From 7a087039c93ca14128da3ce97f13b2cf6baa8665 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Garrett <andrew@werdn.us>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:28:59 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Make authentication database path configurable via
 DATABASE_PATH environment variable (#205)

* Make database path configurable via DATABASE_PATH environment variable

- Add DATABASE_PATH environment variable support in db.js
- Automatically create database directory if custom path is provided
- Update .env.example with DATABASE_PATH documentation for container deployments
- Maintain backward compatibility with default path (server/database/auth.db)

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* Add error handling for creating DATABASE_PATH.

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---
 .env.example          |  9 +++++++++
 server/database/db.js | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 6b34f69..a7e9528 100755
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ VITE_PORT=5173
 # Uncomment the following line if you have a custom claude cli path other than the default "claude"
 # CLAUDE_CLI_PATH=claude
 
+# =============================================================================
+# DATABASE CONFIGURATION
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Path to the authentication database file
+# This should be set to a persistent volume path when running in containers
+# Default: server/database/auth.db (relative to project root)
+# Example for Docker: /data/auth.db
+# DATABASE_PATH=/data/auth.db
 # Claude Code context window size (maximum tokens per session)
 # Note: VITE_ prefix makes it available to frontend
 VITE_CONTEXT_WINDOW=160000
diff --git a/server/database/db.js b/server/database/db.js
index 6fc1347..96224ae 100644
--- a/server/database/db.js
+++ b/server/database/db.js
@@ -7,12 +7,27 @@ import { dirname } from 'path';
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
-const DB_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'auth.db');
+// Use DATABASE_PATH environment variable if set, otherwise use default location
+const DB_PATH = process.env.DATABASE_PATH || path.join(__dirname, 'auth.db');
 const INIT_SQL_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'init.sql');
 
+// Ensure database directory exists if custom path is provided
+if (process.env.DATABASE_PATH) {
+  const dbDir = path.dirname(DB_PATH);
+  try {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dbDir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(dbDir, { recursive: true });
+      console.log(`Created database directory: ${dbDir}`);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Failed to create database directory ${dbDir}:`, error.message);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
 // Create database connection
 const db = new Database(DB_PATH);
-console.log('Connected to SQLite database');
+console.log(`Connected to SQLite database at: ${DB_PATH}`);
 
 // Initialize database with schema
 const initializeDatabase = async () => {