After implementing some larger enterprise Drupal 8 websites, I would like to share some insights, how to solve common issues in the deployment workflow with Drupal 8 CMI.
Introduction to Drupal CMI
First of all, you need to understand, how the configuration management in Drupal 8 works. CMI allows you to export all configurations and its dependencies from the database into yml text files. To make sure, you never end up in an inconsistent state, CMI always exports everything. By default, you cannot exclude certain configurations.
Example:
If you change some configuration on the live database, these configurations will be reverted in the next deployment when you use
This is helpful and will make sure, you have the same configuration on all your systems.
How can I have different configurations on local / stage / live environments?
Sometimes, you want to have different configurations on your environments. For example, we have installed a “devel” module only on our local environment but we want to have it disabled on the live environment.
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Tags: Drupal 8, drupal-planet, CMI, Config Split, Webforms, Exclude