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Blazar project uses Alembic to handle database migrations. A migration occurs
by executing a script that details the changes needed to upgrade/downgrade
the database. The migration scripts are ordered so that multiple scripts
can run sequentially to update the database.
You can then upgrade to the latest database version via:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf upgrade head
To check the current database version:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf current
To create a script to run the migration offline:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf upgrade head --sql
To run the offline migration between specific migration versions:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf upgrade \
<start version>:<end version> --sql
Upgrade the database incrementally:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf \
upgrade --delta <# of revs>
Downgrade the database by a certain number of revisions:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf downgrade \
--delta <# of revs>
DEVELOPERS:
A database migration script is required when you submit a change to Blazar
that alters the database model definition. The migration script is a special
python file that includes code to update/downgrade the database to match the
changes in the model definition. Alembic will execute these scripts in order to
provide a linear migration path between revision. The blazar-db-manage command
can be used to generate migration template for you to complete. The operations
in the template are those supported by the Alembic migration library.
After you modified the Blazar models accordingly, you can create the revision.
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf revision \
-m "description of revision" \
--autogenerate
This generates a prepopulated template with the changes needed to match the
database state with the models. You should inspect the autogenerated template
to ensure that the proper models have been altered.
In rare circumstances, you may want to start with an empty migration template
and manually author the changes necessary for an upgrade/downgrade. You can
create a blank file via:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf revision \
-m "description of revision"
The migration timeline should remain linear so that there is a clear path when
upgrading/downgrading. To verify that the timeline does branch, you can run
this command:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf check_migration
If the migration path does branch, you can find the branch point via:
$ blazar-db-manage --config-file /path/to/blazar.conf history
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