Versioned Configuration

Versioned Configuration refers to the practice of maintaining different versions, or snapshots, of configuration settings for a software application or infrastructure.

Purpose

One of the biggest challenges in software development is debugging issues which cannot be replicated in a development environment. Versioned configuration helps to mitigate this by ensuring consistency of configuration across environments and removing the ability for people to manually make configuration changes.

Anti-patterns

• Enabling people to make manual changes: Allowing people to make manual changes to configuration settings, which can lead to inconsistencies and errors.