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I have a custom module and I added a form that allows the administrator to save some settings. Now, when I export the configuration (drush cex), I notice that these settings are being exported to a file (mymodule.settings.yml in the config directory).

I don't want to export these settings. How can I avoid it?

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    Why do you not want to export it? If it's site specific, then yes, state might be an option. If it's sensitive data, see also drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/185536/… – Berdir Feb 27 '16 at 14:37
  • @Berdir it is environment specific (each dev and production instance will have different values) and also there is a token which can change sometimes in the future. – dxvargas Mar 8 '16 at 16:25
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    Yes, I'd still use configuration and local settings overrides, as described in my link, so you never have the productive settings in the database. State is just a simple API to store values in the key_value table. So if you for example copy your production site to staging, you will overwrite the existing values there with your production configuration. $settings-based overrides will make sure that doesn't happen. – Berdir Mar 8 '16 at 16:56
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If you don't want to export configuration you should use State API. From documentation:

  • It is specific to an individual environment.
  • You will never want to deploy it between environments.
  • You can reset a system, losing all state. Its configuration remains.
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  • You're right, State API is what I need here. I am not sure if getEditableConfigNames function should also be changed (it returns an array with a single value that was used for $this->config('THE-VALUE') but now I don't use anywhere). Maybe getEditableConfigNames should now return an empty array? Anyway, it is working, thanks.. – dxvargas Mar 8 '16 at 16:30

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