Where Drush 9 aliases file should be located in Drupal 8? - php

Question

I have tried some ways to create an alias for my local Drupal project, I'm referring to :
https://www.drupal.org/node/1401522
https://www.drupal.org/project/drush/issues/831272
https://www.drupal.org/project/drush/issues/786766
I can connect by running this command :
drush --root=C:/wamp64/www/executive-coatings --uri=http://localhost:81/executive-coatings status
Output :
Drupal version : 8.6.13
Site URI : http://localhost:81/executive-coatings
DB driver : mysql
DB hostname : localhost
DB port : 3306
DB username : root
DB name : dev_ecc_new
Database : Connected
Drupal bootstrap : Successful
Default theme : ecc_front
Admin theme : adminimal_theme
PHP binary : C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.2.10\php.exe
PHP config : C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.2.10\php.ini
PHP OS : WINNT
Drush script : C:\wamp64\www\executive-coatings\vendor\bin\drush.phar
Drush version : 9.6.2
Drush temp : C:\Users\k\AppData\Local\Temp
Drush configs : C:/Users/k/.drush/drush.yml
C:/wamp64/www/executive-coatings/vendor/drush/drush/drush.yml
Install profile : minimal
Drupal root : C:\wamp64\www\executive-coatings
Site path : sites/default
Files, Public : sites/default/files
Files, Temp : /tmp
But when I try to use a drush alias it doesn't work. Here my alias file :
$aliases['local'] = array(
'uri' => 'localhost:81/executive-coatings',
'root' => 'C:/wamp64/www/executive-coatings',
'path-aliases' => array(
'%dump-dir' => '/tmp',
),
);
Running drush #local status returns [preflight] The alias #local could not be found.
I think I put my alias file in the wrong directory, can you provide the correct path ?

Answer 1

Alias file location is not your only issue here, because you are running Drush 9.x. Here the major changes between Drush 8.x and Drush 9.x regarding aliases :
Site aliases are no longer PHP files but YAML files. Hopefully Drush 9.x comes with a command to convert your old drush 8 aliases :
drush site:alias-convert
The user alias locations used in Drush 8 (~/.drush/sites, /etc/drush/sites) are by default no longer parsed, but you can register any location where alias files may be placed in your ~/.drush/drush.yml configuration file. Setting the old Drush 8 paths can be done automatically by running :
drush core:init
It writes the following to ~/.drush/drush.yml :
drush:
paths:
alias-path:
- '${env.home}/.drush/sites'
- /etc/drush/sites
For example in your case, defining a local environment for the website executive-coatings aliased ecc may be done in the file (provided this location is registered as mentioned above) ~/.drush/sites/ecc.site.yml.
You can also define environment aliases (eg. #dev, #preprod, etc.) for a given website at the following location (under the project root of that website, using self in the file naming) :
<DRUPAL_ROOT>/drush/sites/self.site.yml
Useful links :
- https://github.com/drush-ops/drush/blob/master/examples/example.site.yml
- https://github.com/consolidation/site-alias