How to Download Drupal 8 Core Using Drush

  1. Create, connect and login to your SSH
  2. Navigate to the desired directory where to install and use Drupal version 8
  3. Run below composer command:
    composer require drupal/core
  4. This will now download from Drupal.org server the core files and install it to the default directory where the command was executed
    Download Drupal 8 Core using Drush version 9