Useful DDEV commands

DDEV commands to manage your Webhaven Drupal project efficiently. A list of commands to manage containers, run Drush, manage Composer and handling databases.

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Container commands

A list of DDEV container related commands that I often use.

Start the project environment with:

ddev start

Restart the project environment with:

ddev restart

Stop the project environment without removing it with:

ddev stop

Stop all running DDEV projects with:

ddev poweroff

SSH into the web container with:

ddev logs

Show information about the running project with:

ddev describe

Remove the project with a database snapshot, without deleting your code with:

ddev delete

Remove the project without a database snapshot, without deleting your code with:

ddev delete --omit-snapshot

Database commands

A list of DDEV database related commands that I often use.

Import a database dump into your project with:

ddev import-db --src=path/to/db.sql.gz

Export the current project database to a file with:

ddev export-db --file=path/to/db.sql.gz

Access the database directly via the MySQL CLI with:

ddev mysql

I use the Sequel Ace database Browser (macOS), I can access the database directly via Sequel Ace with:

ddev sequelace

Drush commands

A list of DDEV drush related commands that I often use.

Clear all caches with:

ddev drush cr

Import configuration from your sync directory with:

ddev drush cim -y

Export the current site configuration with:

ddev drush cex -y

Run database updates after a config or code change with:

ddev drush updb -y

Enable a module with:

ddev drush en module_name -y

Uninstall a module with:

ddev drush pmu module_name -y

Run cron manually:

ddev drush cron

Run drush deploy (for more information on this command see the Drush documenation):

ddev drush deploy

Composer commands

A list of DDEV Composer related commands that I often use.

Install all project dependencies defined in composer.json with:

ddev composer install

Update all dependencies to their latest allowed versions with:

ddev composer update

Install (require) a new package and add it to composer.json with:

ddev composer require drupal/package

Remove a package and update composer.json accordingly with:

ddev composer remove drupal/package