// This is a centralized place to connect to the database, and hold a reference to it.
// Other packages can share this reference. This package would also be a place to add any kind of
// persistence-related convenience methods or migrations.
package data
import (
"database/sql"
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"time"
"github.com/owncast/owncast/config"
"github.com/owncast/owncast/utils"
log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
)
const (
schemaVersion = 5
var (
_db *sql.DB
_datastore *Datastore
// GetDatabase will return the shared instance of the actual database.
func GetDatabase() *sql.DB {
return _db
}
// GetStore will return the shared instance of the read/write datastore.
func GetStore() *Datastore {
return _datastore
// SetupPersistence will open the datastore and make it available.
func SetupPersistence(file string) error {
// Allow support for in-memory databases for tests.
var db *sql.DB
if file == ":memory:" {
inMemoryDb, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", file)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err.Error())
db = inMemoryDb
} else {
// Create empty DB file if it doesn't exist.
if !utils.DoesFileExists(file) {
log.Traceln("Creating new database at", file)
_, err := os.Create(file) //nolint:gosec
onDiskDb, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?_cache_size=10000&cache=shared&_journal_mode=WAL", file))
return err
db = onDiskDb
db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
_db = db
// Some SQLite optimizations
_, _ = db.Exec("pragma journal_mode = WAL")
_, _ = db.Exec("pragma synchronous = normal")
_, _ = db.Exec("pragma temp_store = memory")
_, _ = db.Exec("pragma wal_checkpoint(full)")
createWebhooksTable()
createUsersTable(db)
createAccessTokenTable(db)
if _, err := db.Exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS config (
"key" string NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
"value" TEXT
);`); err != nil {
var version int
err := db.QueryRow("SELECT value FROM config WHERE key='version'").
Scan(&version)
if err != sql.ErrNoRows {
// fresh database: initialize it with the current schema version
_, err := db.Exec("INSERT INTO config(key, value) VALUES(?, ?)", "version", schemaVersion)
version = schemaVersion
// is database from a newer Owncast version?
if version > schemaVersion {
return fmt.Errorf("incompatible database version %d (versions up to %d are supported)",
version, schemaVersion)
// is database schema outdated?
if version < schemaVersion {
if err := migrateDatabaseSchema(db, version, schemaVersion); err != nil {
_datastore = &Datastore{}
_datastore.Setup()
dbBackupTicker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Hour)
go func() {
backupFile := filepath.Join(config.BackupDirectory, "owncastdb.bak")
for range dbBackupTicker.C {
utils.Backup(_db, backupFile)
}()
return nil