Setting up a sandbox website
A sandbox site is a temporary UQ Standard Drupal website you can practice or experiment in. Sandboxes are also used for Drupal training courses.
Sandbox sites are a great way to play around with Drupal or test out web publishing ideas, but keep in mind that sandboxes are:
- temporary and deleted after 6 months of no activity
- not backed up and shouldn't be used for important information
- not live sites and can't be published as a live site.
Any content in a sandbox also can't automatically be migrated to another site – you'll have to manually copy/paste any content from your sandbox into another site.
Generate a sandbox site
You can generate a fresh sandbox at any time:
- Go to the Sandbox page and click 'Log in'.
- You will be redirected to UQ's Single Sign-on page.
- Enter your UQ username and password.
- Select a relevant template under 'Choose a site template'.
- Select your Drupal role under 'Choose your role'.
- Click 'Next'.
- Click 'Generate my Sandbox'.
A confirmation will display on your screen. The process of generating a sandbox takes about 10 to 15 minutes.
You will receive an email when your Sandbox is ready to use. The URL of your sandbox will always be https://uqusername.sandbox.drupal.uq.edu.au
Generate a sandbox for Drupal training
You have to create a sandbox website before you attend Drupal training:
- Go to the Sandbox page and click 'Log in'.
- You will be redirected to UQ's Single Sign-on page.
- Enter your UQ username and password.
- Select 'UQ Standard' under 'Choose a site template'.
- Under 'Choose your role', select 'Site Editor' for Drupal Fundamentals training or 'Site Builder' for site builder training.
- Click 'Next'.
- Click 'Generate my Sandbox'.
A confirmation will display on your screen. The process of generating a sandbox takes about 10 to 15 minutes.
You will receive an email when your Sandbox is ready to use. The URL of your sandbox will always be https://uqusername.sandbox.drupal.uq.edu.au