Goal
Prepare PawSQL, review context, platform permissions, network paths, credentials, and data controls before connecting a repository or pipeline.Prerequisites
Involve the PawSQL administrator, DevOps owner, and database owner before a production rollout.Steps
Prepare the PawSQL and engineering-platform resources, validate the network paths, apply identity and least privilege, and set data handling controls, then run the acceptance cases and readiness checklist.PawSQL resources
- A reachable PawSQL Cloud or PawSQL Server endpoint
- A dedicated integration identity rather than a personal administrator account
- The target organization and project
- A workspace that matches the target database engine and version
- A published review policy and gate thresholds
- Least-privilege access to create reviews, query status, and open reports
Engineering-platform resources
- Permission to configure connectors, webhooks, pipelines, or repository variables
- A defined set of repositories, branches, and events
- Rules for SQL paths, extensions, encoding, and migration formats
- Secret storage that masks credentials in logs
- A destination for commit status, review checks, pipeline status, or reports
Network paths
Identity and least privilege
- Use independently revocable credentials for each platform, environment, or project.
- Limit PawSQL credentials to the intended project and review operations.
- Grant repository credentials only the source-read and status-write scopes required.
- Prefer read-only database access where live context is necessary.
- Separate test and production identities and define expiration, rotation, and emergency revocation.
- Never store plaintext credentials in source, pipeline definitions, logs, screenshots, or tickets.
Data handling
Acceptance cases
Test a passing change, a predictable blocking violation, a commit with no SQL, an invalid workspace or credential, a timeout or service failure, and a duplicate event or retry.Readiness checklist
- The connector or runner can reach PawSQL.
- Repository, branch, workspace, and policy mappings are correct.
- Secret masking, rotation, and revocation are operational.
- Pass, block, skip, timeout, and failure behavior are verified.
- Reports are restricted to authorized users.
- Owners are assigned for the integration and review policy.