Automatically create backup before deploying new package

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Automatically create backup before deploying new package

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Hi,

As a team we have the agreement to create a backup right before we do a deployment on Production, and I guess many will agree this is a good practice.

Now, sometimes it happens that we forget to do this. Of course 99 out of a 100 times this is no problem, but what if you forget it the 100^th time, Then you are in sh*t…

Is it possible to create a setting in the deployment stage to automatically create a backup before deployment? This backup doesn’t have to be save for a very long time, just like the nightly backup. Also it would be nice if this setting is configurable per environment, as we don’t really care that this happens for Test / Acceptance.

asked 2022-04-08

Jord ten Bulte

2 answers

Praharaj Mahaprasad Tripathy · Answer 1 · 2022-04-10

This is indeed a very nice idea and waiting for Mendix to implement this. Considering Human Error, there are at times when creating a backup before development is missed in the process and having this as a configurable setting will ensure that backup is taken 100% of the time whenever a new built is pushed to Production ensure easier rollback incase of an issue

Matthijs de Boer · Answer 2 · 2022-04-08

Of course you could achieve this with your own CICD solution, but it would indeed be a nice Sprintr feature as well.
I would suggest to have it as an option before (re)starting the application. This option could be enabled by default in case a new package has just been deployed.