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Departure is an **ActiveRecord connection adapter** that allows running
**MySQL online and non-blocking DDL** through `ActiveRecord::Migration` without needing
    to use a different DSL other than Rails' migrations DSL.

It uses `pt-online-schema-change` command-line tool of
[Percona
Toolkit](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.0/pt-online-schema-change.html)
which runs MySQL alter table statements without downtime.

## Rename from "Percona Migrator"

This project was formerly known as "Percona Migrator", but this incurs in an
infringement of Percona's trade mark policy and thus has to be renamed. Said
name is likely to cause confusion as to the source of the wrapper.

The next major versions will use "Departure" as gem name.

## Installation

Departure relies on `pt-online-schema-change` from [Percona
Toolkit](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.0/pt-online-schema-change.html)

### Mac

`brew install percona-toolkit`

### Linux

#### Ubuntu/Debian based

`apt-get install percona-toolkit`

#### Arch Linux

`pacman -S percona-toolkit perl-dbd-mysql`

#### Other distros

For other Linux distributions check out the [Percona Toolkit download
page](https://www.percona.com/downloads/percona-toolkit/) to find the package
that fits your distribution.

You can also get it from [Percona's apt repository](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtradb-cluster/5.5/installation/apt_repo.html)

Once installed, add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'departure'
```

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install departure

## Usage

Once you added it to your app's Gemfile, you can create and run Rails migrations
as usual.

All the `ALTER TABLE` statements will be executed with
`pt-online-schema-change`, which will provide additional output to the
migration.

### pt-online-schema-change arguments

#### with environment variable

You can specify any `pt-online-schema-change` arguments when running the
migration. All what you pass in the PERCONA_ARGS env var, will be bypassed to the
binary, overwriting any default values. Note the format is the same as in
`pt-online-schema-change`. Check the full list in [Percona Toolkit
documentation](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.2/pt-online-schema-change.html#options)

```ruby
$ PERCONA_ARGS='--chunk-time=1' bundle exec rake db:migrate:up VERSION=xxx
```

or even mulitple arguments

```ruby
$ PERCONA_ARGS='--chunk-time=1 --critical-load=55' bundle exec rake db:migrate:up VERSION=xxx
```

This however, only works for `db:migrate:up` or `db:migrate:down` rake tasks and
not with `db:migrate`. The settings you provide can't be generalized as these
vary depending on the database table and the kind of changes you apply.

#### with global configuration

You can specify any `pt-online-schema-change` arguments in global gem configuration
using `global_percona_args` option.

```ruby
PerconaMigrator.configure do |config|
  config.global_percona_args = '--chunk-time=1 --critical-load=55'
end
```

Unlike using `PERCONA_ARGS`, options provided with global configuration will be applied 
every time sql command is executed via `pt-online-schema-change`.
 
Arguments provided in global configuration can be overwritten with `PERCONA_ARGS` env variable. 

We recommend using this option with caution and only when you understand the consequences.

### LHM support

If you moved to Soundcloud's [Lhm](https://github.com/soundcloud/lhm) already,
we got you covered. Departure overrides Lhm's DSL so that all the alter
statements also go through `pt-online-schema-change` as well.

You can keep your Lhm migrations and start using Rails migration's DSL back
again in your next migration.

## Configuration

You can override any of the default values from an initializer:

```ruby
PerconaMigrator.configure do |config|
  config.tmp_path = '/tmp/'
end
```

It's strongly recommended to name it after this gems name, such as
`config/initializers/departure.rb`

## How it works

When booting your Rails app, Departure extends the
`ActiveRecord::Migration#migrate` method to reset the connection and reestablish
it using the `PerconaAdapter` instead of the one you defined in your
`config/database.yml`.

Then, when any migration DSL methods such as `add_column` or `create_table` are
executed, they all go to the
[PerconaAdapter](https://github.com/redbooth/departure/blob/master/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/percona_adapter.rb).
There, the methods that require `ALTER TABLE` SQL statements, like `add_column`,
are overriden to get executed with
[PerconaMigrator::Runner](https://github.com/redbooth/departure/blob/master/lib/departure/runner.rb),
which deals with the `pt-online-schema-change` binary. All the others, like
`create_table`, are delegated to the ActiveRecord's built in Mysql2Adapter and
so they follow the regular path.

[PerconaMigrator::Runner](https://github.com/redbooth/departure/blob/master/lib/departure/runner.rb)
spawns a new process that runs the `pt-online-schema-change` binary present in
the system, with the apropriate arguments for the generated SQL.

When an any error occurs, an `ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid` exception is
raised and the migration is aborted, as all other ActiveRecord connection
adapters.

## Development

After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run
`rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive
prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To
release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run
`bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push
git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to
[rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at
https://github.com/redbooth/departure. They need to be opened against
`master` or `v3.2` only if the changes fix a bug in Rails 3.2 apps.

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By
participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

Check the code of conduct [here](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

## Changelog

You can consult the changelog [here](CHANGELOG.md)

## License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT
License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).