Config Override Magento 2 Module

A Magento 2 module that overrides default configuration from file which can be added to version control, inspired by this Magento 1.x extension: https://github.com/webgriffe/config-extension.

Installation

Add this extension as dependency using Composer:

composer require webgriffe/module-config-override
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

Config override

Magento configuration is driven by database. This, sometimes, is overkill and forces us to maintain upgrade script to keep Magento envorinment aligned with features development. So, this extension enables additional config source that loads several YAML files and overrides database configuration.

Loaded YAML files are (in this order):

• app/etc/default.yml.dist: this intended to be under version control to distribute configuration for all environments.
• app/etc/default.yml: this is intendet to be ignored by version control system to provide configuration related to local needs.

Also, if the MAGE_ENVIRONMENT environment variable is defined, then two additiontal files are loaded. For example, if the MAGE_ENVIRONMENT variable value is dev, the following two files are loaded:

• app/etc/default-dev.yml.dist: as default.yml.dist, this is intended to be under version control to distribute configuration but only for the dev environment.
• app/etc/default-dev.yml: as default.yml, this is intended to be ignored by version control to provide configuration related to local needs but only for the dev environment.

Configuration in YAML files must be specified with the same structure of Magento system configuration, for example:

web:
  secure:
    base_url: "http://my-project-url.dev/"
  unsecure:
    base_url: "http://my-project-url.dev/"

Only default configuration scope is overridden.

CLI notes

Please note that if you use the MAGE_ENVIRONMENT variable then it should be always set when Magento is running. So is not enough to set it through your webserver (for example with a SetEnv "dev" in Apache) but it should also be set into your command line shell. Otherwise, if you have the Magento's configuration cache enabled and you clear the cache from the command line, the MAGE_ENVIRONMENT will not be applied and you'll get unexpected behaviours.

Remember to "export" you env variable when you run a command via shell:

export MAGE_ENVIRONMENT=dev && <your command> 

alternative you can add the MAGE_ENVIRONMENT=dev in your shell configuration (ex. for bash):

file /home/<you user>/.bashrc:

....
....

MAGE_ENVIRONMENT=dev

Overridden config values are shown in backend

Overridden config values are shown in Magento's backend. Every config setting it's shown on its section. For example, if you have the following default.yml file:

design:
  head:
    default_title: Webgriffe Store
    title_suffix: - Webgriffe Store

When you'll go to Stores -> Configuration -> General -> Design you'll find the overridden config value shown and not editable.

This feature improves a lot the usability of this extension.

To Do

• Improve system config admin interface to support complex fields

Credits

• Developed by Webgriffe®