Configuration importers

A configuration importer provides consistent configurations across multiple systems (such as development, staging, and production). This is useful for deployment strategies such as pipeline deployment.

Magento uses configuration importers to import configuration data from the shared configuration file, config.php, to the appropriate storage, such as a database.

Use the magento app:config:import command to import the configuration from the command line.

Currently Magento has the following importers:

• Magento\Config\Model\Config\Importer
• Magento\Store\Model\Config\Importer
• Magento\Theme\Model\Config\Importer

ImporterInterface

All Magento importers implement the interface Magento\Framework\App\DeploymentConfig\ImporterInterface and define the following methods:

• import(array $data) - The argument $data is the configuration array from config.php.

  This method should return the array of messages generated during the import process.

• getWarningMessages(array $data) - Generates and returns the array of warning messages that contain information about what will be changed in the system.

  The $data argument is the same as for the method import.

  If this method returns an empty array, the import proceeds without interaction.

  You can also provide a message such as Do you want to continue [yes/no]?

  If the user enters no, import is canceled; otherwise, if the user enters yes, the import is processed.

Implement your own importer

1. Create an Importer class that implements Magento\Framework\App\DeploymentConfig\ImporterInterface.

2. Register your importer in your module’s di.xml:

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   <type name="Magento\Deploy\Model\DeploymentConfig\ImporterPool">
       <arguments>
           <argument name="importers" xsi:type="array">
               <item name="i18n" xsi:type="array">
                   <item name="class" xsi:type="string">Vendor\Module\Model\Config\Importer</item>
                   <item name="sortOrder" xsi:type="number">110</item>
               </item>
           </argument>
       </arguments>
   </type>
   

The sample code in the preceding example registers the importer Vendor\Module\Model\Config\Importer for the i18n array in config.php.

The i18n array has a queue order of 110, which means this importer runs after importers that have value of sort order less than 110 has and if values in the section i18n were changed.

An array cannot be imported by more than one importer.

More information

• Sensitive and system-specific settings
• config.php reference
• env.php reference