From 14fbfdf71160fec101e7ddf7272a297475ee8dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MickLesk <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:09:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] suggestarr: keep the data where the app actually reads it

The env file sets CONFIG_DIR=/opt/suggestarr_data and the service passes
it through, but SuggestArr never reads that variable. Its database
manager builds the path from the application directory:

  DB_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'config', 'config_files', 'requests.db')

so config.yaml, requests.db and secret.key live under /opt/suggestarr,
which the update wipes with CLEAN_INSTALL. Every update came back as a
fresh install.

Make config/config_files a symlink to /opt/suggestarr_data and lay it
down again after each deploy, since the deploy replaces it with a real
directory. Existing installs have their files copied across first, with
cp -an so anything already in the data directory wins.

CONFIG_DIR stays in the env file: it is inert today and costs nothing if
upstream starts reading it.
---
 ct/suggestarr.sh              | 11 +++++++++++
 install/suggestarr-install.sh |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ct/suggestarr.sh b/ct/suggestarr.sh
index 6cad3c2d0..ac0fb497a 100644
--- a/ct/suggestarr.sh
+++ b/ct/suggestarr.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,19 @@ function update_script() {
     systemctl stop suggestarr
     msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
+    mkdir -p /opt/suggestarr_data
+    if [[ -d /opt/suggestarr/config/config_files && ! -L /opt/suggestarr/config/config_files ]]; then
+      msg_info "Migrating Configuration"
+      cp -an /opt/suggestarr/config/config_files/. /opt/suggestarr_data/ 2>/dev/null || true
+      msg_ok "Migrated Configuration to /opt/suggestarr_data"
+    fi
+
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "suggestarr" "giuseppe99barchetta/SuggestArr" "tarball"
 
+    mkdir -p /opt/suggestarr/config
+    rm -rf /opt/suggestarr/config/config_files
+    ln -sfn /opt/suggestarr_data /opt/suggestarr/config/config_files
+
     msg_info "Building Frontend"
     cd /opt/suggestarr/client
     $STD npm install
diff --git a/install/suggestarr-install.sh b/install/suggestarr-install.sh
index ccc8de8d1..cd972196e 100644
--- a/install/suggestarr-install.sh
+++ b/install/suggestarr-install.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ $STD uv pip install --python /opt/suggestarr/.venv -r /opt/suggestarr/api_servic
 msg_ok "Set up Python Environment"
 
 msg_info "Configuring SuggestArr"
-mkdir -p /opt/suggestarr_data
+mkdir -p /opt/suggestarr_data /opt/suggestarr/config
+rm -rf /opt/suggestarr/config/config_files
+ln -sfn /opt/suggestarr_data /opt/suggestarr/config/config_files
 cat <<EOF >/opt/suggestarr.env
 SUGGESTARR_PORT=5000
 LOG_LEVEL=info