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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