Liquibase DB2 iSeries Extension

This is a Liquibase DB2 extension for iSeries support. DB2 iSeries enables Liquibase to connect to DB2 iSeries data sources.

Configuring the extension

These instructions will help you get the extension up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. This extension has a prerequisite of Liquibase core in order to use it. Liquibase core can be found at https://www.liquibase.org/download.

Liquibase CLI

Download the latest released Liquibase extension .jar file and place it in the liquibase/lib install directory. If you want to use another location, specify the extension .jar file in the classpath of your liquibase.properties file.

Maven

Specify the Liquibase extension in the <dependency> section of your POM file by adding the org.liquibase.ext dependency for the Liquibase plugin.

<plugin>
     <!--start with basic information to get Liquibase plugin:
     include <groupId>, <artifactID>, and <version> elements-->
     <groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
     <artifactId>liquibase-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>4.3.2</version>
     <configuration>
        <!--set values for Liquibase properties and settings
        for example, the location of a properties file to use-->
        <propertyFile>liquibase.properties</propertyFile>
     </configuration>
     <dependencies>
     <!--set up any dependencies for Liquibase to function in your
     environment for example, a database-specific plugin-->
            <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.liquibase.ext</groupId>
                 <artifactId>liquibase-db2i</artifactId>
                 <version>${liquibase-db2i.version}</version>
            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
      </plugin>

Java call

public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DB2iDatabase database = (DB2iDatabase) DatabaseFactory.getInstance().openDatabase(url, null, null, null, null);
        Liquibase liquibase = new Liquibase("liquibase/ext/changelog.generic.test.xml", new ClassLoaderResourceAccessor(), database);
        liquibase.update("");
    }
}

Contribution

To file a bug, improve documentation, or contribute code, follow our guidelines for contributing.

This step-by-step instructions will help you contribute code for the extension.

Once you have created a PR for this extension you can find the artifact for your build using the following link: https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase-db2i/actions/workflows/build.yml.

Documentation

Using Liquibase with DB2 LUW

Issue Tracking

Any issues can be logged in the Github issue tracker.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0.