tito10047/migration-backup

Symfony bundle that automatically backs up your database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite) before running migrations. Supports Gzip compression and automatic cleanup.

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github.com/tito10047/migration-backup

Type:symfony-bundle

pkg:composer/tito10047/migration-backup

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Did you run a migration and it "crashed" in the middle? Welcome to hell. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

You know the drill: you run doctrine:migrations:migrate, the third command out of ten fails, and you're left with a broken database. Revert doesn't work because half the changes were applied and half weren't. You don't know exactly what was executed and what wasn't. Manual repair is a nightmare, and if you had settings or data in the database that can't just be "re-run" via fixtures... well, good luck.

Migration Backup Bundle is your rescue parachute. It automatically backs up your database right before the first migration starts. If anything goes wrong, you have a clean restore point to return to immediately.

โœจ Features

  • ๐Ÿš€ Automatic backup before running migrations.
  • ๐Ÿ—œ๏ธ Compression support: Multi-format support (Gzip, Bzip2, Zstandard, Zip, LZ4) to reduce backup size.
  • ๐Ÿงน Automatic Cleanup: Keep e.g. only the last 10 backups and save space.
  • ๐Ÿงฉ Extensible: Easily add your own custom compressor.
  • ๐Ÿ˜ Multi-DB support: Full support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.
  • ๐Ÿ”” Events: Ability to hook into your own logic (Slack notifications, logging, etc.).

๐Ÿ“ฆ Installation

composer require tito10047/migration-backup

(If you are not using Symfony Flex, don't forget to register the bundle in config/bundles.php)

โš™๏ธ Configuration

Create the file config/packages/migration_backup.yaml:

migration_backup:
    # Directory for storing backups (default is %kernel.project_dir%/backup)
    backup_path: '%kernel.project_dir%/var/backups'
    
    # Which DB connections you want to back up (can be multiple)
    database: ['default']
    
    # How many last backups to keep (0 = all)
    keep_last_n_backups: 5
    
    # Should the backup be compressed?
    compress: true

    # Compression format to use (default: gzip)
    # Available options: gzip, bzip2, zstd, zip, lz4, none
    compression_format: 'gzip'

    # Paths to binaries (if not available globally in PATH)
    backup_binary: 'mysqldump'    # For MySQL
    pg_dump_binary: 'pg_dump'      # For PostgreSQL

๐Ÿš€ Usage

The bundle does not activate itself automatically during every migration (to avoid slowing you down during development). To create a backup, just add the --backup flag (or the shortcut -b) to the command:

Note: This bundle is primarily intended for the development environment, but there is nothing stopping you from using it in production as well.

php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate --backup

The console output will inform you of the success: Backup of database default created in /your/project/var/backups/default-2024-03-11-15-55-01.sql.gz

๐Ÿ—œ๏ธ Compression

The bundle supports several compression formats. Each format requires its corresponding PHP extension to be installed:

Format Extension File Extension Recommendation
Gzip zlib .gz Standard, well-balanced.
Bzip2 bz2 .bz2 Better compression ratio, slower.
Zstandard zstd .zst Modern, fast with great compression.
Zip zip .zip Highly compatible across OS.
LZ4 lz4 .lz4 Extremely fast compression.
None - - No compression.

If the required extension is missing, the bundle will throw a RuntimeException when attempting to use that format.

Custom Compressor

You can implement your own compression logic by creating a class that implements Tito10047\MigrationBackup\Compressor\CompressorInterface.

Then, register your service and alias the migration_backup.compressor to it:

# config/services.yaml
services:
    App\Backup\MyCustomCompressor:
        arguments: ['@symfony_filesystem_service']

    migration_backup.compressor:
        alias: App\Backup\MyCustomCompressor

Note: If you override the migration_backup.compressor service, the compression_format setting in migration_backup.yaml will be ignored. It's cleaner to set it to none to avoid confusion.

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Supported Databases

  • MySQL: requires mysqldump to be installed.
  • PostgreSQL: requires pg_dump to be installed.
  • SQLite: standard file access is enough (automatically copies the .db file).

๐Ÿช Events for Developers

The bundle triggers the following events that you can listen to:

  • Tito10047\MigrationBackup\Event\BackupStartedEvent
  • Tito10047\MigrationBackup\Event\BackupFinishedEvent
  • Tito10047\MigrationBackup\Event\BackupFailedEvent

Developed for a peaceful sleep with every deploy. ๐Ÿ˜Š