diff --git a/deploy/db/migrate.sh b/deploy/db/migrate.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Exit on error
+set -e
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <environment> <version>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+ENVR="$1"
+if [[ "$ENVR" != "production" && "$ENVR" != "staging" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: environment must be 'production' or 'staging'."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <environment> <version>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+VER="$2"
+re='^[0-9]+$'
+if ! [[ $VER =~ $re ]] ; then
+   echo "Error: version not a number" >&2; exit 1
+fi
+
+BACKUP_FILE=$(/bin/bash ./test.sh "$ENVR" "$VER" | grep -oP '(?<=Backup created: ).*')
+if [[ "$BACKUP_FILE" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: backup failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get current datetime in YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM format
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M")
+
+# REAL VALUES
+# ACTIVE_DIR="/home/deploy/$ENVR"
+# DATA_DIR="/home/deploy/data/$ENVR"
+# BACKUP_DIR="/home/deploy/data/backups/$ENVR"
+# UPDATED_BACKUP="$BACKUP_DIR/${VER}-${TIMESTAMP}.db"
+# UPDATED_COPY="$DATA_DIR/${VER}.db"
+# UPDATED_LINK="$ACTIVE_DIR/${VER}.db"
+# #####################################################################
+# TEST VALUES
+ACTIVE_DIR="./deploy/$ENVR"
+DATA_DIR="./deploy/data/$ENVR"
+BACKUP_DIR="./deploy/data/backups/$ENVR"
+UPDATED_BACKUP="$BACKUP_DIR/${VER}-${TIMESTAMP}.db"
+UPDATED_COPY="$DATA_DIR/${VER}.db"
+UPDATED_LINK="$ACTIVE_DIR/${VER}.db"
+
+# back to real code
+# ####################################################################
+cp $BACKUP_FILE $UPDATED_BACKUP
+# ####################################################################
+# do migration
+echo "Migration in progress"
+
+
+
+
+
+# TODO: if failed delete updated_backup
+echo "Migration completed"
+# end migration
+# ####################################################################
+
+cp $UPDATED_BACKUP $UPDATED_COPY
+ln -s $UPDATED_COPY $UPDATED_LINK
+echo "Upgraded database linked and ready for deploy"
+exit 0
diff --git a/deploy/db/test.sh b/deploy/db/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Exit on error
+set -e
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <environment>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+ENVR="$1"
+if [[ "$ENVR" != "production" && "$ENVR" != "staging" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: environment must be 'production' or 'staging'."
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "random output"
+echo "Error"
+FILE="00001-2025-02-19-0927.db"
+ACTIVE_DIR="./deploy/$ENVR"
+DATA_DIR="./deploy/data/$ENVR"
+BACKUP_DIR="./deploy/data/backups/$ENVR"
+mkdir -p $ACTIVE_DIR
+mkdir -p $DATA_DIR
+mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR
+touch "$BACKUP_DIR/$FILE"
+echo "Backup created: $BACKUP_DIR/$FILE"