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shopdb-flask/plugins/usb
cproudlock 35d4fcd41c Report whether a returned drive was wiped and scanned
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.
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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_usb check-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 - set cmmc_usb_db_name (default cmmc_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.

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_id and badge_number are the natural keys the plugin matches on.
  • If cmmc_usb is unreachable, USB endpoints return an error and the rest of the app keeps working (the feature degrades, it does not crash the app).