<dd>{%trans%}Copy the files from the existing config directory into the new configuration directory{%endtrans%}</dd>
<dt>{%trans%}Import with drush{%endtrans%}</dt>
<dd>{%trans%}drush site:install --existing-config will install a new site, using the configuration from an existing config. This will overwrite anything in the database!{%endtrans%}</dd>
<dd>{%trans%}<code>drush site:install --existing-config</code> will install a new site, using the configuration from an existing config. This will overwrite anything in the database!{%endtrans%}</dd>
<p>{%trans%}Configuration management tasks, such as exporting or importing configuration and synchronizing configuration, can be done either through the administrative UI provided by the core Configuration Manager module or a command-line interface (CLI) tool. Defining a configuration sync directory path other than the default value requires read/write access to the site's <em>settings.php</em> file.{%endtrans%}</p>