Lesson 3 — Challenges of database versioning and migration in TYPO3

Theoretical prerequisites

This lesson assumes that you already know the following:

By the end of this lesson, you should know the following:

• Learn the differences in configuration needs for development, testing, staging, and production environments
• Learn the best practices for managing TYPO3 configurations across different environments
• Learn how to automate environment-specific configurations within CI/CD pipelines

Practical prerequisites

Before you start this lesson, please have the following things ready:

• Configure TYPO3 separately for development, testing, staging, and production environments
• Implement automated scripts or tools to manage environment-specific configurations
• Test and validate that each environment is properly configured and functions as expected

Theoretical goals

By the end of this lesson, you should know the following:

• Understand the challenges associated with database versioning in TYPO3
• Learn best practices for managing database migrations in a TYPO3 environment
• Learn how to integrate database migrations into a CI/CD workflow

Practical goals

By the end of this lesson, you should have completed the following:

• Perform database versioning and migrations in TYPO3
• Implement tools or scripts to automate database migrations
• Test and validate the success of database migrations across different environments