TIKS Assure audit

Ledger backups every in a while

• Auto logs all model classes
• Make new model as recordable
• Archive ledgers and daily sync

Installation

1. Install Tiks-Audit

   • composer require tnchalise/tiks

2. Edit the config/app.php to add following:

   'providers' => [
        Altek\Accountant\AccountantServiceProvider::class,
        Tnchalise\Tiks\ServiceProvider::class,
   ],
   

3. Publish Tiks-Audit

   • php artisan vendor:publish --tag="accountant-configuration"
   • php artisan vendor:publish --tag="accountant-migrations"
   • php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Tnchalise\Tiks\ServiceProvider"

4. Adjust .env to have following

   DB_AUDIT_HOST=****
   DB_AUDIT_DATABASE=****
   DB_AUDIT_USERNAME=****
   DB_AUDIT_PASSWORD=****
   AUDIT_ARCHIVE_INTERVAL=3 # Months
   

5. Set up secondary DB connection named audit in config/databas.php

    'audit' => [
            'driver'      => 'mysql',
            'host'        => env('DB_AUDIT_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
            'port'        => env('DB_AUDIT_PORT', '3306'),
            'database'    => env('DB_AUDIT_DATABASE', 'forge'),
            'username'    => env('DB_AUDIT_USERNAME', 'forge'),
            'password'    => env('DB_AUDIT_PASSWORD', ''),
            'unix_socket' => env('DB_AUDIT_SOCKET', ''),
            'charset'     => 'utf8',
            'collation'   => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
            'prefix'      => '',
            'strict'      => false,
            'engine'      => null,
        ],
   

6. Run Migrations

7. Repalce existing model to extend RecordableModel (optional)

   • sh sh/make-model-auditable.sh from root directory, if necessary adjust path in sh/make-model-auditable.sh

Usage

Create a new recordable model

• php artisan make:recordable-model <name>

Schedule ledger archive

• $schedule->command('php artisan archive:ledgers')->->saturdays();