If you have multiple instances of AS and you want to move your data and configurations from one instance to another (such as moving from development to test or production), you can create a Carbon Composite Application project (C-App) and deploy the C-App in the new environment as described in Creating and Deploying a Composite Application. This approach works when the new instance you are migrating to uses the same AS release and has the same database versions as the previous instance.
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