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# What is the deployment identifier in Drupal?



Did you know that Drupal has a deployment identifier? This deployment identifier triggers different actions in Drupal and can be used to streamline your Drupal deployments. In this video, I will walk through how the deployment identifier is used and how you set it.

  

  

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