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Importing and Exporting Rules for Drupal 7

This page is archived

We're keeping this page up as a courtesy to folks who may need to refer to old instructions. We don't plan to update this page.

Alternate resources

Rules guide (Drupal.org)

Sprout Video

This screencast shows how to work with export and import of Rules configuration, in particular using the Features module. It covers:

  • Why you should use the Features and Strongarm modules.
  • How to export Rules configuration with Features.
  • How to import Feature-exported Rules configuration to a site.
  • What reverting rules configuration means, and how to do it from Rules or Features.
  • How to (eventually) export Rules configuration manually, and some words about the high readability in the Rules export code.
  • How to import manually exported Rules configuration, including some available options/tweaks.
  • Why configuration management is an important issue for Drupal.

For more information and tutorials on the Features module, check out the Drupal Deployment with Features & Drush Series.

Additional resources

Rules guide (Drupal.org)

Legacy Site Building