Kontent.ai Data Ops: Control Your Infrastructure & Data (Backup, Restore, Sync, Migrate)

Kontent.ai Data Ops is a powerful CLI tool designed to streamline data management in your Kontent.ai projects. It supports a wide variety of complex operations, including:

• Environment Backup: Export your project's data for backup or migration purposes.
• Environment Restore: Easily recreate environments from your backups.
• Synchronizing and Migrating Data: Keep content and content models in sync across different projects and environments.
• Executing Migration Scripts: Apply changes incrementally using migration scripts and maintain a clear history of modifications.

By automating these processes, Data Ops helps maintain consistency, reduce manual effort, and accelerate your deployment workflows.

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Contents

• Prerequisites
• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Configuration
• Commands
  • Examples
• Contributing
  • How to Contribute
  • Code of Conduct
  • Getting Started with Development
  • Running Tests
  • Prepare Your Testing Project
  • Configuration for Testing
  • Structure
• License
• Support
• Additional Resources

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Prerequisites

• Node.js: Node.js with ESM support (lts).

• Kontent.ai Account: Access to your Kontent.ai project with appropriate permissions.

• Management API Key: Obtain a Management API key for your project.

• Preview Delivery API Key: For Synchronizing content, Preview Delivery API key might be required.

  Security Tip: Always store your Management API keys securely. Avoid hardcoding them in scripts or sharing them publicly. Use environment variables or secure credential storage solutions when possible.

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Getting Started

Installation

We recommend running data-ops with npx. Be aware that npx calls the cached version of the tool. Use @latest to ensure you're using the latest version.

npx @kontent-ai/data-ops@latest <command>

Alternatively, you can install the package globally or locally:

# Global installation
npm install -g @kontent-ai/data-ops

# Local installation
npm install @kontent-ai/data-ops

Use -h or --help anytime to get information about available commands and their options.

npx @kontent-ai/data-ops@latest --help
# or
yarn dlx @kontent-ai/data-ops --help

# Help for a specific command
npx @kontent-ai/data-ops@latest <command> --help

# If installed globally
data-ops --help

Configuration

All options (including options for commands) can be provided in three different ways:

• As command-line parameters (e.g., --environmentId xxx)
• In a JSON configuration file (e.g., --configFile params.json) - We recommend this approach
• As environment variables with DATA_OPS_ prefix and transformed into UPPER_SNAKE_CASE (e.g., DATA_OPS_ENVIRONMENT_ID=xxx npx @kontent-ai/data-ops ...)

Commands

The tool usage is based on commands provided in the following format:

npx @kontent-ai/data-ops@latest <command-name> <command-options>

Below are the available commands:

• environment:
  • backup & restore: Backup & restore your Kontent.ai environment.
  • clean: Delete all data from your Kontent.ai environment.
• sync:
  • snapshot: Create a local snapshot from a Kontent.ai environment for the purpose of synchronization.
  • diff: Compare two environments.
  • run: Synchronize content model and environment metadata changes between environments.
• migrate-content:
  • snapshot: Create a local snapshot from selected content items and assets.
  • run: Migrate content items across environments.
• migrations:
  • add: Add new migration scripts.
  • run: Execute migration scripts.

Note

All command functions are publicly exposed, making it easy to include them in your scripts. See the individual command readmes for more information.

Examples

Creating an Environment Backup including Content Items and Assets

npx @kontent-ai/data-ops@latest environment backup \
  --environmentId <environment-id> \
  --apiKey <Management-API-key> \
  --include contentItems assets

Cleaning an Environment Excluding Taxonomies and Languages

npx @kontent-ai/data-ops@latest environment clean \
  --environmentId <environment-id> \
  --apiKey <Management-API-key> \
  --exclude taxonomies languages

Synchronizing Content Types and Snippets Only

npx @kontent-ai/data-ops@latest sync run \
  --sourceEnvironmentId <source-environment-id> \
  --sourceApiKey <source-api-key> \
  --targetEnvironmentId <target-environment-id> \
  --targetApiKey <target-api-key> \
  --entities contentTypes contentTypeSnippets

Tip

• Selective Operations: Use the --include option to operate on a limited set of entities.
• Configuration Files: For complex commands with multiple entities, consider using a configuration file with the --configFile option to manage your parameters more easily.

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Contributing

We welcome contributions to the Kontent.ai Data Ops tool!

How to Contribute

• Report Issues: Use the GitHub Issues to report bugs or request features.
• Fork the Repository: Create a personal fork of the repository on GitHub.
• Create a Feature Branch: Use a descriptive name for your branch.
• Submit a Pull Request: Submit your changes for review.

Please read our Contributing Guidelines for more details.

Code of Conduct

This project adheres to a Code of Conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code.

Getting Started with Development

• Run npm ci to install packages.
• Run npm run build to compile the tool.
• Run node build/src/index.js --help to run (or npm run start -- --help).

Running Tests

We have comprehensive test suites to ensure the reliability of the Data Ops tool.

• Unit Tests: Run npm run test:unit to execute unit tests.
• Integration Tests: Run npm run test:integration to execute integration tests.

Important

Integration tests require access to a Kontent.ai project and may create temporary environments. Interrupting tests may lead to orphaned environments. Always allow tests to be completed or clean up manually if necessary.

Important

Run npm run test:advancedDiff to compare generated advanced diffs with test baselines.

Prepare Your Testing Project

To successfully execute integration tests, you must prepare a Kontent.ai project with corresponding environments. You can use the environment restore command to import prepared zip files located at tests/integration/<testName>/data/<zipName>.zip.

Exporting Test Environments

All Kontent.ai test environments are exported in tests/integration/<testName>/data/<zipName>.zip. When you update any of these environments, you should also update the corresponding exported zip files. To streamline this process, we've provided a script called exportTestEnvironments.js. You can run it with the command npm run export:testEnv. If you need to export specific environments, you can use the following command parameters: -i for Import/Export test environment, -s for Sync Source Template environment, and -t for Sync Target Template environment. For instance, to export only the Sync Source and Sync Target environments, you would run npm run export:testEnv -- -s -t.

Important

Creation and removal of new environments takes some time; therefore, try to keep the number of environment-dependent tests to a minimum.

Configuration for Testing

The configuration is only necessary to run the integration tests.

• Copy the .env.template into .env:

  cp .env.template .env

• Fill in the values (each value is explained in comments in the template).

Repository Structure

The main part of the tool is located in the src folder. The project is structured around commands, with each command defined on the yargs object in a folder of the same name within the src/commands folder. The exported register function (of type RegisterCommand) must be included in src/index.ts in the commandsToRegister array.

Tests can be found in tests/integration and tests/unit folders. Integration tests require Kontent.ai environments and a valid Management API key for successful execution. You can use the withTestEnvironment function to provide the tests with a new empty environment.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

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Support

If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out:

• Kontent.ai Support: Contact Support

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Additional Resources

• Kontent.ai Official Documentation: Learn more about Kontent.ai

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