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  1. Role scaling and configuration
  1. Platform Administration and Architecture
  2. Role scaling and configuration

Configuration patching

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We recommend that you patch changes to your Sitecore configuration rather than editing the default configuration files. Sitecore merges the patch files with the default configuration to create the configuration file that is used at runtime.

The type of role you are working on affects how to patch configuration:

  • Core role configuration

  • XP services configuration

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