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title: Database Migrations
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A common task is to run database migrations with newer code before deploying the actual code. This is easily achieved with the `ufo task` command. Here's an example:

```sh
ufo task hi-web-prod --command bundle exec rake db:migrate
```

It nice to wrap the commands in a wrapper script in case you have to do things like the load the environment.

```sh
ufo task hi-web-prod --command bin/migrate
```

The `bin/migrate` script can look like this:

```bash
#!/bin/bash
bundle exec rake db:migrate
```

The `ufo task` command is generalized so you can actually run any one-off task. It is not just limited to running migrations. The `ufo task` command performs the following:

1. Builds the docker image and pushes it to a registry
2. Registers the ECS Task definition
3. Runs an one-off ECS Task

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ufo-1.7.1	docs/_docs/migrations.md
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