Database Seeding

Ever Gauzy includes database seeders to populate demo data, default configurations, and test fixtures.

Seed Commands

# Seed all demo data
yarn seed:all

# Seed specific modules
yarn seed:module:all

# Seed with specific database
DB_TYPE=postgres yarn seed:all

Seed Data Categories

Default Seed Data

Always required for the platform to function:

Data	Description
Roles	Default role set (SUPER_ADMIN, ADMIN, EMPLOYEE, etc.)
Permissions	Default permission-to-role mappings
Languages	Supported languages (en, es, fr, ru, bg, etc.)
Countries	Country list for address/region selection
Currencies	Currency definitions (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.)
Feature Flags	Default feature flag states

Demo Seed Data

Populated in demo/development environments:

Data	Description
Demo Tenant	Default tenant ("Ever Technologies")
Demo Users	Admin, Employee, and Candidate accounts
Demo Organization	Sample organization with settings
Demo Employees	Sample employee records
Demo Projects	Sample projects with tasks
Demo Time Logs	Sample time tracking data
Demo Invoices	Sample invoices and estimates
Demo Expenses	Sample expense records

Demo Credentials

The demo seed creates the following accounts:

Email	Password	Role
admin@ever.co	admin	SUPER_ADMIN
employee@ever.co	123456	EMPLOYEE
candidate@ever.co	123456	CANDIDATE

warning

These are demo credentials. Change them immediately in production deployments.

Seed Architecture

Seeders are located in packages/core/src/lib/:

packages/core/src/lib/
├── role/seed/                 # Role seeds
├── role-permission/seed/      # Permission seeds
├── tenant/seed/               # Tenant seeds
├── user/seed/                 # User seeds
├── employee/seed/             # Employee seeds
├── organization/seed/         # Organization seeds
├── time-tracking/seed/        # Time tracking seeds
├── tasks/seed/                # Task seeds
└── ...

Seed Service Pattern

Each seeder follows a common pattern:

@Injectable()
export class EmployeeSeedService {
  constructor(
    private readonly employeeService: EmployeeService,
    private readonly userService: UserService,
  ) {}

  async run(tenant: ITenant, organization: IOrganization): Promise<void> {
    const employees = [
      { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', ... },
      { firstName: 'Jane', lastName: 'Smith', ... },
    ];

    for (const employee of employees) {
      // Create user
      const user = await this.userService.create({
        email: `${employee.firstName.toLowerCase()}@ever.co`,
        ...employee,
      });

      // Create employee record
      await this.employeeService.create({
        userId: user.id,
        tenantId: tenant.id,
        organizationId: organization.id,
        ...employee,
      });
    }
  }
}

Configuration

Enable/Disable Seeding

# Seed demo data on startup (development only)
DEMO=true

# Clean database before seeding
DB_RESET=false

Seeding on Application Start

When DEMO=true, the application seeds demo data during bootstrap:

// In bootstrap module
if (configService.get("DEMO")) {
  await seedService.executeDemoSeed();
}

Custom Seeds

To create custom seed data:

1. Create a seed service in your module:

@Injectable()
export class CustomSeedService {
  async run(tenant: ITenant, org: IOrganization): Promise<void> {
    // Your custom seed logic
  }
}

2. Register it in the seed orchestrator:

@Module({
  providers: [CustomSeedService],
})
export class SeedModule {}

Related Pages

• Database Overview — general database info
• Demo & Testing — demo environment setup
• Migrations — schema management