We have all been there. A critical security release drops on a Friday afternoon and suddenly you are facing a race against time to manually update dozens of different sites. Manual updates scale linearly with labor while the risk of version drift and unpatched security vulnerabilities compounds.
The fix is moving from manual drift to automated fleet management. By combining a single version-controlled configuration file with a platform API like Upsun, you can declare your infrastructure baseline once and deploy it across every project simultaneously.
Why it matters for your workflow:
- Eliminate version drift and ensure consistent environments
- Independent script deployments mean one failure does not block the rest of the fleet
- Onboard new sites faster by forking the base template and overriding variables
- Keep exceptions explicit and documented rather than accidental
Check out the full article to see how to automate your fleet infrastructure:
How to patch 40 Drupal sites without 40 deployments | Upsun
Stop patching Drupal sites one by one. Use a version-controlled config and the Upsun API to update your whole fleet at once, without manual deployments
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