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YAML Format

Liquibase supports YAML as a format for storing your changelog files.

Requirements

To use YAML-based changelogs, you must include snakeyaml-1.12.jar in your classpath.

Limitations

None

Example

databaseChangeLog:
  - preConditions:
    - runningAs:
        username: liquibase

  - changeSet:
      id: 1
      author: nvoxland
      changes:
        - createTable:
            tableName: person
            columns:
              - column:
                  name: id
                  type: int
                  autoIncrement: true
                  constraints:
                    primaryKey: true
                    nullable: false
              - column:
                  name: firstname
                  type: varchar(50)
              - column:
                  name: lastname
                  type: varchar(50)
                  constraints:
                    nullable: false
              - column:
                  name: state
                  type: char(2)

  - changeSet:
      id: 2
      author: nvoxland
      changes:
        - addColumn:
            tableName: person
            columns:
              - column:
                  name: username
                  type: varchar(8)

  - changeSet:
      id: 3
      author: nvoxland
      changes:
        - addLookupTable:
            existingTableName: person
            existingColumnName: state
            newTableName: state
            newColumnName: id
            newColumnDataType: char(2)