added config option to disable automatic migrations

Author: Matt Zukowski

lib/casserver/server.rb

@@ -251,13 +251,15 @@ def self.init_database!
       #CASServer::Model::Base.establish_connection(config[:database])
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config[:database])
 
-      print_cli_message "Running migrations to make sure your database schema is up to date..."
-      prev_db_log = ActiveRecord::Base.logger
-      ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
-      ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = true
-      ActiveRecord::Migrator.migrate(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../db/migrate")
-      ActiveRecord::Base.logger = prev_db_log
-      print_cli_message "Your database is now up to date."
+      unless config[:disable_auto_migrations]
+        print_cli_message "Running migrations to make sure your database schema is up to date..."
+        prev_db_log = ActiveRecord::Base.logger
+        ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+        ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = true
+        ActiveRecord::Migrator.migrate(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../db/migrate")
+        ActiveRecord::Base.logger = prev_db_log
+        print_cli_message "Your database is now up to date."
+      end
     end
 
     configure do

resources/config.example.yml

@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ database:
 #  dbfile: /var/lib/casserver.db
 
 
+# By default RubyCAS-Server will run migrations at every startup to ensure
+# that its database schema is up-to-date. To disable this behaviour set
+# the following option to true:
+
+#disable_auto_migrations: true
+
 ##### AUTHENTICATION ###########################################################
 
 # Configure how username/passwords are validated.