Env setup for production and local development

[DMehaffy]

@pm74

I’m sharing the same database for development and production so I don’t have to update the database. But if I was to use different databases, how does it get updated?

Could you? Yes
Should you? No

@pm74

The other question I have is the “npm run build” required when you update in your production env?
Because this creates downtime when it builds.

Only when a production variable has changed (generally only the root url key in server.js or anything in the admin object of the server.js

Likewise if you update any Strapi package versions you have to rebuild. Changing models, no. Any modifications to the Admin panel, or plugin Admin extensions is yes (not controllers, services, ect).

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The easiest way to know if you need to rebuild, if you think it is compiled into the react build of the admin panel, you should rebuild. Anything based on the Koa backend you don’t.