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How do you update your environments?<\/p>\n\n

I've done it in two different ways on different projects.<\/p>\n\n

The most common way is to download a database from another environment and import it.<\/p>\n\n

The downside is that there needs to be a blessed database for everyone to use and someone needs to maintain and update.<\/p>\n\n

It can also contain user data, such as usernames, email addresses, passwords and webform submissions that you should sanitise or remove.<\/p>\n\n

The other option is to install the application from scratch.<\/p>\n\n

For Drupal projects, this means installing using the existing configuration to re-create the content types, fields, views, block types, etc.<\/p>\n\n

This confirms the configuration is installable or it will fail.<\/p>\n\n

As it's a fresh installation, it can be run by anyone without needing to maintain an blessed database and doesn't contain any user data.<\/p>\n\n

Then you can recreate any data, such as users or content, that you need or seed the database with standard data.<\/p>\n\n

For Drupal, I've been using the Default Content module<\/a> for this, which has been working very well.<\/p>\n\n

If I can, I much prefer the install approach rather than importing.<\/p>\n\n

Which do you do, or do you do something else?<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

How do you update your environments?<\/p>\n\n

I've done it in two different ways on different projects.<\/p>\n\n

The most common way is to download a database from another environment and import it.<\/p>\n\n

The downside is that there needs to be a blessed database for everyone to use and someone needs to maintain and update.<\/p>\n\n

It can also contain user data, such as usernames, email addresses, passwords and webform submissions that you should sanitise or remove.<\/p>\n\n

The other option is to install the application from scratch.<\/p>\n\n

For Drupal projects, this means installing using the existing configuration to re-create the content types, fields, views, block types, etc.<\/p>\n\n

This confirms the configuration is installable or it will fail.<\/p>\n\n

As it's a fresh installation, it can be run by anyone without needing to maintain an blessed database and doesn't contain any user data.<\/p>\n\n

Then you can recreate any data, such as users or content, that you need or seed the database with standard data.<\/p>\n\n

For Drupal, I've been using the Default Content module<\/a> for this, which has been working very well.<\/p>\n\n

If I can, I much prefer the install approach rather than importing.<\/p>\n\n

Which do you do, or do you do something else?<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ], "feeds_item": [ { "imported": "2025-04-16T14:12:57+00:00", "guid": null, "hash": "67d47dc2bb4bc51e63990c2c45ae9060", "target_type": "feeds_feed", "target_uuid": "90c85284-7ca8-4074-9178-97ff8384fe76" } ] }