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Database schema management for lazybones: from chaos to heaven

Talkat FOSDEM 2021 · on Saturday, 2021-02-06· at 11:30· D.postgresql· [databases]

speaker

name:Julien Riou

links:none on file

resources

video:https://video.fosdem.org/2021/D.postgresql/postgresql_database_schema_management_for_lazybones_from_chaos_to_heaven.mp4

slides:https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/postgresql_database_schema_management_for_lazybones_from_chaos_to_heaven/attachments/slides/4317/export/events/attachments/postgresql_database_schema_management_for_lazybones_from_chaos_to_heaven/slides/4317/fosdem21.pdf

summary

OVHcloud presents how they automated database schema migrations across many databases by introducing a pipeline using git, code reviews, CI/CD, migration tools, service discovery and automation systems. The talk covers replacing ad-hoc manual ALTER scripts and copy-paste migrations with an automated workflow to reduce downtime, human errors and effort when applying schema changes at OVHcloud scale.

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