Importing and exporting configurations
Configuration management in Drupal 8 provides a solution to a common problem when working with a website across multiple environments. No matter what the workflow pattern is, at some point the configuration needs to move from one place to another, such as from production to a local environment. When pushing the development work to production, you need to have some way to put the configuration in place.
Drupal 8's user interface provides a way to import and export configuration entities via the YAML format. In this recipe, we will create a content type, export its configuration, and then import it into another Drupal site.
In this recipe, we will export a single configuration entity from a development site. ...
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