What Liquibase commands are used for remote files?

Last updated: September 2, 2025

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Correct configuration of paths to locate files is vital to using Liquibase files remotely. The following tables provide high-level guidance to read or write remote Liquibase files.

Note: An output of log files to remote storage is not yet available.

File(s)	Commands	Example
Generating a changelog (see below for calling a changelog in a command)	`generate-changelog diff-changelog diff`	Relative changelog path required to preserve DBCL integrity.
Flowfile (such as `liquibase.flowfile.yaml`)	`flow`	`liquibase flow --flow-file=s3://myBucket/liquibase.flowfile.yaml` `liquibase flow --flow-file=az://myContainer/liquibase.flowfile.yaml` If the flow file references changelogs, the `search-path` must be configured. Within the flow file, the path to the changelog should be relative to the `search-path`. If the flow file references a checks settings file, provide an absolute path in the flow file. If a flow file calls the `flow` command internally, provide an absolute path to the referenced flow file.
Checks settings file (such as `liquibase.checks-settings.conf`)	`checks` (all subcommands)	`liquibase checks run --checks-settings-file=s3://myBucket/liquibase.checks-settings.conf` `liquibase checks run --checks-settings-file=az://myContainer/liquibase.checks-settings.conf`
Defaults file (such as `liquibase.properties`)	All	`liquibase --defaults-file=s3://myBucket/defaults/liquibase.properties history` `liquibase --defaults-file=az://myContainer/defaults/liquibase.properties history`
Init project files changelog flow file liquibase.properties	`init project`	`liquibase init project --project-dir=s3://myBucket/init --project-guide=off --changelog-file=example-changelog.postgres.sql` `liquibase init project --project-dir=az://myContainer/init --project-guide=off --changelog-file=example-changelog.postgres.sql` The `changelog-file` attribute cannot be relative when passed to `init project` in the `--changelog-file` parameter. This is the only use case where `changelog-file` is not relative.
`output-file`	All commands which support the `--output-file` property.	`liquibase --output-file=s3://myBucket/snapshots/mysnap.json snapshot` `liquibase --output-file=az://myContainer/snapshots/mysnap.json snapshot`
`driver.properties`	All that support the `--driver-properties-file` property.	`liquibase --search-path=s3://myBucket/properties/drivers update --driver-properties-file=mydriver.properties` `liquibase --search-path=az://myContainer/properties/drivers update --driver-properties-file=mydriver.properties`
`snapshot.json`	`snapshot snapshot-reference`	`liquibase --output-file=s3://myBucket/snapshots/mysnap.json snapshot` `liquibase --output-file=az://myContainer/snapshots/mysnap.json snapshot`
HTML operation report files	All that support Operation Reports	`liquibase checks run --report-path=s3://myBucket/reports/myreport.html` `liquibase checks run --report-path=az://myContainer/reports/myreport.html` Note: For S3 files, you cannot specify a region directly in the path. You must specify the region in your AWS configuration files or as an environment variable.

Use relative path + searchpath for changelogs

File(s)

Commands

Example

Using a changelog (changelog file/resources)

SQL files

include or includeAll files

update (all variants) rollback (all variants) changelog-sync status validate

liquibase --search-path=s3://myBucket update --changelog-file=changelogs/changelog.xml

liquibase --search-path=az://myContainer update --changelog-file=changelogs/changelog.xml

A relative changelog path is required to preserve the Liquibase tracking table integrity.

Use searchpath with remote files

File(s)

Commands

Example

Snapshots (such as mysnapshot.json)

diff diff-changelog

liquibase --search-path=s3://myBucket/mysnapshots diff --reference-url=offline:postgres?snapshot=mysnapshot.json

liquibase --search-path=az://myContainer/mysnapshots diff --reference-url=offline:postgres?snapshot=mysnapshot.json

Native executor config files (such as liquibase.sqlplus.conf, liquibase.sqlcmd.conf,liquibase.psql.conf)

update (all variants) rollback (all variants)

liquibase --search-path=s3://myBucket/configs update

liquibase --search-path=az://myContainer/configs update

There is no property to directly specify a native executor configuration file path. It is located using the searchpath property.