The cmidemo module for Configuration Management Initiative in Drupal 8

1. CMI (Configuration Management
Initiative) in Drupal 8
Nguyen Tien Si

2. Agenda
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Drupal 7
CMI in Drupal 8
Demo
Question?

3. Drupal 7
• Have many way to save configuration
– Variable table
– Own module table
• Deploy from Dev to Pro, includes:
– Update_N() hook
– Features module
– Ctools exportable
–…

4. CMI in Drupal 8
Source: drupalwatchdog.com

5. CMI in Drupal 8
Exporting the configuration to the file system as
YAML file
Ex: core/modules/image/config/image.style.large.yml

6. CMI in Drupal 8
Drupal installation two directories will be
created:
• active: This stores your currently live configuration.
• staging: This stores configuration that is ready to be imported.
Ex: sites/default/files/config_0uja8Kt-jH9Pcvu9AGznoQp6FmFs1hVB6APfJMKLcMg
active:

7. CMI in Drupal 8
API

8. CMI in Drupal 8
Import/Export to deploy

9. CMI in Drupal 8
Import/Export to deploy

10. CMI in Drupal 8
Import/Export to deploy

11. CMI in Drupal 8
Import/Export to deploy

12. CMI in Drupal 8
Import/Export do deploy

13. CMI in Drupal 8
Import/Export to deploy

14. Demo
Source:
https://github.com/mrsinguyen/cmidemo
Download:
https://github.com/mrsinguyen/cmidemo/archive/8.
x-1.x.zip

15. References
• http://drupal8cmi.org
• https://drupal.org/node/1667894

16. Question?
Any question?