Use SQLite

SQLite is the generated configuration’s default local storage provider:

{
  "db_name": "sqlite3",
  "db_path": "ruphish.db",
  "migrations_prefix": ""
}

These fields belong alongside your listener/logging settings. db_path must be nonempty. Remove typed server settings and db_sslca_path. Generated settings use the OS data directory. Edited relative paths use the configuration directory for automatic discovery or the working directory with explicit --config; see path rules. An empty migrations_prefix uses embedded migrations without a separate migration directory.

Startup recognizes the schema before using the file. Unknown, future, inconsistent, or corrupt populated databases fail instead of being initialized as empty. Supported upgrades preserve a verified pre-upgrade snapshot before applying changes. A current schema is not backed up again on every restart.

The startup lock coordinates cooperating Rust processes; it does not prove that a Gophish process has stopped. Stop old writers before upgrading. Separate admin/public processes can share an already prepared database.

New database and backup files receive private permissions. Check permissions on the containing directory and any operator-supplied copies as well. For routine copies and restore procedure, use backup and recovery.