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sql:sanitize

Sanitize the database by removing or obfuscating user data.

Commandfiles may add custom operations by implementing:

  • @hook on-event sql-sanitize-confirms. Display summary to user before confirmation.
  • @hook post-command sql-sanitize. Run queries or call APIs to perform sanitizing

Several working commandfiles may be found at https://github.com/drush-ops/drush/tree/11.x/src/Drupal/Commands/sql

Examples

  • drush sql:sanitize --sanitize-password=no. Sanitize database without modifying any passwords.
  • drush sql:sanitize --allowlist-fields=field_biography,field_phone_number. Sanitizes database but exempts two user fields from modification.

Options

  • --whitelist-fields[=WHITELIST-FIELDS]. Deprecated. Use allowlist-fields instead.
  • --allowlist-fields[=ALLOWLIST-FIELDS]. A comma delimited list of fields exempt from sanitization.
  • --sanitize-email[=SANITIZE-EMAIL]. The pattern for test email addresses in the sanitization operation, or no to keep email addresses unchanged. May contain replacement patterns %uid, %mail or %name. [default: user+%uid@localhost.localdomain]
  • --sanitize-password[=SANITIZE-PASSWORD]. By default, passwords are randomized. Specify no to disable that. Specify any other value to set all passwords to that value.

Global Options

  • -v|vv|vvv, --verbose. Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
  • -y, --yes. Auto-accept the default for all user prompts. Equivalent to --no-interaction.
  • -l, --uri=URI. A base URL for building links and selecting a multi-site. Defaults to https://default.
  • To see all global options, run drush topic and pick the first choice.

Topics

Aliases

  • sqlsan
  • sql-sanitize

Legend

  • An argument or option with square brackets is optional.
  • Any default value is listed at end of arg/option description.
  • An ellipsis indicates that an argument accepts multiple values separated by a space.