Bitnami Drupal Stack is a free and multi-platform software project, an all-in-one installer that greatly simplifies the deployment of the Drupal web-based application and its runtime dependencies (MySQL, PHP and Apache) on desktop computers or laptops. It can be deployed using native installers, a virtual machines, cloud images, a Docker container or *AMP modules.<\/p>\n
Drupal is an open source, free and cross-platform content management system that allows an individual or a group of users to easily publish, manage, and organize a wide variety of content on a website.<\/p>\n
Bitnami Drupal Stack is mainly distributed as native installers for the GNU\/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, supporting 64-bit (recommended) and 32-bit hardware platforms.<\/p>\n
To install the Drupal application on your personal computer, just download the package that corresponds to your PC\u2019s hardware architecture, run it and follow the instructions displayed on the screen.<\/p>\n
Thanks to Bitnami, users are now able to run their own Drupal stack server in the cloud with their hosting platform or by using a pre-built cloud image for the Windows Azure or Amazon EC2 cloud hosting providers.<\/p>\n
In addition to install Drupal on your PC or run it in the cloud, you can also use a virtual appliance, designed by Bitnami for the VMware ESX, ESXi and Oracle VirtualBox virtualization software, and based on the latest stable release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. A Drupal Docker container will also be available on the project\u2019s homepage.<\/p>\n
Besides the Bitnami Drupal Stack product reviewed here, Bitnami also offers a module for its LAMP, WAMP and MAMP stacks, which allows users to deploy the Drupal application on personal computers, without having to install its runtime dependencies.<\/p>\n