The USB audit answered who had which drive and when, but not whether it came back wiped or virus-scanned. That is the question the record is kept to answer: removable-media custody is CMMC evidence, and custody without the state of the media on return is half the story. Both stores already held the values - the external checkinoutlog in sanitized and scanned_viruses, the app's own usbcheckouts in waswiped and scannedviruses - and neither mode selected them. Both now report them, in the JSON, the CSV and the column list, so the two directory modes still answer in one voice. Two things the rendering has to get right: - Only a return carries them. The wipe and the scan happen when the drive comes back, so a check-out row shows blanks rather than implying a fact about an event that had not happened yet. - Unknown is not "no". Both stores keep these nullable deliberately: a null means nobody wrote it down, which is a different claim from a drive that came back unwiped. Rendering an unrecorded return as "No" would put an assertion in an audit record that no one ever made, so unknown stays blank and reads as the gap it is. A test holds that, because "no" is the tempting default. auditflag lives in selfhosted.py rather than routes.py: routes already imports selfhosted, so the helper had to sit on that side or the import would be circular.
USB plugin - CMMC USB check-in/out database contract
The USB plugin tracks removable-media check-in/out for CMMC compliance. Device
and log state live in a separate, read-write MySQL database (cmmc_usb),
reached with parameterized pymysql via cmmc_usb_connection(). Names of people
are resolved from the HR employee directory (see the employees plugin).
The plugin's own reference tables (usbdevicetypes, usbdevices,
usbcheckouts) live in the main app database; only the live check-in/out data
is in cmmc_usb.
The schema is standardized across sites - the
cmmc_usbcheck-in/out solution is the same deployment everywhere, so the tables below match as-is and no schema adaptation is needed. The database name may differ per site, though - setcmmc_usb_db_name(defaultcmmc_usb) to match the local name. The view recipe at the end is only a fallback for a site that somehow differs. (Contrast the employee directory, which genuinely varies per site.)
Connection
Credentials resolve settings-first, then environment, except the password which is env-only (never stored in the app database).
| Field | Setting key (editable in the setup wizard) | Env var (fallback) |
|---|---|---|
| Host | cmmc_usb_db_host |
CMMC_USB_DB_HOST |
| Database | cmmc_usb_db_name |
CMMC_USB_DB_NAME |
| User | cmmc_usb_db_user |
CMMC_USB_DB_USER |
| Password | (not stored) | CMMC_USB_DB_PASSWORD |
Set the password in .env; the setup wizard's Features step shows the exact
line to paste. This database is read-write - the app account needs
SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE. Engine is MySQL/MariaDB (pymysql).
Required schema
The plugin runs raw SQL against these tables (or views - see below).
devices
| Column | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
device_id |
VARCHAR | Primary key; the device serial/tag |
device_desc |
VARCHAR | Description |
device_owner |
VARCHAR | Owner |
status |
VARCHAR | Check-in/out state |
locker_location |
VARCHAR | Where the device is stored |
Operations: SELECT (list + by id), INSERT (register device), UPDATE
(edit fields, change status).
checkinoutlog
| Column | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
log_id |
INT (PK) | Auto id |
badge_number |
VARCHAR | Person's badge |
device_id |
VARCHAR | FK to devices.device_id |
action |
VARCHAR | check-in / check-out |
timestamp |
DATETIME | When it happened |
scanned_viruses |
(text/int) | Scan result |
locker_location |
VARCHAR | Locker at time of event |
sanitized |
(bool/int) | Sanitization flag |
Operations: SELECT (history per device), INSERT (log an event).
users
| Column | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
badge_number |
VARCHAR | Primary key; the scanned badge |
first_name |
VARCHAR | Given name |
last_name |
VARCHAR | Surname |
Operations: SELECT by badge, INSERT (auto-add a badge on first scan).
Employee directory dependency
To turn a scanned badge into a name, the plugin also reads the HR employees
directory (via the employees plugin's connection). A badge shaped 0<digits>BZ
carries a PayNo (the digits); lookups try employees.SSO and employees.PayNo.
See plugins/employees/README.md for that schema and connection.
Adapting a different site schema (recommended: views)
Sites whose USB-tracking database uses different table/column names should
create read-only/updatable views named devices, checkinoutlog, and
users that map local columns to the names above. Example:
CREATE VIEW devices AS
SELECT
asset_tag AS device_id,
description AS device_desc,
owner AS device_owner,
state AS status,
storage_bay AS locker_location
FROM usb_assets;
Because the plugin writes to devices/checkinoutlog/users, either make the
views updatable (single-table views usually are) or expose real tables with
these column names. Grant the app account SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE.
Notes:
device_idandbadge_numberare the natural keys the plugin matches on.- If
cmmc_usbis unreachable, USB endpoints return an error and the rest of the app keeps working (the feature degrades, it does not crash the app).