Restoring a Drupal 8 site from Configuration Files

As Drupal 8 "relies" on a Configuration Management (CM) system, one of its cool improvements is restoring a Drupal 8 site from an existing configuration instead of only a database dump. This means that you can do a brand new Drupal installation and replicate an existing configuration on your new fresh database!

If you are new to Drupal 8 or you want to learn more about CM, how to start using it and some Tips and Tricks, I suggest you to first read my blog post about Using Configuration Management and Git in Drupal 8.

In the following lines, I'll explain how to install a Drupal 8 site and import an existing configuration from an exported folder. All of this with a single Drush command.

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