Your Status report tells you that your update.php
file is protected. This is good as you do not want anyone to launch your Drupal site and try running update.php
to update your database schema. You only want to do this as a super user admin. Another tip is to delete your install.php
file from your Drupal site. You do not need to keep the install.php
file on your production site. Removing it is a good precaution and the added benefit is that no unauthorized site user can try and run your install.php
file. To do this:
1. SFTP into your site or access through cPanel.
2. Copy a backup of your
install.php
to your local backup folder so that you have it if you need it later.3. Select your
install.php
file and delete it.
This would also be a good time to review your site's /sites/modules
and /sites/themes
folders, and make sure you do not have any residual files or tar.gz
files remaining post upgrade. If you do, you can safely remove them from your site. You do not want...