Drupal is required as a base system for [[CiviCRM]].

In addition, to fully support the GENVASC workflows, two functions are performed by custom-built Drupal modules.

[[genvasc_labels]] generates a random GENVASC ID, stores it to prevent re-use and prints ID labels for use on GENVASC recruitment paperwork. A variant which only generates ID numbers and does not print barcode labels is deployed to support the [[DHF]] study.

[[ice_messaging]] is a visualisation wrapper for the database created to receive HL7 messaging from the Sunquest ICE system to alert the LCBRU about the arrival of GENVASC specimen at the pathology department.

Currently uhlbriccsapp04.xuhl-tr.nhs.uk is a drupal/CiviCRM test installation and uhlbriccsapp05.xuhl-tr.nhs.uk is a drupal/CiviCRM live installation.

Drupal version 7.15 deployed on 17 Sept 2012

[[Notes on Drupal and LDAP configuration ]] - used to create user accounts, and associate the user accounts to the 'LCBRU staff' group.

Enable the Apache 'rewrite' module to allow clean URLs to work. This also involves configuration of the apache site config, as per [http://drupal.org/node/15365]

The deployment of drupal is made easier using 'drush' a command line utility for updating and install drupal core and modules. To update drush itself, run "sudo drush dl drush --destination='/usr/share/php'" then use 'sudo drush pm-update' from within the drupal directory tree to update core drupal and modules.