Lesson 2 — Configuring TYPO3 for development, testing, staging, and production
Prerequisites and goals
Prerequisites
Theoretical prerequisites
This lesson assumes that you already know the following:
- Understand the differences and benefits of testing, staging, and production environments
- Learn the importance of separating environments and the steps toward live deployment
- Understand the challenges of database versioning and migration
Practical prerequisites
Before you start this lesson, please have the following things ready:
- Configure TYPO3 for development, testing, staging, and production environments
- Implement tools to manage database changes and migrations
- Validate environment setups and ensure smooth deployment processes
Goals
Theoretical goals
By the end of this lesson, you should know the following:
- Learn the differences in configuration needs for development, testing, staging, and production environments
- Learn the best practices for managing TYPO3 configurations across different environments
- Learn how to automate environment-specific configurations within CI/CD pipelines
Practical goals
By the end of this lesson, you should have completed the following:
- Configure TYPO3 separately for development, testing, staging, and production environments
- Implement automated scripts or tools to manage environment-specific configurations
- Test and validate that each environment is properly configured and functions as expected