adding fake_migrations flag

playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml

@@ -134,14 +134,9 @@ EDXAPP_AUTOMATOR_AUTHORIZED_KEYS: []
 EDXAPP_USE_GIT_IDENTITY: false
 # Example: "{{ secure_dir }}/files/git-identity"
 EDXAPP_LOCAL_GIT_IDENTITY: !!null
-# Configuration for database migration
 
-EDXAPP_MIGRATE_ENGINE: django.db.backends.mysql
-EDXAPP_MIGRATE_NAME: "{{ EDXAPP_MYSQL_DB_NAME }}"
-EDXAPP_MIGRATE_USER: "{{ EDXAPP_MYSQL_USER }}"
-EDXAPP_MIGRATE_PASSWORD: "{{ EDXAPP_MYSQL_PASSWORD }}"
-EDXAPP_MIGRATE_HOST: "{{ EDXAPP_MYSQL_HOST }}"
-EDXAPP_MIGRATE_PORT: "{{ EDXAPP_MYSQL_PORT }}"
+# Configuration for database migration
+EDXAPP_TEST_MIGRATE_DB_NAME: "{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}_{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}_test_{{ EDXAPP_MYSQL_DB_NAME }}"
 
 #-------- Everything below this line is internal to the role ------------
 

playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/service_variant_config.yml

@@ -44,23 +44,59 @@
   when: celery_worker is defined and not devstack
   sudo_user: "{{ supervisor_user }}"
 
+# Fake migrations, only when fake_migrations is defined
+# This overrides the database name to be the test database which
+# the default application user has full write access to
 - name: syncdb and migrate
   shell: >
     chdir={{ edxapp_code_dir }}
     {{ edxapp_venv_bin}}/python manage.py lms syncdb --migrate --noinput --settings=aws_migrate
-  when: migrate_db is defined and migrate_db|lower == "yes"
+  when: fake_migrations is defined and migrate_db is defined and migrate_db|lower == "yes"
   sudo_user: "{{ edxapp_user }}"
-  environment: "{{ edxapp_migrate_environment }}"
+  environment:
+    DB_MIGRATION_NAME: "{{ EDXAPP_TEST_MIGRATE_DB_NAME }}"
   notify:
   - "restart edxapp"
   - "restart edxapp_workers"
 
+# Regular migrations
+- name: syncdb and migrate
+  shell: >
+    chdir={{ edxapp_code_dir }}
+    {{ edxapp_venv_bin}}/python manage.py lms syncdb --migrate --noinput --settings=aws_migrate
+  when: fake_migrations is not defined and migrate_db is defined and migrate_db|lower == "yes"
+  sudo_user: "{{ edxapp_user }}"
+  notify:
+  - "restart edxapp"
+  - "restart edxapp_workers"
+
+# Fake migrations, only when fake_migrations is defined
+# This overrides the database name to be the test database which
+# the default application user has full write access to
+- name: syncdb and migrate
+  shell: >
+    chdir={{ edxapp_code_dir }}
+    {{ edxapp_venv_bin}}/python manage.py lms syncdb --migrate --noinput --settings=aws_migrate
+  when: fake_migrations is defined and migrate_db is defined and migrate_db|lower == "yes"
+  sudo_user: "{{ edxapp_user }}"
+  environment:
+    DB_MIGRATION_NAME: "{{ EDXAPP_TEST_MIGRATE_DB_NAME }}"
+  notify:
+  - "restart edxapp"
+  - "restart edxapp_workers"
+
+
+# Regular migrations
 - name: db migrate
   shell: >
     chdir={{ edxapp_code_dir }}
     {{ edxapp_venv_bin}}/python manage.py lms migrate --noinput --settings=aws_migrate
-  when: migrate_only is defined and migrate_only|lower == "yes"
+  when: fake_migrations is not defined and migrate_only is defined and migrate_only|lower == "yes"
   sudo_user: "{{ edxapp_user }}"
+  notify:
+  - "restart edxapp"
+  - "restart edxapp_workers"
+
 
 # Gather assets using rake if possible