I have worked on the Liquibase commands, Liquibase updates, Liquibase storeback, and some basic commands from Liquibase. We were using the Docker image installed from the AWS CI/CD, downloading this Liquibase image, and updating the command from AWS DevOps.
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Easy to use, but we were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I'm not very into data engineering, but Liquibase is the first tool I have worked on from a data perspective. We were using the SQL server, which our clients found somewhat complex. So, they opted for Liquibase because it is easy. The solution is easy to use, and it has very clear documentation.
What needs improvement?
We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have done the POC project with Liquibase for six months.
How are customer service and support?
Whenever we face any issue, we contact the Liquibase support team, who are very supportive and give us quick responses.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup is easy if we use the Docker version. We have done a POC on our local tool. It was easy to install Liquibase in our local CLI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Liquibase is an open-source solution. If you are using Liquibase, you need to update its license. I think Liquibase is affordable for our organization.
What other advice do I have?
We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue. We reached out to Liquibase because we thought the issue was from the Liquibase side, but it was from our end. We restarted the security team from our organization, which sorted our issue. My last project was a finance project, and they were relying on Liquibase only for database deployments.
I would recommend the solution to other users. Liquibase is very easy to use if you do CI/CD deployment for the database. The solution's commands and documentation are very easy to understand. The solution is very easy to learn, and I was able to learn it in two weeks. Liquibase is a user-friendly open-source tool.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
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Offers integration with multiple databases, stable product and reduced our manual intervention
What is our primary use case?
People automate code-based technologies, but there can be a lack of automation for databases. This tool is used for database automation in DevOps.
What is most valuable?
It can be integrated with multiple databases like MySQL, MSSQL, and PostgreSQL. The biggest benefit is automating database scripts and manually backing up the database.
It has a rollback capability, but it has not impacted our operations. It's pretty normal.
What needs improvement?
It has been improved a lot in terms of automation, but there is still room for improvement.
There is a lot of improvement to be made in terms of automation documentation. This tool is pretty much new for everyone.
Compared to Jenkins, a CI tool where you integrate your code and run it for quality checks, which has alternative tools like TeamCity, Liquibase is one of the biggest tools for database automation.
There is documentation available on the website, but it should be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable and performs the same if I add more users. Currently, we have around 650 to 850 members.
How are customer service and support?
We are a service-based company working for a large client in the banking sector, so we didn't get a chance to talk with the Liquibase support team.
How was the initial setup?
For the very first time, the initial setup was a medium complex. One thing we faced issues with is that Liquibase does not show the exact error, which added to the complexity.
Suppose it fails with an error. It won't display the exact error on the CI side. For example, if you integrate Liquibase with Jenkins and your database scripts fail due to syntax errors, it won't show the exact error. It's not user-friendly in that aspect.
What was our ROI?
It will be useful for teams to automate and reduce manual work. It's not only for one specific team; it's across the team.
We saw tangible benefits from using Liquibase in terms of costs and resource savings.
We reduced our manual intervention by not having to reach out to multiple teams. For example, when executing scripts, we had to reach out to the database team every time we developed a new script to deploy it.
By using Liquibase, we write the script and compile it. If the build succeeds, we go back to our deployment tool and update our Active Directory so that it will be deployed into the desired environment. This reduces a lot of manual intervention.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is fair.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend using it. To learn Liquibase, one should have some database knowledge. If the person is from a DBA background, they would be able to learn quickly. But if they are from an application or infrastructure role, it's medium complex.
Before getting started, you should thoroughly go through the documentation and follow the latest changes deployed by the Liquibase product team.
Basically, when using the product, you should be able to understand it and stay updated on the latest releases.
Overall, I would rate the product a nine out of ten. Organizations should have this kind of tool to reduce manual intervention. The one point they could improve on is documentation, which they haven't clarified, and they need to work on that a lot.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Informative, Practical and Insightful
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to get started and run from the command line. The compatibility with databases from H2, MySQL to Oracle is a plus. Also, top notch documentation! The Liquibase University sets it apart from the rest.
What do you dislike about the product?
A learning curve is experienced to grasp the concepts and apply them in real-world scenario. However, this is circumvented by the self-paced learning and well-detailed docs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Liquibase comes in handy in database migration for Oracle Enterprise . Eradicates errors by verifying the raw SQL before running update command. Logs generated are helpful in troubleshooting.
Manage you Database versioning with liquibase
What do you like best about the product?
Its good tool to manage database version and help to build CI/CD pipe line for Database. It's easy to manage and deploy the database updates.
What do you dislike about the product?
Setup is little bit complex and rollback process it very difficult. Not managing store procedures properly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its help us to give clients update through the jenkins pipeline and reduces the manual efforts.
Multi-DB support and rollback
What do you like best about the product?
The multi-DB support and the support of different rollback scenarios are I think one of the features that are useful. They also listen to their customers and I think the quality metrics feature provides the ability for us to apply organization-specific rules and coding standards.
What do you dislike about the product?
What is least helpful is that it does not support enough on multi-schema. We have to call the CLI multiple times to run multiple schemas. Also, it would be great if there is an easy way or guidance to build custom solution on top of the Liquibase framework using features that comes with the pro license.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automated execution makes deployment faster.
excellent tool to establish ci/cd with databases
What do you like best about the product?
allows you to control changes and perform rollbacks
What do you dislike about the product?
improve documentation and use case examples
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
evaluate changes from testing, reducing errors at the time of changes in production
Awesome tool for automated DB deployment
What do you like best about the product?
it offers quality checks for DB scripts which helps catch errors also DB pipelines views for changes deployed to DB
What do you dislike about the product?
Very few features enabled in community version
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Devops pipelines integration for db deployment
Poweful db admin tool. a must have.
What do you like best about the product?
Automation and security around DBA tasks
What do you dislike about the product?
Vertica DBMS support is not very robust.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Maintaining a record of changes, creating the necessary audit trail
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Updated extension support and testing. Documentation and examples are always good.
Review for Liquibase
What do you like best about the product?
Deploying the DB table/scripts changes along with new build while promoting to higher environments by handling version tracking.
What do you dislike about the product?
Error logging for version mismatch can be improved. Load Update Data does CSV files loading but delete option is missing for the data uploaded.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Handling Table creation, modification, CSV files loading to tables and promoting the same changes to higher environments while deploying.
Learning curve is small for developers and easy to integrate
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to integrate and we can version control the changes by maintaining all the changeset,
also keep track of Database changes same as the code changes. Easily compare databases on difrent environments.
also keep track of Database changes same as the code changes. Easily compare databases on difrent environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
Updated versions are not providing all required artifacts to download and use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping track of database schema changes.
Maintaining version controled schema.
Easily intigrated with our java project.
Maintaining version controled schema.
Easily intigrated with our java project.
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