Provision is a component of the Aegir hosting system. . Ægir is a new set of contributed modules for Drupal that aims to solve the problem of managing a large number of Drupal sites. It does this by providing you with a simple Drupal based hosting front end for your entire network of sites. To deploy a new site you simply have to create a new Site node. To backup or upgrade sites, you simply manage your site nodes as you would any other node. . The provision component of this system provides the back end used for system level tasks such as creating configuration files and managing databases and backup files.
