Drupal monthly maintenance routine
A maintenance cycle aligned to Drupal's monthly bugfix and security windows: update triage, testing on staging, release, and reporting what was patched.
Drupal operations and maintenance
Keeping a Drupal site healthy after launch: update routines, backups, monitoring and error tracking, logging, audits of inherited sites and support arrangements.
Drupal backups with Backup and Migrate
Backing up databases and files with Backup and Migrate or infrastructure snapshots, schedules, offsite copies, encryption and restore tests.
Drupal uptime and health monitoring
Monitoring Drupal from outside and inside: a health check endpoint for load balancers, the Monitoring module's system checks, cron and queue alerts.
Drupal error tracking with Sentry
Sending PHP and JavaScript errors from Drupal to Sentry with the Raven module, filtering personal data and alerting on new errors after releases.
Drupal logging with syslog and centralized log management
Moving logs out of the database with core syslog, shipping them to a central log platform, and what to keep for security investigations.
Auditing an inherited Drupal site
Taking over a Drupal site from another agency or departed developer: codebase and patch review, unsupported modules, security status, hosting and a prioritized remediation plan.
