vizrex / laravel-db-utils
This package provides command line utilities for database related operations like create, backup and restore.
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Introduction
This package contains command line utilities for database operations like backup, restore and create.
Dependencies
The following packages are used as dependencies:
- Laravel Dotenv Editor (https://github.com/JackieDo/Laravel-Dotenv-Editor)
- Laravel Dropbox Driver (https://github.com/benjamincrozat/laravel-dropbox-driver)
- Filesystem Adapter for Google Drive (https://github.com/nao-pon/flysystem-google-drive)
Configuration
-
Publish the configuration using command
php artisan vendor:publish --provider='Vizrex\LaravelDbUtils\LaravelDbUtilsProvider' -
This will publish
dbutils.phptoconfig/ -
In
dbutils.php, you can set default behaviour for included command line utilities. -
Add the following sections in
disksarray in yourconfig/filesystems'dropbox' => [ 'driver' => 'dropbox', 'token' => env('DROPBOX_TOKEN'), ], 'google' => [ 'driver' => 'google', 'clientId' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_ID'), 'clientSecret' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_SECRET'), 'refreshToken' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_REFRESH_TOKEN'), 'folderId' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID'), ],You also need to add these variables in .env with their values.
DROPBOX_TOKEN=xxxxxxx GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_ID=xxxxxxxxxx GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxx GOOGLE_DRIVE_REFRESH_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxx GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID=xxxxxxxxxx -
This will be used to upload database backup file to dropbox and google drive.
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This gist is helpful for getting google drive credentials https://gist.github.com/sergomet/f234cc7a8351352170eb547cccd65011
Console Commands
db:backup
Description
A console command to backup the application's default mysql database. the following config variables are used to backup the database:
database.connections.mysql.databasedatabase.connections.mysql.usernamedatabase.connections.mysql.password
Signature
db:backup {--path= : The path to save the backup file.} {--ignore_tables= : Comma separated list of tables that should not be included in backup} {--compress= : Whether to compress the backup file. It accepts true or false} {--upload= : Whether to upload the backup file to Dropbox and Google Drive. It accepts true or false}
- If
--pathis not provided, then default path will be used. Default path can be configured inconfig/dbutils.phpasbackup.path - If
--compressis not provided, default value will be used which can be configured inconfig/dbutils.phpasbackup.compress - If
--uploadis not provided, default value will be used which can be configured inconfig/dbutils.phpasbackup.upload
Usage Examples
php artisan db:backupphp artisan db:backup --path=/backups/ --compress=truephp artisan db:backup --upload=truephp artisan db:backup path= /backups/ --ignore_tables=cities,vehicles,invoices --upload=true --compress=true
db:restore
Description
This command is used to resotre a database from given file. This command uses following config variables to determine which database to restore to.
database.connections.mysql.databasedatabase.connections.mysql.usernamedatabase.connections.mysql.passworddatabase.connections.mysql.host
Signature
db:restore {path}
Usage Example
db:restore /backups/2018_08_03_12_12_42_726150_db_project.sql
db:create
Description
This command is used to create a database for the application. It can also create a new user, give that user the previllages for newly created database and set database variables in .env
Signature
db:create {new_database : name for the database to be created}
{username : A username that has CREATE TABLE privileges}
{--password= : Password for the user}
{--host= : Database host.}
{--port= : Database port.}
{--new_user= : If provided, a new user will be created and will be granted database privileges}
{--new_password= : Password for the new user}
{--set_env=true: Whether to write database variables to .env . It accepts true or false, default is true}
Default configuration:
createarray inconfig/dbutils.phpis used to set default values for host and port options.
Usage Examples
php artisan db:create db_shop_mgmt --username=root --password=rootphp artisan db:create db_shop_mgmt --username=root --password=root --new_user=user123 --new_password=12345678php artisan db:create db_shop_mgmt --username=root --password=root --new_user=user123 --new_password=12345678 --set_env=false
Note:
- Database charset will be utf8mb4 and collation will be set to utf8mb4_unicode_ci
- if
--set_envis true, the following variables in .env will be set:- DB_DATABASE
- DB_HOST
- DB_PORT
- DB_USERNAME
- DB_PASSWORD
Backup of .env will be automatically stored at storage/dotenv-editor/backups/ before new values are written.