Added in validateOnBootstrap.

Author: neonexus

config/bootstrap.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 module.exports.bootstrap = function(next) {
     // Check if we need to validate our schema
-    if (sails.config.models.migrate === 'safe') { // aka PRODUCTION
+    if (sails.config.models.validateOnBootstrap && sails.config.models.migrate === 'safe') { // aka PRODUCTION
         let waitingToFinish = 0;
 
         _.forEach(sails.models, (model, modelName) => {

config/env/development.js

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ module.exports = {
      * environment (see config/datastores.js and config/models.js )           *
      ***************************************************************************/
 
-    datastores: {
-        host: process.env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
-        user: process.env.DB_USER || 'root',
-        password: process.env.DB_PASS || 'mypass',
-        database: process.env.DB_NAME || 'myapp',
-        port: process.env.DB_PORT || 3306,
-        ssl: (process.env.DB_SSL === 'true')
-    },
+    // datastores: {
+    //     host: process.env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
+    //     user: process.env.DB_USER || 'root',
+    //     password: process.env.DB_PASS || 'mypass',
+    //     database: process.env.DB_NAME || 'myapp',
+    //     port: process.env.DB_PORT || 3306,
+    //     ssl: (process.env.DB_SSL === 'true')
+    // },
 
     models: {
         migrate: 'safe' // This is set as safe, so remote development machines are behaving like remote production machines. Use local.js to override.

config/models.js

@@ -104,6 +104,20 @@ module.exports.models = {
      *                                                                          *
      ***************************************************************************/
 
-    cascadeOnDestroy: true
+    cascadeOnDestroy: true,
+
+
+    /********************************************************************************
+     *                                                                              *
+     * This is a custom property, that is used inside of config/bootstrap.js.       *
+     * If set to true AND sails.config.models.migrate === 'safe', then the          *
+     * database schema validation and enforcement goes to work. If the database     *
+     * is not configured according to the model specifications, the problem areas   *
+     * will be console.error()'d, and Sails will fail to lift. This is intended for *
+     * remote environments, to help prevent accidental deployment of an             *
+     * incompatible version for the given datastore.                                *
+     *                                                                              *
+     ********************************************************************************/
+    validateOnBootstrap: true
 
 };