Migrate Drupal 7 to Drupal 11 — Full Migrate API Tutorial (No Upgrade Path)

Drupal 7 is different from every other version: there is NO in-place upgrade path to Drupal 11. Instead you stand up a fresh Drupal 11 site and migrate the content across with the Migrate API. In this video we take a real Drupal 7 site — pages, articles, users, taxonomy, files, URL aliases — and move all of it into a clean Drupal 11. What you will learn: • Why Drupal 7 → 11 is a migration, not an upgrade — and why the Drupal 7 site stays live untouched • Building the target: a fresh Drupal 11 site with the standard profile • The toolkit: migrate_drupal (core) + migrate_upgrade, migrate_tools, migrate_plus • Pointing Drupal 11 at the Drupal 7 database with a second connection + --legacy-root for files • drush migrate:upgrade --configure-only to generate and review the migrations • drush migrate:import --tag="Drupal 7" --continue-on-failure, then migrate:status and migrate:rollback • What fails and why (Drupal 7 actions, old field types) and how to re-run piece by piece Chapters: 00:00 Intro — Drupal 7 has no upgrade path 00:42 The Drupal 7 site we are migrating 01:06 Why you migrate instead of upgrade 01:32 Build a fresh Drupal 11 site 01:58 Add the Migrate toolkit 02:22 Point Drupal 11 at the Drupal 7 database 02:44 Generate the migrations (--configure-only) 03:06 Run the import 03:28 Check status, re-run, roll back 03:52 The content, now on Drupal 11 04:20 Key takeaways Challenge: point a fresh Drupal 11 at a copy of your Drupal 7 database, run drush migrate:upgrade --configure-only, then migrate:status — and read the list of generated migrations before importing anything. Part 4 (final) of a 4-part series — upgrading to Drupal 11 from Drupal 10, 9, 8 and 7. Part 1 (Drupal 10 → 11):    • Upgrade Drupal 10 to Drupal 11 — Full Step...   Part 2 (Drupal 9 → 11):    • Upgrade Drupal 9 to Drupal 11 — Full Two-H...   Part 3 (Drupal 8 → 11):    • Upgrade Drupal 8 to Drupal 11 — Full Three...   Every command runs through ddev and every screen is the real site. #drupal #drupal11 #drupalmigration #webdevelopment #ddev