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title: "Configuration management"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Efficiently manage Drupal configurations with Drupal Starter Kits. Learn to synchronize settings across environments using the Drupal UI or Drush commands. Ideal for both new and existing users looking to streamline site administration."
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Rebranding notice!

Acquia announces rebranding of its “Acquia CMS” offering, which includes a collection of Drupal modules. “Acquia CMS” is now referred to as “Drupal Starter Kits”.

In Drupal Starter Kits, configuration is the collection of admin settings that determine how the site functions, as opposed to the content of the site. Configuration typically includes parameters such as site name, content types and fields, taxonomy vocabularies, and views.

Drupal Starter Kits ships default configuration of all its submodules that are stored in the `modules/*/config` folder.

To synchronize configuration between different environments, do one of the following:

*   Use the Drupal UI to import, export, ignore and synchronize configuration.
    
    ![Synchronizing configuration](https://acquia.widen.net/content/7lisvyelh8/jpeg/cms_synchronize-configuration.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
*   Use the Drush UI to run commands such as `drush cex` and `drush cim` at root to export and import configuration respectively.

The following are the types of users for synchronizing configuration between different environments:

*   Existing users: If users have any configurations with respect to any submodules or related to any site settings, then those configurations are not overridden and new configurations are shipped with Drupal Starter Kits.
*   New users: New configurations are shipped along with its submodule. Users can overwrite each configuration and export it using the `drush cex` command. For example, Article content type and its fields.

Note

Sometimes Acquia has to override certain configurations related to core. In such cases, Acquia will inform the users by a release.