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MP Singh
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Drupal Developers: I Need You to Break This

I built something I want to stress-test properly.

A one-command installer that deploys a full Drupal 11 production stack on a €10 VPS. Not a demo. Not a toy. A real stack with backups, recovery, observability, and preview environments.

Now I need people who will actually try to break it.

What it deploys 

git clone https://github.com/actools-pl/actoolsDrupal.git
cd actoolsDrupal
cp actools.env.example actools.env
sudo ./actools.sh
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In under 30 minutes on a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server:

  • Drupal 11 + PHP 8.3-FPM
  • Caddy 2.8 — automatic HTTPS, HTTP/3
  • MariaDB 11.4 — binary logging, point-in-time recovery
  • Redis 7 — session and page caching
  • XeLaTeX worker — containerised PDF generation
  • Prometheus + Grafana — full observability
  • Automated encrypted backups
  • Preview environments per branch
  • Self-healing health checks

Total cost: €10/month on a Hetzner CX22 (2 vCPU, 4GB RAM).

What stays free forever

Everything above. MIT licensed. No feature gates. No licence keys. No phone-home. Every line readable at github.com/actools-pl/actoolsDrupal.

Why this exists

If you have worked with Acquia, Pantheon, or felt the pain of BOA's complexity — you already know the gap. This tries to close it. Full control. Predictable behaviour. Low cost.

What I need

I am not looking for cheerleaders.

I want:

  • Install failures
  • Confusing steps
  • Broken assumptions
  • Anything that makes you hesitate to use this on a client project

Run it on a fresh server. Try to use it like real work. Then send a short email to hello@feesix.com answering:

  1. Did it install without errors?
  2. What was confusing or unclear?
  3. What broke or behaved unexpectedly?
  4. What would you need before using this on a client site?

No forms. No account. Just an honest email.

Post it publicly if you prefer — that is even better.

What you get

  • Early access to Phase 4.5 enterprise features when released
  • Your feedback shapes the roadmap directly
  • Credit in the changelog if you want it

The honest part

I am a physics teacher building infrastructure tools on pocket money. The installer has been stress-tested, CI is green, security scanning is automated — but real-world testing by real Drupal developers is what it needs now.

Try it. Break it. Tell me how to fix it.

GitHub: https://github.com/actools-pl/actoolsDrupal
Site: https://feesix.com
Email: hello@feesix.com

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