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mark.klein

mark.klein

9 November 2021

mark.klein

mark.klein

9 November 2021

New: Automate migration testing for Database CI

Our v1 of the service is available now, and available for you to try. This initial version spins up an empty database and runs integrity checks. Later releases will enable the hosting of real clones of your near-production database. We’re not only trying to make automating migration testing as simple… Read more
mark.klein

mark.klein

19 October 2021

mark.klein

mark.klein

19 October 2021

Announcing Flyway v8.0

The Flyway team are proud to announce the latest update to Flyway, the world’s most popular migrations framework for database deployments. Flyway v8.0 introduces three main areas of improvement, alongside bug fixes and breaking changes. Cloud Capabilities With the latest update we’re bringing the benefits of Flyway migrations into cloud… Read more
Ajay Ahir

Ajay Ahir

6 May 2021

Ajay Ahir

Ajay Ahir

6 May 2021

Integrating Vault to secure Flyway parameters

Until now the only way to configure Flyway has been through plaintext configuration parameters such as in a Flyway configuration file, through the command-line or by setting environment variables. As your organizations and enterprises grow and more people interact with your processes you’ll inevitably want a way to secure as… Read more
Ajay Ahir

Ajay Ahir

21 April 2021

Ajay Ahir

Ajay Ahir

21 April 2021

Customize validation rules with ignoreMigrationPatterns

Flyway can validate your migrations according to its own conventions, giving you the confidence you need to apply new migrations. However, as the lifetime of a project increases, there will inevitably be hotfixes, deleted migrations and other changes that break the conventions of Flyway’s validation. In these cases you need… Read more
Chris Heppell

Chris Heppell

19 April 2021

Chris Heppell

Chris Heppell

19 April 2021

Why you should be testing Flyway migrations in CI

“It worked on my machine“. You’ve likely either heard this from a colleague or thought this yourself when a Flyway migration failed during a production deployment. The fact is that unfortunately, bad migrations slip through to the release process despite our best efforts. Thankfully, there are solutions to this –… Read more
Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts

16 December 2020

Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts

16 December 2020

What’s next for Flyway

18 months ago, Flyway was acquired by Redgate. It’s been quite a ride since then and we thought we’d end 2020 with an update on what’s been happening with the world’s most popular open source migrations framework for database deployments. We’ve learned a lot, and I wanted to share that… Read more