Unicorn Items prevent Sync to web DB

Question

I am not sure on which databases the Sitecore Items are synced to when I deploy my Sitecore solution to the CM system with the Sync.ps1 script and the Unicorn.psm1. I think the items are also synced to my Web Database, what I want to prevent. So that items are only created in Master and Core Database when I am Syncing items.

I've seen this in the Unicorn.AutoPublish.config

<unicornSyncEnd>
    <processor type="Unicorn.Pipelines.UnicornSyncEnd.TriggerAutoPublishSyncedItems, Unicorn">
        <PublishTriggerItemId>/sitecore/templates/Common/Folder</PublishTriggerItemId> 
        <TargetDatabases hint="list:AddTargetDatabase">
            <web>web</web>
        </TargetDatabases>
    </processor>
</unicornSyncEnd>

Can I remove the web here? Or has this nothing to do where the Items are Synced to?

I only want new items and templates get to the web Database when I publish my content.

Answer 1

It is recommened for higher environments to disable the unicorn autopublish, however you shouldn't edit the file directly as in future upgrades it might be required to update/overwrite it. One option would be to handle it in the deploy pipeline using a config transform for example Unicorn.AutoPublish.transform.config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/" xmlns:role="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/role/" xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
  <sitecore role:require="Standalone or ContentManagement">
    <pipelines>
      <unicornSyncEnd>
        <processor>
          <TargetDatabases hint="list:AddTargetDatabase" xdt:Transform="Replace" />
        </processor>
      </unicornSyncEnd>
    </pipelines>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>

This will just remove the web database which is the first check in the TriggerAutoPublishSyncedItems processor: https://github.com/SitecoreUnicorn/Unicorn/blob/master/src/Unicorn/Pipelines/UnicornSyncEnd/TriggerAutoPublishSyncedItems.cs