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Allan Chappell

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David Diers

Migration  In D7, we used the Migrate Drupal to Drupal module, what’s the case for D8?  Speak on pattern of using Migrate Drupal as a basis for a migration. Migration plugins and yml configuration declarations are an improvement on an already excellent module - if you are going to handle migrations like you did in 7 - which might be appropriate depending on your use case Appropriate where you are significantly revising the content model, configuration or site composition.   What are some of the pros and cons of the way Migrate Drupal works in D8?  Pros  Migration of most Drupal settings: registration emails, site name, debug settings, etc. Migration of most fields (work is ongoing to include contrib into upgrade migrations) Migration of all content types with nodes and revisions   Cons  By default, fixed ids (not ideal for staged work) Miss an opportunity to take out the trash        Configuration management  Let’s talk about configuration management. I know from working with you guys that you started out using Features...  Tried out a features based approach at first - because it was similar to well established patterns in 7 - but abandoned it for the project Feature branch activity then confex seems to be working out well Configuration import and export has inspired a lot of confidence in getting to known states. The challenge is probably in managing environmental config settings - that’s where Master still might have a place. Using configuration export and import committed to git repo. Challenges of local configuration vs production configuration.  Managing code review Automated removal of local configuration   Would like to know some other people’s workflows    Episode Links  Allan on Drupal.org -  https://www.drupal.org/u/generalredneck Allan on Twitter - https://twitter.com/general_redneck Allan’s Website - http://generalredneck.com David on Twitter - http://twitter.com/beautyhammer David on Drupal.org - https://www.drupal.org/u/thebruce David’s Website - http://daviddiers.com David on GitHub - https://github.com/thebruce David on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/beautyhammer Migrate documentation (plugins) - https://www.drupal.org/node/2129651 Drupal.org issue on how to export migration configuration - https://www.drupal.org/node/2704721 

Migration <ul> <li>In D7, we used the Migrate Drupal to Drupal module, what’s the case for D8? <ul> <li>Speak on pattern of using Migrate Drupal as a basis for a migration.</li> <li>Migration plugins and yml configuration declarations are an improvement on an already excellent module - if you are going to handle migrations like you did in 7 - which might be appropriate depending on your use case</li> <li>Appropriate where you are significantly revising the content model, configuration or site composition.</li> </ul> </li> <li>What are some of the pros and cons of the way Migrate Drupal works in D8? <ul> <li>Pros <ul> <li>Migration of most Drupal settings: registration emails, site name, debug settings, etc.</li> <li>Migration of most fields (work is ongoing to include contrib into upgrade migrations)</li> <li>Migration of all content types with nodes and revisions</li> </ul> </li> <li>Cons <ul> <li>By default, fixed ids (not ideal for staged work)</li> <li>Miss an opportunity to take out the trash</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> Configuration management <ul> <li>Let’s talk about configuration management. I know from working with you guys that you started out using Features... <ul> <li>Tried out a features based approach at first - because it was similar to well established patterns in 7 - but abandoned it for the project</li> <li>Feature branch activity then confex seems to be working out well</li> <li>Configuration import and export has inspired a lot of confidence in getting to known states.</li> <li>The challenge is probably in managing environmental config settings - that’s where Master still might have a place.</li> <li>Using configuration export and import committed to git repo.</li> <li>Challenges of local configuration vs production configuration. <ul> <li>Managing code review</li> <li>Automated removal of local configuration</li> </ul> </li> <li>Would like to know some other people’s workflows</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Episode Links <ul> <li>Allan on <a href="http://Drupal.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drupal.org</a> -  <a href="https://www.drupal.org/u/generalredneck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.drupal.org/u/generalredneck</a></li> <li>Allan on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/general_redneck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/general_redneck</a></li> <li>Allan’s Website - <a href="http://generalredneck.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://generalredneck.com</a></li> <li>David on Twitter - <a href="http://twitter.com/beautyhammer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/beautyhammer</a></li> <li>David on <a href="http://Drupal.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drupal.org</a> - <a href="https://www.drupal.org/u/thebruce" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.drupal.org/u/thebruce</a></li> <li>David’s Website - <a href="http://daviddiers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://daviddiers.com</a></li> <li>David on GitHub - <a href="https://github.com/thebruce" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/thebruce</a></li> <li>David on SoundCloud - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/beautyhammer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/beautyhammer</a></li> <li>Migrate documentation (plugins) - <a href="https://www.drupal.org/node/2129651" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.drupal.org/node/2129651</a></li> <li><a href="http://Drupal.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drupal.org</a> issue on how to export migration configuration - <a href="https://www.drupal.org/node/2704721" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.drupal.org/node/2704721</a></li> </ul>

162 Drupal 8 Enterprise Development with Allan Chappell and David Diers - Modules Unraveled Podcast