drupal integration best practises
DESCRIPTION
In this session I have shown the possibilities that Drupal offers to interact with other enterprise systems like Microsoft Sharepoint, Salesforce or SAP. As many of you may wonder "why to do this", I want to show some real use cases where Drupal works as an intranet framework, a content marketing portal or a enterprise commerce site - integrated with other enterprise tools to share content, processes and customer interaction.TRANSCRIPT
Drupal integration
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Dipl. Inf. Manuel PistnerCEO
Bright Solutions GmbHin Darmstadt
Founded in 2006
21 Team members
Web- and mobile app development with Drupalto improve business processes
Whatis the session about
● Discover why integration matters
● Integrate Drupal with enterprise IT
● Show modules and architectures
● Discuss use cases and share experience
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Whyshould we integrate
● Big chance for Drupal in the enterprise
● Don't reinvent the wheel – use it!
● Automate workflows and share data
=> Provide showcases !
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Howshould we integrate
● Let Drupal consume data
● Let Drupal provide data
● Let Drupal connect data
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Benefit ● Reuse
● Extend
● Combine
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Whatmakes Drupal unique
● Most flexible application framework(by configuration!)
● Open for integration
● Transparent and free
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Whatmakes Drupal unique
Module A Module B Module C
Plugin 1 Plugin 2
Configuration layer
Use-Case
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Whichintegration scenarios exist
● Sharepoint data <=> Drupal
● SAP data and apps <=> Drupal
● LDAP (users, groups, OG) <=> Drupal
● Salesforce <=> Drupal ...
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Whichintegration scenarios exist
● Single Sign On (SSO, Kerberos)
● Search integration (SOLR, Sharepoint)
● Mobile / Social integration
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Whichintegration scenarios exist
● Connect applications with Drupal
=> Connect with webservices=> Interact with Rules=> Display with views, panels, display suite
Automate workflows and share data
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WhichIntegration szenarios exist
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Whichintegration scenarios exist
● Process aggregated „Big Data“
● Visualize aggregated data=> Visualization API=> Charts=> Views aggregator plus
● Drupal.org Big Data group
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Howto start an integration
● Don't look for a „ready build“ integration module
=> Either not available=> Or not flexible enough
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Howto start an integration
● Use standard modules + plugins
=> Extend protocols=> Use „infrastructure modules“=> Keep flexible
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Whichmodules to use
● Entities and fields (Data structure)
● Remote entities (connect without copying)
● Views (list internal and external data)
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Whichmodules to use
● Feeds (import and update Data)
=> Plugins for fetchers=> Plugins for processors=> Plugins parsers
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Whichmodules to use
● Rules
=> Plugins for events=> Plugins for conditions=> Plugins for actions
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Whichmodules to use
● Fluxkraft and fluxservices
=> Framework to connect services=> Uses remote entity concept=> Rules events and actions
„If a new tweet appears on your timeline post on facebook“
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Whichmodules to use
● Rest WS (included in Drupal 8)=> alternative for Services module
● WS Client=> pluggable Clients (REST, SOAP)=> full Rules integration=> Actions to call a web service
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Whichmodules to use
● Data module
=> integrate external datasources=> Pluggable → different database types=> Integrate with Drupal without entities
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Whichmodules to use
● LDAP Module
● oData Module
● Kerberos [buggy :-(]
● Custom code BUT => integrated with Drupal API!
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Whichrequirements to match
3rd party apps need
● Open Data
● Webservices
● Standard protocols recommended
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Integration with Drupalas an example
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Sharepointand Drupal
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The futureof Drupal 8
● Even more flexible
● Easier integration (Services, Headless Drupal)
● BUT: => More framework functionality=> Less end user features
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Q&A?
brightsolutions.de/newsletter
brightsolutions.de
@ManuelPistner
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Custom Drupal integration scenarios?
Lets talk!