Acquia Site Factory Pro case studies
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Acquia Certified Site Factory Pro is a professional credential from Acquia aimed at people who build and operate large portfolios of Drupal sites on Acquia Site Factory, the platform Acquia describes as a way to 'Scale from One Site to Hundreds' on 'one codebase' with 'zero governance gaps.' Candidates are typically site builders, technical leads, platform administrators, and delivery teams responsible for a multi-site estate rather than a single Drupal installation, where the daily work is repeatable, governed operations at scale. Preparation should therefore center on the four areas that dominate that work: platform architecture and governance; creating, cloning, and retiring sites across a lifecycle; deploying code and running update workflows through environments; and managing users, roles, and access consistently across many sites at once. The Acquia Site Factory Pro case studies are 5 cases and about 2,294 words.
1Scoping a Search-Configuration Fix Across Shared Code Stacks
A university's Site Factory hosts 520 sites across three code stacks: stack-main (380 sites), stack-research (110), and stack-events (30). Governance is centralized, but 12 department site-group administrators can create sites and edit content.
516 words, about 3 min2Choosing Clone Versus Template for a 120-Site Country Rollout
A retail brand will launch 120 country sites in 90 days. A pilot site for Canada has 14 GB of files, 2,300 nodes, and a working store locator; it must be replicated for 15 English-speaking countries.
484 words, about 2 min3Holding a Security Update When One Stack Fails Stage
A security advisory requires a Drupal core update across 450 sites. The factory has stack-a (300 sites, standard profile), stack-b (100 sites, commerce), and stack-c (50 sites, legacy custom module).
435 words, about 2 min4Least-Privilege Access for Clients, Developers, and a Contractor
A digital agency runs 200 sites for 40 clients on one factory. Each client has two editors who should edit only their own site.
448 words, about 2 min5Freezing and Deleting Inactive Sites With Legal Exceptions
After a merger, 75 sites in a factory have had no content edits or traffic above 50 visits/month for 18 months. The governance policy says inactive sites should be frozen after 12 months and deleted after 24 months, but deletion requires legal and finance sign-off.
411 words, about 2 min