On my local Drupal 8 multisite environment in sites/default/settings.php I have:

$config_directories['staging'] = 'sites/default/config/staging'; $config_directories = array(); 

Because the default direction for the configuration files sites/default/files is .gitignored.

Is above correct, or do I have to delete $config_directories = array(); and put only the first line? How do I have to setup $config_directories properly so I can version my Configuration with Git?

Is $config_directories the same in both settings.php for the local site and production environment. In other words; is settings.php the same for the local site and production environment, except the database information?

Acquia Dev Desktop also gives:

$config_directories['sync'] = 'sites/griffioenrotterdam-dev.dd/files/config_CBOBWbcJU487p7Gc5z5e4GPzL6pSuEKQytsN6heKUULhL8ziYY7DUJoAbHI-dUxnFEfpzk0W7Q/sync' 

What about that?

My steps to set this all up where:

• I set up a local Drupal 8 multisite environment using Acquia Dev Desktop. All worked fine.
• I have a Git workflow setup
• Now I try to make instances of my local site (clone) for Dev and Prod environments
• With git I pull the Drupal 8 code to my production server
• I adjust settings.php in sites/default/settings.php
• I dumped my local Database using drush
• I import the Database in Database connected to staging (Dev) environment

But when I visit http://staging.griffioenrotterdam.nl/ it doesn’t look good.

— Update —

$config_directories['staging'] = 'sites/default/config/staging'; 

Is from an old Drupal 8 version.

Now you have to use:

$config_directories = array(     CONFIG_SYNC_DIRECTORY => './../config/sync', ); 

But when I go in admin to Reports > Status report > it says:

The ./../config/sync folder does not exist. You may need to set the correct directory at the file system settings page or change the current directory’s permissions so that it is writable.