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Cannot Find Migrations Location in Flyway

Flyway is a popular tool for database migrations. It can be used to create and manage your database schema. However, you may encounter the error "Cannot find migrations location in Flyway" when using Flyway.

Default Location for Migrations

By default, Flyway will look for migrations on the classpath under db/migration, which in a Maven project means src/main/resources/db/migration. Ensure that you have a directory like this:

You can refer to the flyway-db-migration-folder Stack Overflow question for more information.

Common Solutions

1. Ensure Correct Directory Structure

   Make sure that you have created the db/migration directory correctly. The db.migration version will not work because the period (.) in the folder name is hard to spot in some IDEs.

2. Specify Migration Locations

   You can specify the migration locations explicitly in the flyway.conf configuration file. Add the following line:

   flyway.localtions=filesystem:.

3. Use Double Underscore in Migration File Names

   Flyway requires double underscore __ in the name prefix of migration files. For example, V1__Base_version.sql instead of V1_Base_version.sql.

4. Drop or Remove Flyway Schema History Records

   If you are getting the "Schema-validation: missing table [table name]" error, you may need to drop the flyway_schema_history table or remove the records corresponding to the previous run.

5. Use Absolute Path for Migration Locations

   If you are on a Mac M1 chip, you may need to use an absolute path instead of a relative path for the migration locations. For example, replace flyway.localtions=filesystem: relative path with flyway.localtions=filesystem: absolute path.

6. Ensure Correct Folder Path

   Make sure that the folder path in your configuration is correct. Double-check that you are using db/migration instead of db.migration.

7. Rebuild Module

   If all the settings are default, try rebuilding the module.

These are some common solutions to the "Cannot find migrations location in Flyway" error. If you are still encountering problems, you can refer to the Flyway documentation or seek help from the Flyway community.