Database DevOps

Version Control and Migration

Flyway Implementation

-- V1__initial_schema.sql
CREATE TABLE users (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);

-- V2__add_user_status.sql
ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN status VARCHAR(50) DEFAULT 'active';

Automated Testing

# Database CI pipeline
name: Database CI
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    services:
      postgres:
        image: postgres:15
        env:
          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: test
        options: >-
          --health-cmd pg_isready
          --health-interval 10s
          --health-timeout 5s
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run migrations
        run: flyway migrate
      - name: Run tests
        run: go test ./...

Modern Practices

Database as Code

  • Schema version control

  • Migration automation

  • State management

  • Rollback procedures

Testing Strategy

  • Schema validation

  • Migration testing

  • Performance testing

  • Data integrity checks

Security Controls

  • Access management

  • Audit logging

  • Encryption

  • Compliance checks

Cloud Integration

Multi-Cloud Database Operations

  • AWS RDS automation

  • Azure Database automation

  • GCP Cloud SQL automation

  • Cross-cloud replication

Infrastructure Definition

resource "aws_rds_cluster" "aurora" {
  cluster_identifier  = "app-${var.environment}"
  engine             = "aurora-postgresql"
  engine_version     = "15.3"
  master_username    = data.aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.db_creds.username
  master_password    = data.aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.db_creds.password
  backup_retention_period = 7
  
  serverlessv2_scaling_configuration {
    min_capacity = 0.5
    max_capacity = 4.0
  }
}

Observability

Monitoring Setup

  • Performance metrics

  • Query analysis

  • Resource utilization

  • Alert configuration

Automated Responses

  • Scaling operations

  • Backup verification

  • Incident response

  • Recovery procedures

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