Database migration is the core of what Flyway does, it takes a set of sequenced changes (migrations), applies them to your database and keeps track of what happened and when.

You might want this to:

• Have a record of what happened when for audit or reporting purposes
• Understand and be able to communicate failures in a more richly descriptive manner

Learn More

• Migrate Command - how does it work ?
• Migrate - CLI reference - What is the command structure ?
• Quickstart: Command-line - how do I use it ?
• Find out about Flyway Editions