January 2022 Summaries

Nhost has launched its version 2 into public beta, marking a significant upgrade in its mission to provide a robust backend platform akin to what Netlify and Vercel offer for the frontend. This new version comes after a comprehensive overhaul of both services and infrastructure to enhance performance and developer productivity, ultimately supporting scalable app development. Key updates include a new free tier for testing and small projects, revamped design elements across its platform, and a shift from DigitalOcean to AWS for improved scaling capabilities. Additionally, Nhost v2 introduces new features like a unified permission system with Hasura Auth and Storage, enhanced SDKs, a simplified domain structure, and a rebuilt CLI for improved local development workflows. With a focus on serverless functions now hosted on AWS Lambda and a strategic move to AWS infrastructure, Nhost aims to offer high availability and scalability to cater to diverse customer needs, from small developers to large enterprises. Existing users are encouraged to migrate from v1 to v2 to benefit from these enhancements, with support available through GitHub discussions and Discord channels.

Migrating a project from Nhost v1 to Nhost v2 involves several technical steps, including updating database schema and Hasura metadata, which require both automated and manual adjustments. The process starts with creating a new Nhost v2 app locally using the Nhost CLI and involves altering configuration files, exporting current migrations and metadata, and making specific changes to migration scripts and metadata files, such as modifying functions and deleting certain tables and references. After starting the updated Nhost app locally and ensuring that the new metadata is applied, users need to delete local migrations and metadata before updating the configuration once more to pull the correct migrations and metadata from the local instance. The final step in the migration process is transferring data from the v1 to the v2 project, which can be facilitated by using TransferGraph, a community tool designed to assist with data transfer tasks.