You can designate the primary database using the PLATFORM_PRIMARY_RELATIONSHIP environment variable:

ddev config --web-environment-add="PLATFORM_PRIMARY_RELATIONSHIP=main"

You can also do the same thing by running ddev pull platform and using the --environment flag:

ddev pull platform --environment="PLATFORM_PRIMARY_RELATIONSHIP=main"

Usage¶

• ddev pull platform will connect to Upsun to download database and files. To skip downloading and importing either file or database assets, use the --skip-files and --skip-db flags.
• If you need to change the platform.yaml recipe, you can change it or copy it to suit your needs, but remember to remove the #ddev-generated line from the top of the file.