Integrating Bytebase SQL Review into GitHub and GitLab CI/CD Pipelines

Bytebase offers multiple SQL review modes to suit different development team workflows, allowing automatic SQL review to be triggered before database change scripts are merged into the repository.

Prerequisites: Enable Bytebase Team Edition (free 14‑day trial from v1.8.0) and activate the VCS workflow for your workspace and project.

Step 1 – Configure SQL Review CI: In the Bytebase console, after enabling the VCS workflow, select the GitLab CI option under version control and enable SQL review. Click Update to let Bytebase create a merge request (MR) in your GitLab repository that sets up the SQL review CI.

After merging the MR, the CI is configured and will automatically check SQL scripts in subsequent merge requests.

Step 2 – Run SQL Review via CI: Once set up, each MR containing SQL script files will be automatically inspected according to the defined review policies, and results are displayed on the SQL review detail page.

For GitHub repositories, the same SQL review policies are enforced through GitHub Actions, checking files that match the configured path templates.

Additional integration options for GitHub include a no‑code GitHub App and a GitHub Action that requires a simple YAML configuration (see the referenced tutorial).

For detailed configuration steps, refer to the official Bytebase documentation at https://www.bytebase.com/docs/sql-review/sql-advisor/overview.