Accelerate Your Drupal Deployments with Convox Quick Apps

If you manage multiple Drupal sites or handle frequent spin-ups for clients, you know the challenges. Traditional Drupal hosting often forces you into restrictive platforms or demands extensive DevOps overhead. That's why we built Quick Apps for Drupal—to deliver seamless Drupal deployment and management without sacrificing data sovereignty, flexibility, or cost-efficiency.

Why Quick Apps for Drupal?

1. Deploy Faster, Configure Less
Convox Quick Apps offers a streamlined, user-friendly wizard that eliminates the manual steps of setting up Drupal on the cloud. You can run a standard Drupal installation or connect your own Git repo with minimal configuration. The result? Your site is live in minutes instead of days.

2. Keep Your Infrastructure in Your Own Hands
Unlike many hosting platforms, Convox runs in your own cloud account. Whether you're on AWS or another supported provider, you're not locked into someone else's infrastructure. This ensures greater control over costs, compliance, and data handling policies—critical for industries like government, finance, or education.

3. Scale on Demand—Without the Chaos
Traffic spikes used to mean frantic server provisioning. Now, scaling resources is just a few clicks in the Convox Console—or fully automated via Convox's autoscaling features. It's a seamless process that won't bog down your DevOps team or bury you in ballooning fees.

A Look at the Pain Points We Solve

• High Hosting Costs — Traditional Drupal hosting can become costly when factoring in the premium for managed services, scaling overhead, and lack of control over resource usage.
• Complex Multi-Site Deployments — Agencies often manage multiple Drupal sites for diverse clients. Quick Apps simplifies spinning up, labeling, and managing each site from a single console.
• Security & Data Sovereignty — Self-hosting in your own account mitigates concerns about data exposure and compliance, especially in regulated sectors.
• Technical Overhead & Migration — Manual infrastructure work is minimized. Quick Apps provisions databases, installs Drupal, and configures environments automatically.

Who Benefits the Most?

From our experience, agencies, media companies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and e-commerce platforms stand to gain tremendous value. They often juggle multiple Drupal instances and need both ease of management and robust performance. Smaller teams will also find it equally beneficial if they want a straightforward cloud deployment that scales with their needs.

• Agencies Managing Multiple Client Sites — Quickly spin up new Drupal installs for each client and manage them all in one place.
• Organizations with Compliance Requirements — Keep your data in-house while enjoying the automation of a managed solution.
• Teams Seeking Cost Efficiency — Choose from numerous instance types, scale easily, and pay only for the resources you actually need.

Under the Hood: Quick Apps Workflow

Launching a Drupal site with Convox is straightforward:

• 1. Select Drupal in Quick Apps — In the Convox Console, simply choose “Drupal” under Quick Apps.
• 2. Pick Your Installation Option — Go with a standard installation for a fresh Drupal site, or link your own Git repo for a custom setup.
• 3. Configure Settings — Provide your site name, administrator credentials, and choose between an existing or newly provisioned Convox-managed database. Add labels for easy environment tracking.
• 4. Deploy & Relax — Convox automatically handles infrastructure provisioning, database setup, and application deployment. Your site is ready in minutes.

Powerful Management Features (All in One Place)

• Centralized Dashboard — See all your Drupal sites, health status, and resource usage from a single screen.
• Scaling & Resource Allocation — Adjust CPU, memory, and scale replicas as needed—perfect for handling seasonal peaks.
• Clone & Migrate — Easily replicate an existing Drupal app to create staging environments or new client projects.
• Automated Backups & Restores — Protect against data loss with scheduled backups and one-click restores.
• Custom Domains & SSL — Assign your own domain with built-in TLS/SSL certificate management.

How to Get Started

If you'd like a visual tour, check out the Drupal Quick Apps Product Tour

1. Sign in to Your Convox Account
Don't have one? Sign up here to launch Quick Apps in your own cloud environment.

2. Create a Runtime Integration & Install a Rack
Once signed up, connect your cloud provider as a runtime integration in Convox. Then install a Convox Rack into your cloud account. This Rack is where your Drupal app and any other Quick Apps will live.

3. Open Quick Apps in the Console
You'll find the sidebar item Quick Apps. From there select the Install tab.

4. Select “Drupal”
Follow the guided steps—configuring your site name, environment labels, and database preferences. .

5. Launch Your Site
In just a few minutes, you'll have a fully functional Drupal instance live in your own cloud.

Final Thoughts

Convox Quick Apps for Drupal represents our commitment to making cloud deployment more efficient, secure, and cost-effective. Whether you're a growing agency, a large enterprise, or anywhere in between, Quick Apps can reduce the time and resources spent on infrastructure—freeing you up to focus on creating engaging digital experiences.

Ready to see how Quick Apps transforms your Drupal workflow? Spin up your first Drupal site and experience frictionless deployment in your own cloud account. If you have any questions or want a personalized walkthrough, get in touch. We'd love to chat about how Quick Apps can fit into your unique environment.