Lightning was a base distribution for fast and feature-rich Drupal. Support ended on November 2, 2021 and it is no longer maintained.
For the best developer experience and dependency management, install with Composer using the following command: composer create-project acquia/lightning-project MYPROJECT
Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~3.4.17 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/8.x-3.x/UPDATE.md.
For the best developer experience and dependency management, install with Composer using the following command: composer create-project acquia/lightning-project MYPROJECT
Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~4.1.18 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/8.x-4.x/UPDATE.md.
For the best developer experience and dependency management, install with Composer using the following command: composer create-project acquia/lightning-project MYPROJECT
Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~5.1.11 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/5.1.x/UPDATE.md.
For the best developer experience and dependency management, install with Composer using the following command: composer create-project acquia/lightning-project MYPROJECT
Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~5.2.3 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/5.2.x/UPDATE.md.
This is the final release of Lightning 5.2.x. No further security updates or bug fixes will be made. Please see the uninstall instructions to remove the Lightning distribution from your site, or the official end-of-life announcement or site owner FAQ for more information.
lightning_install
.Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~5.2.4 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/5.2.x/UPDATE.md.
This is the final release of Lightning 5.1.x. No further security updates or bug fixes will be made. Please see the uninstall instructions to remove the Lightning distribution from your site, or the official end-of-life announcement or site owner FAQ for more information.
lightning_install
.Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~5.1.12 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/5.1.x/UPDATE.md.
This is the final release of Lightning 4.x. No further security updates or bug fixes will be made. Please see the uninstall instructions to remove the Lightning distribution from your site, or the official end-of-life announcement or site owner FAQ for more information.
lightning_install
.Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~4.1.19 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/8.x-4.x/UPDATE.md.
This is the final release of Lightning 3.x. No further security updates or bug fixes will be made. Please see the uninstall instructions to remove the Lightning distribution from your site, or the official end-of-life announcement or site owner FAQ for more information.
lightning_install
.Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~3.4.18 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/8.x-3.x/UPDATE.md.
For the best developer experience and dependency management, install with Composer using the following command: composer create-project acquia/lightning-project MYPROJECT
Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~3.4.16 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/8.x-3.x/UPDATE.md.
For the best developer experience and dependency management, install with Composer using the following command: composer create-project acquia/lightning-project MYPROJECT
Update your codebase:
composer self-update
composer require acquia/lightning:~4.1.17 --no-update
composer update
Run database updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush updatedb
Run Lightning configuration updates (if required - depending on the version from which you are updating):
drush cache:rebuild
drush update:lightning
For general update instructions see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/blob/8.x-4.x/UPDATE.md.