The new Drupal 8 configuration system

• No need of any third party modules
• Use core Configuration Manager module
• Configurations are stored in YAML files

Configuration directories

• Active - Containing the current configurations
• Sync - Containing the configurations to be imported

What??? I have to learn everything from the start?

Similarities with Drupal 7 (features) approach

Similarities with Drupal 7 (features) approach

# See all feature components in Drupal 7
drush features-components (fc)

# See all configurations in Drupal 8
drush config-list (cli)

# Export features components into a module
drush features-export (fe)

# Export configurations into a directory
drush config-export (cex) <sync>

# Revert feature module (or import feature settings to your site)
drush features-revert (fr)

# Import configurations from a directory to your site
drush config-import (cim) <sync>

Synchronize window

Full export

Single export

Full import

Single import

Want to setup sync directory? First things first.

# cd inside Drupal docroot

# Create config directories
mkdir -p sites/default/sync

<?php

// You can create as many config directories you want.
$config_directories = array(
  CONFIG_SYNC_DIRECTORY => 'sites/default/sync',
);

// Store instance specific settings like database here.
if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/settings.local.php')) {
  include __DIR__ . '/settings.local.php';
}

# Add database settings to settings.local.php
vim sites/default/settings.local.php

# Edit .gitignore
vim .gitignore

# Initially push the active configuration into sync directory
drush cex sync