Drupal 8 Configuration Management

Table of contents

1. Drupal 8 Configuration Management
   1. Table of Contents
   2. Drupal 8 Configuration Management
   3. Credits
   4. About the Authors
   5. About the Reviewer
   6. www.PacktPub.com
      1. Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
         1. Why subscribe?
         2. Free access for Packt account holders
   7. Preface
      1. So what is configuration in Drupal terms?
      2. How it works in Drupal 8
      3. What this book covers
      4. What you need for this book
      5. Who this book is for
      6. Conventions
      7. Reader feedback
      8. Customer support
         1. Downloading the example code
         2. Errata
         3. Piracy
         4. Questions
   8. 1. Understanding Configuration Management
      1. An introduction to Configuration Management
         1. Configuration
         2. Content
         3. Session
         4. State
      2. Why manage configuration?
      3. Tracking configuration changes
         1. Some version control best practices
            1. Using a project management tool
            2. Meaningful commit messages
            3. Meaningful branches
      4. A look back at Drupal 7
         1. Manual Configuration Management
         2. The hook_install()/hook_update_N() function
         3. The Features module
            1. What is the Features module?
            2. Creating a Feature
            3. The settings to export with Features
            4. The settings to not export with Features
         4. The Configuration Management module
         5. Storing configuration variables in settings.php
      5. How Drupal 8 takes care of Configuration Management
         1. How to start using Configuration Management
      6. Using version control to keep track of configuration changes
         1. Types of configuration
         2. Configuration storage and deploying between environments
      7. Summary
   9. 2. Configuration Management for Administrators
      1. Why do we want to manage our configuration?
         1. Making a clone of your site
         2. The Configuration Management interface
            1. The interface options
               1. Using full import/export
         3. Single import/export
      2. Summary
   10. 3. Drupal 8's Take on Configuration Management
       1. The config directory
          1. A simple configuration example
       2. Config and schema files – what are they and what are they used for?
          1. Config files
          2. Schema files
       3. Learning the difference between active and staging directories
          1. Changing the active configuration storage
          2. Changing the storage location of the active and staging directories
       4. Simple configuration versus configuration entities
          1. Simple configuration
          2. Configuration entities
       5. Summary
   11. 4. The Configuration Management API
       1. A simple configuration API
          1. Working with configuration data
             1. Retrieving the configuration object
             2. Getting configuration values
             3. Setting configuration values
             4. Removing configuration values
             5. Best practices
          2. Getting notified about configuration changes
          3. Overriding the configuration
             1. Global overrides
             2. Language overrides
             3. Module overrides
             4. Avoiding overrides
          4. Creating configuration entity types
             1. Adding the basics
             2. Taking control of your data
       2. Summary
   12. 5. The Anatomy of Schema Files
       1. What are schema files in Drupal?
          1. The structure of a schema file
       2. Properties
       3. Data types
          1. Reusing data types
          2. Making data translatable
       4. Dynamic type references
          1. The element-key references
          2. The sub-key references
          3. The parent-key references
       5. Coding standards
       6. PHP API
       7. Summary
   13. 6. Adding Configuration Management to Your Module
       1. Default configuration
          1. An example
       2. Defining and using your own configuration
          1. Setting your configuration file
          2. Custom configuration entity types
          3. Using the configuration
          4. Creating a configuration form
             1. Configuration forms in Drupal 7
             2. Creating configuration forms in Drupal 8
                1. Adding a form controller
                2. Route and menu items
                3. The result
       3. Summary
   14. 7. Upgrading Your Drupal 7 Variables to the Drupal 8 Configuration
       1. Upgrading your variables
          1. Simple configuration
          2. Complex configuration objects
          3. Upgrading to the new state system
       2. Providing an upgrade path for your variables
          1. Migrating your data
             1. Source plugins
             2. Process plugins
             3. Destination plugins
             4. Running the migration
       3. Summary
   15. 8. Managing Configuration for Multilingual Websites
       1. Multilingual sites in Drupal 7
          1. The Locale module
          2. Content translation
          3. Translating other types of content
          4. Translation settings/configuration
          5. Translating entities
       2. Translating in Drupal 8
          1. Configuration translation
             1. Translating the configuration
             2. Storing translations
             3. Exporting and importing configuration translations
       3. Summary
   16. 9. Useful Tools and Getting Help
       1. Community documentation
       2. The administration guide documentation
       3. Contributed modules
          1. The configuration inspector for Drupal 8
       4. Configuration development
       5. Drush
          1. Exporting and importing your configuration using Drush commands
       6. Forums
       7. The issue queue
       8. IRC chat
       9. Summary
          1. Questions
   17. Index