Fix config file parsing and improve backup/restore functionality

- Fix external_server.conf parsing to skip comment lines and empty lines
- Update routes.py get_db_connection() to handle comments
- Update settings.py get_external_db_connection() to handle comments
- Improve restore_backup() to use mariadb command instead of Python parsing
- Remove SQLite database creation (MariaDB only)
- Add environment detection for dump command (mariadb-dump vs mysqldump)
- Add conditional SSL flag based on Docker environment
- Fix database restore to handle MariaDB sandbox mode comments

py_app/app/database_backup.py

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class DatabaseBackupManager:
     
     def restore_backup(self, filename):
         """
-        Restore database from a backup file
+        Restore database from a backup file using mariadb command
         
         Args:
             filename (str): Name of the backup file to restore
@@ -439,43 +439,51 @@ class DatabaseBackupManager:
                     'message': 'Backup file not found'
                 }
             
-            # Read SQL file and execute using Python mariadb library
+            # Use mariadb command to restore (more reliable than Python parsing)
-            import mariadb
+            # First, read the file and skip problematic first line if needed
-            
             with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
                 sql_content = f.read()
             
-            # Connect to database
+            # Remove problematic MariaDB sandbox mode comment from first line
-            conn = mariadb.connect(
+            lines = sql_content.split('\n')
-                user=self.config['user'],
+            if lines and lines[0].startswith('/*M!999999'):
-                password=self.config['password'],
+                sql_content = '\n'.join(lines[1:])
-                host=self.config['host'],
+            
-                port=int(self.config['port']),
+            # Build mariadb restore command
-                database=self.config['database']
+            cmd = [
+                'mariadb',
+                f"--host={self.config['host']}",
+                f"--port={self.config['port']}",
+                f"--user={self.config['user']}",
+                f"--password={self.config['password']}",
+            ]
+            
+            # Add SSL args if needed (Docker environment)
+            cmd.extend(self._get_ssl_args())
+            
+            # Add database name
+            cmd.append(self.config['database'])
+            
+            # Execute restore with stdin
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                cmd,
+                input=sql_content,
+                capture_output=True,
+                text=True
             )
             
-            cursor = conn.cursor()
+            if result.returncode == 0:
-            
+                return {
-            # Split SQL into statements and execute
+                    'success': True,
-            statements = sql_content.split(';')
+                    'message': f'Database restored successfully from {filename}'
-            executed = 0
+                }
-            
+            else:
-            for statement in statements:
+                error_msg = result.stderr
-                statement = statement.strip()
+                print(f"Restore error: {error_msg}")
-                if statement:
+                return {
-                    try:
+                    'success': False,
-                        cursor.execute(statement)
+                    'message': f'Restore failed: {error_msg}'
-                        executed += 1
+                }
-                    except Exception as stmt_error:
-                        print(f"Warning executing statement: {stmt_error}")
-            
-            conn.commit()
-            conn.close()
-            
-            return {
-                'success': True,
-                'message': f'Database restored successfully from {filename} ({executed} statements executed)'
-            }
         
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Exception during restore: {e}")

py_app/app/db_create_scripts/setup_complete_database.py

@@ -680,14 +680,14 @@ def verify_database_setup():
         cursor.close()
         conn.close()
         
-        # Check SQLite database
+        # SQLite check disabled - using MariaDB only
-        instance_folder = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../instance'))
+        # instance_folder = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../instance'))
-        sqlite_path = os.path.join(instance_folder, 'users.db')
+        # sqlite_path = os.path.join(instance_folder, 'users.db')
-        
+        # 
-        if os.path.exists(sqlite_path):
+        # if os.path.exists(sqlite_path):
-            print_success("SQLite database 'users.db' exists")
+        #     print_success("SQLite database 'users.db' exists")
-        else:
+        # else:
-            print_error("SQLite database 'users.db' missing")
+        #     print_error("SQLite database 'users.db' missing")
         
         return True
         
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ def main():
         create_warehouse_locations_table,
         create_permissions_tables,
         create_users_table_mariadb,
-        create_sqlite_tables,
+        # create_sqlite_tables,  # Disabled - using MariaDB only
         create_database_triggers,
         populate_permissions_data,
         update_external_config,
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ def main():
     print(f"📅 Completed at: {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}")
     print("\n📋 Setup Summary:")
     print("   • MariaDB tables created with triggers")
-    print("   • SQLite user database initialized") 
+    print("   • MariaDB users table initialized")
     print("   • Permissions system fully configured")
     print("   • Default superadmin user created (username: superadmin, password: superadmin123)")
     print("   • Configuration files updated")

py_app/app/routes.py

@@ -169,8 +169,13 @@ def get_db_connection():
     settings = {}
     with open(settings_file, 'r') as f:
         for line in f:
-            key, value = line.strip().split('=', 1)
+            line = line.strip()
-            settings[key] = value
+            # Skip empty lines and comments
+            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                continue
+            if '=' in line:
+                key, value = line.split('=', 1)
+                settings[key] = value
 
     # Create a database connection
     return mariadb.connect(

py_app/app/settings.py

@@ -214,8 +214,13 @@ def settings_handler():
     if os.path.exists(settings_file):
         with open(settings_file, 'r') as f:
             for line in f:
-                key, value = line.strip().split('=', 1)
+                line = line.strip()
-                external_settings[key] = value
+                # Skip empty lines and comments
+                if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                    continue
+                if '=' in line:
+                    key, value = line.split('=', 1)
+                    external_settings[key] = value
     
     return render_template('settings.html', users=users, external_settings=external_settings, current_user={'role': session.get('role', '')})
 
@@ -230,8 +235,13 @@ def get_external_db_connection():
     settings = {}
     with open(settings_file, 'r') as f:
         for line in f:
-            key, value = line.strip().split('=', 1)
+            line = line.strip()
-            settings[key] = value
+            # Skip empty lines and comments
+            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                continue
+            if '=' in line:
+                key, value = line.split('=', 1)
+                settings[key] = value
 
     # Create a database connection
     return mariadb.connect(