Question

Is it possible to set Magento configuration that is normally configured via admin->System->Configuration via the app/etc/local.xml or app/etc/config.xml?

Effectively allowing a set of default configuration that could be used to start a fresh Magento install.

Any advice in this area or location of suitable reference would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

Default configuration values can be set in config.xml.

See default section:


<default>
<system>
<filesystem>
<base>{{root_dir}}</base>
<app>{{root_dir}}/app</app>
<code>{{app_dir}}/code</code>
<design>{{app_dir}}/design</design>
<locale>{{app_dir}}/locale</locale>
<etc>{{app_dir}}/etc</etc>
<media>{{root_dir}}/media</media>
<upload>{{root_dir}}/media/upload</upload>
<skin>{{root_dir}}/skin</skin>
<var>{{var_dir}}</var>
<cache>{{var_dir}}/cache</cache>
<session>{{var_dir}}/session</session>
<tmp>{{var_dir}}/tmp</tmp>
<pear>{{var_dir}}/pear</pear>
<export>{{var_dir}}/export</export>
</filesystem>
</system>
<general>
<locale>
<code>en_GB</code>
<timezone>Europe/London</timezone>
</locale>
</general>
</default>


Expand the above structure to include other configurational defaults, any specified here will be used on clean installation.

For systems already in use / configured, update the configuration via MySQL see: core_config