Audited all 40 docs/ against the live codebase; fixed factual staleness in 23, 14 were clean. Highlights (all verified against code): - equipment -> machines (ADR-011 rename) in INSTALL/DEPLOY-WINDOWS-IIS, PLUGIN-GUIDE, GE-ENFORCE, ROADMAP. - Versions refreshed: contract 0.10.0 -> 0.13.0, product 0.5.0 -> 0.7.0, plus plugin example core_version pins. - Bundled set corrected to the current 13 (PLUGINS.md 7 -> 13 rows; DEPLOY eleven -> thirteen). - Per-plugin Alembic chain workflow (ADR-008) replacing stale core-chain steps in PLUGIN-QUICKSTART / BACKUP-RESTORE; deploy adds plugin upgrade-all. - Frontend plugin staging (ADR-010) replacing 'no frontend plugin system yet' in PLUGIN-GUIDE; view/route paths repointed to plugins/<name>/frontend/. - Corrected file paths (MapView.vue, manifest_schema.json), CLI (shelf-list), API gating (GET /api/plugins is optional-jwt), WJF 15 -> 16 stages, and retired Collector/PC-Types settings pages (ADR-012). - ge-enforce proposal marked ACCEPTED/built.
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Backup and Restore
Each site owns its own data (single-tenant, ADR-004), so backups are the site's responsibility. A complete backup is two parts:
- The MySQL database - all asset, user, audit, and settings data.
- The
instance/directory - uploaded floor plans, branding assets,plugins.json(the enabled-plugin list), and any tokens or files the app writes to disk. These are NOT in the database, so a DB-only backup loses them. Back upinstance/alongside every database dump.
Restoring the database without the matching instance/ directory leaves the
app pointing at floor plans and logos that no longer exist.
What to back up
| Item | Location | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Database | MySQL shopdb_flask |
All application data. |
instance/branding/ |
repo instance/ dir |
Uploaded logos and favicon. |
instance/modelimages/ |
repo instance/ dir |
Uploaded vendor-model photos. |
instance/employeephotos/ |
repo instance/ dir |
Uploaded self-hosted employee photos (external mode serves photos from the HR database instead). |
instance/ floor plans |
repo instance/ dir |
Uploaded map blueprints. |
instance/plugins.json |
repo instance/ dir |
Which plugins this site enabled. |
.env |
repo root (offline, secured) | Secrets needed to bring the stack back up. Store separately from the data backup, in a secrets manager. |
Backup
Database (Docker)
docker compose exec -T db mysqldump \
-u root -p"${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}" \
--single-transaction --routines --triggers \
shopdb_flask | gzip > shopdb-$(date +%F).sql.gz
--single-transaction gives a consistent dump without locking the tables (InnoDB).
Database (external MySQL, no container)
mysqldump -h <host> -u <user> -p \
--single-transaction --routines --triggers \
shopdb_flask | gzip > shopdb-$(date +%F).sql.gz
instance directory
tar czf instance-$(date +%F).tar.gz instance/
Recommended cadence: nightly database dump to offsite storage, 14-day
retention; instance/ captured on the same schedule (and always right before an
upgrade). Verify a restore quarterly.
Restore
Restoring replaces the current database contents. Do it into a known-empty or a throwaway target first if you are unsure.
Step 1: Bring up the stack (or a fresh one)
cp .env.example .env # or restore your saved .env
# ensure MYSQL_* and DATABASE_URL match the dump's database name (shopdb_flask)
docker compose up -d db
Wait for the db container to report healthy (docker compose ps).
Step 2: Load the database dump
gunzip -c shopdb-2026-07-10.sql.gz | \
docker compose exec -T db mysql -u root -p"${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}" shopdb_flask
For an external MySQL:
gunzip -c shopdb-2026-07-10.sql.gz | mysql -h <host> -u <user> -p shopdb_flask
If the target database does not exist yet, create it as utf8mb4 first (matching the schema charset):
CREATE DATABASE shopdb_flask CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Step 3: Restore the instance directory
tar xzf instance-2026-07-10.tar.gz # restores ./instance/
The default docker-compose.yml does NOT bind-mount instance/ into the api
container (its only volume is - ./plugins:/app/plugins:ro, and the image never
copies instance/), so the container's Flask instance path is an empty
/app/instance and a restored host ./instance is invisible to it. To make the
restored instance/ visible, add a bind mount to the api service before starting
it:
api:
volumes:
- ./plugins:/app/plugins:ro
- ./instance:/app/instance
Make sure ./instance is present on the host before starting api.
Step 4: Bring up the API and reconcile migrations
docker compose up -d api
docker compose exec api flask db upgrade
docker compose exec api flask plugin upgrade-all
For a non-docker deploy:
flask db upgrade
flask plugin upgrade-all
flask db upgrade is a safety net: if the dump predates the current code, this
applies only the core Alembic chain. flask plugin upgrade-all then applies any
newer per-plugin migrations (each bundled plugin owns its own chain, ADR-008);
without it, plugin-owned tables stay un-migrated. If the dump is at the same
version both are no-ops.
Step 5: Verify
- Log in with a known account.
- Confirm the floor map renders (branding and map blueprints resolve from
instance/). - Spot-check a few asset records and the audit log.
curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{}' http://localhost:5001/api/auth/login | jq .should return aVALIDATION_ERROR, not a 500.
See also
- DEPLOY.md - first-time deploy
- UPGRADE.md - upgrade procedure (back up first)
- CONFIG.md - environment variables and Setting keys