Drupal 8 Configuration Management

Using version control to keep track of configuration changes

Inside this config directory, there are two more directories: active and staging. Both contain no configuration files by default, but they each contain a helpful README.txt.

The contents of the active directory's README.txt are as follows:

If you change the configuration system to use file storage instead of the database for the active Drupal site configuration, this directory will contain the active configuration. By default, this directory will be empty. If you are using files to store the active configuration, and you want to move it between environments, files from this directory should be placed in the staging directory on the target server. To make this configuration active, visit ...