Configuration export/import doesn't work I did a drush config-export staging on a local version of my site then a drush config-import staging on the server. It imported all the taxonomy vocabulary but no terms. I also tried it via the UI (Configuration->Development->Configuration Synchronization). Is this a bug or just the unfinished nature of Drupal 8?
Configuration management is exporting exactly what it was designed to do: Export the configuration settings. The actual taxonomy terms themselves are sitting in the taxonomy_term_field_data table in the database.