Chapter 3. Drupal 8's Take on Configuration Management
In this chapter, we will show you the inner workings of the Configuration Management system in Drupal 8. You will learn about config and schema files and read about the difference between simple configuration and configuration entities.
The config directory
During installation, Drupal adds a directory within sites/default/files called config_HASH, where HASH is a long random string of letters and numbers, as shown in the following screenshot:
This sequence is a random hash generated during the installation of your Drupal site. It is used to add some protection to your configuration files. Additionally ...
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