Add db config and move data dir config

README.md

@@ -179,11 +179,12 @@ backends:
     args: []
     environment: {}               # Environment variables for the backend process
 
+data_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl  # Main data directory (database, instances, logs), default varies by OS
+
 instances:
   port_range: [8000, 9000]       # Port range for instances
-  data_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl         # Data directory (platform-specific, see below)
+  configs_dir: instances         # Instance configs directory (relative to data_dir)
-  configs_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl/instances  # Instance configs directory
+  logs_dir: logs                 # Logs directory (relative to data_dir)
-  logs_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl/logs    # Logs directory
   auto_create_dirs: true         # Auto-create data/config/logs dirs if missing
   max_instances: -1              # Max instances (-1 = unlimited)
   max_running_instances: -1      # Max running instances (-1 = unlimited)
@@ -195,6 +196,12 @@ instances:
   on_demand_start_timeout: 120   # Default on-demand start timeout in seconds
   timeout_check_interval: 5      # Idle instance timeout check in minutes
 
+database:
+  path: llamactl.db              # Database file path (relative to data_dir)
+  max_open_connections: 25       # Maximum open database connections
+  max_idle_connections: 5        # Maximum idle database connections
+  connection_max_lifetime: 5m    # Connection max lifetime
+
 auth:
   require_inference_auth: true   # Require auth for inference endpoints
   inference_keys: []             # Keys for inference endpoints

cmd/server/main.go

@@ -50,10 +50,17 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Create the data directory if it doesn't exist
 	if cfg.Instances.AutoCreateDirs {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(cfg.Instances.InstancesDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		// Create the main data directory
-			log.Printf("Error creating config directory %s: %v\nPersistence will not be available.", cfg.Instances.InstancesDir, err)
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(cfg.DataDir, 0755); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error creating data directory %s: %v\nData persistence may not be available.", cfg.DataDir, err)
 		}
 
+		// Create instances directory
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(cfg.Instances.InstancesDir, 0755); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error creating instances directory %s: %v\nPersistence will not be available.", cfg.Instances.InstancesDir, err)
+		}
+
+		// Create logs directory
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(cfg.Instances.LogsDir, 0755); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Error creating log directory %s: %v\nInstance logs will not be available.", cfg.Instances.LogsDir, err)
 		}

docs/configuration.md

@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ backends:
     environment: {}              # Environment variables for the backend process
     response_headers: {}         # Additional response headers to send with responses
 
+data_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl  # Main data directory (database, instances, logs), default varies by OS
+
 instances:
   port_range: [8000, 9000]       # Port range for instances
-  data_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl         # Data directory (platform-specific, see below)
+  configs_dir: data_dir/instances         # Instance configs directory
-  configs_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl/instances  # Instance configs directory
+  logs_dir: data_dir/logs                 # Logs directory
-  logs_dir: ~/.local/share/llamactl/logs    # Logs directory
   auto_create_dirs: true         # Auto-create data/config/logs dirs if missing
   max_instances: -1              # Max instances (-1 = unlimited)
   max_running_instances: -1      # Max running instances (-1 = unlimited)
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ instances:
   on_demand_start_timeout: 120   # Default on-demand start timeout in seconds
   timeout_check_interval: 5      # Idle instance timeout check in minutes
 
+database:
+  path: data_dir/llamactl.db              # Database file path
+  max_open_connections: 25       # Maximum open database connections
+  max_idle_connections: 5        # Maximum idle database connections
+  connection_max_lifetime: 5m    # Connection max lifetime
+
 auth:
   require_inference_auth: true   # Require auth for inference endpoints
   inference_keys: []             # Keys for inference endpoints
@@ -193,14 +200,27 @@ backends:
 - `LLAMACTL_MLX_ENV` - Environment variables in format "KEY1=value1,KEY2=value2"
 - `LLAMACTL_MLX_RESPONSE_HEADERS` - Response headers in format "KEY1=value1;KEY2=value2"
 
+### Data Directory Configuration
+
+```yaml
+data_dir: "~/.local/share/llamactl"  # Main data directory for database, instances, and logs (default varies by OS)
+```
+
+**Environment Variables:**
+- `LLAMACTL_DATA_DIRECTORY` - Main data directory path
+
+**Default Data Directory by Platform:**
+- **Linux**: `~/.local/share/llamactl`
+- **macOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/llamactl`
+- **Windows**: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\llamactl` or `%PROGRAMDATA%\llamactl`
+
 ### Instance Configuration
 
 ```yaml
 instances:
   port_range: [8000, 9000]      # Port range for instances (default: [8000, 9000])
-  data_dir: "~/.local/share/llamactl"               # Directory for all llamactl data (default varies by OS)
+  configs_dir: "instances"      # Directory for instance configs, default: data_dir/instances
-  configs_dir: "~/.local/share/llamactl/instances"  # Directory for instance configs (default: data_dir/instances)
+  logs_dir: "logs"              # Directory for instance logs, default: data_dir/logs
-  logs_dir: "~/.local/share/llamactl/logs"          # Directory for instance logs (default: data_dir/logs)
   auto_create_dirs: true        # Automatically create data/config/logs directories (default: true)
   max_instances: -1             # Maximum instances (-1 = unlimited)
   max_running_instances: -1     # Maximum running instances (-1 = unlimited)
@@ -215,7 +235,6 @@ instances:
 
 **Environment Variables:**
 - `LLAMACTL_INSTANCE_PORT_RANGE` - Port range (format: "8000-9000" or "8000,9000")
-- `LLAMACTL_DATA_DIRECTORY` - Data directory path  
 - `LLAMACTL_INSTANCES_DIR` - Instance configs directory path
 - `LLAMACTL_LOGS_DIR` - Log directory path
 - `LLAMACTL_AUTO_CREATE_DATA_DIR` - Auto-create data/config/logs directories (true/false)
@@ -229,6 +248,22 @@ instances:
 - `LLAMACTL_ON_DEMAND_START_TIMEOUT` - Default on-demand start timeout in seconds
 - `LLAMACTL_TIMEOUT_CHECK_INTERVAL` - Default instance timeout check interval in minutes
 
+### Database Configuration
+
+```yaml
+database:
+  path: "llamactl.db"              # Database file path, default: data_dir/llamactl.db
+  max_open_connections: 25         # Maximum open database connections (default: 25)
+  max_idle_connections: 5          # Maximum idle database connections (default: 5)
+  connection_max_lifetime: 5m      # Connection max lifetime (default: 5m)
+```
+
+**Environment Variables:**
+- `LLAMACTL_DATABASE_PATH` - Database file path (relative to data_dir or absolute)
+- `LLAMACTL_DATABASE_MAX_OPEN_CONNECTIONS` - Maximum open database connections
+- `LLAMACTL_DATABASE_MAX_IDLE_CONNECTIONS` - Maximum idle database connections
+- `LLAMACTL_DATABASE_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME` - Connection max lifetime (e.g., "5m", "1h")
+
 ### Authentication Configuration
 
 ```yaml

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ type AppConfig struct {
 	Auth      AuthConfig            `yaml:"auth" json:"auth"`
 	LocalNode string                `yaml:"local_node,omitempty" json:"local_node,omitempty"`
 	Nodes     map[string]NodeConfig `yaml:"nodes,omitempty" json:"nodes,omitempty"`
+
+	// Directory where all llamactl data will be stored (database, instances, logs, etc.)
+	DataDir string `yaml:"data_dir" json:"data_dir"`
+
 	Version    string `yaml:"-" json:"version"`
 	CommitHash string `yaml:"-" json:"commit_hash"`
 	BuildTime  string `yaml:"-" json:"build_time"`
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 
 // DatabaseConfig contains database configuration settings
 type DatabaseConfig struct {
-	// Database file path (relative to data_dir or absolute)
+	// Database file path (relative to the top-level data_dir or absolute)
 	Path string `yaml:"path" json:"path"`
 
 	// Connection settings
@@ -89,13 +93,11 @@ type InstancesConfig struct {
 	// Port range for instances (e.g., 8000,9000)
 	PortRange [2]int `yaml:"port_range" json:"port_range"`
 
-	// Directory where all llamactl data will be stored (instances.json, logs, etc.)
-	DataDir string `yaml:"data_dir" json:"data_dir"`
 
-	// Instance config directory override
+	// Instance config directory override (relative to data_dir if not absolute)
 	InstancesDir string `yaml:"configs_dir" json:"configs_dir"`
 
-	// Logs directory override
+	// Logs directory override (relative to data_dir if not absolute)
 	LogsDir string `yaml:"logs_dir" json:"logs_dir"`
 
 	// Automatically create the data directory if it doesn't exist
@@ -156,6 +158,8 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 // 3. Environment variables
 func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 	// 1. Start with defaults
+	defaultDataDir := getDefaultDataDirectory()
+
 	cfg := AppConfig{
 		Server: ServerConfig{
 			Host:           "0.0.0.0",
@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 		},
 		LocalNode: "main",
 		Nodes:     map[string]NodeConfig{},
+		DataDir:   defaultDataDir,
 		Backends: BackendConfig{
 			LlamaCpp: BackendSettings{
 				Command:     "llama-server",
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 					Image:   "ghcr.io/ggml-org/llama.cpp:server",
 					Args: []string{
 						"run", "--rm", "--network", "host", "--gpus", "all",
-						"-v", filepath.Join(getDefaultDataDirectory(), "llama.cpp") + ":/root/.cache/llama.cpp"},
+						"-v", filepath.Join(defaultDataDir, "llama.cpp") + ":/root/.cache/llama.cpp"},
 					Environment: map[string]string{},
 				},
 			},
@@ -188,7 +193,7 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 					Image:   "vllm/vllm-openai:latest",
 					Args: []string{
 						"run", "--rm", "--network", "host", "--gpus", "all", "--shm-size", "1g",
-						"-v", filepath.Join(getDefaultDataDirectory(), "huggingface") + ":/root/.cache/huggingface",
+						"-v", filepath.Join(defaultDataDir, "huggingface") + ":/root/.cache/huggingface",
 					},
 					Environment: map[string]string{},
 				},
@@ -201,7 +206,6 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 		},
 		Instances: InstancesConfig{
 			PortRange: [2]int{8000, 9000},
-			DataDir:   getDefaultDataDirectory(),
 			// NOTE: empty strings are set as placeholder values since InstancesDir and LogsDir
 			// should be relative path to DataDir if not explicitly set.
 			InstancesDir:         "",
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 			TimeoutCheckInterval: 5,   // Check timeouts every 5 minutes
 		},
 		Database: DatabaseConfig{
-			Path:               "llamactl.db", // Relative to data_dir
+			Path:               "", // Will be set to data_dir/llamactl.db if empty
 			MaxOpenConnections: 25,
 			MaxIdleConnections: 5,
 			ConnMaxLifetime:    5 * time.Minute,
@@ -244,17 +248,15 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 	// 3. Override with environment variables
 	loadEnvVars(&cfg)
 
-	// If InstancesDir or LogsDir is not set, set it to relative path of DataDir
+	// Set default directories if not specified
 	if cfg.Instances.InstancesDir == "" {
-		cfg.Instances.InstancesDir = filepath.Join(cfg.Instances.DataDir, "instances")
+		cfg.Instances.InstancesDir = filepath.Join(cfg.DataDir, "instances")
 	}
 	if cfg.Instances.LogsDir == "" {
-		cfg.Instances.LogsDir = filepath.Join(cfg.Instances.DataDir, "logs")
+		cfg.Instances.LogsDir = filepath.Join(cfg.DataDir, "logs")
 	}
-
+	if cfg.Database.Path == "" {
-	// Resolve database path relative to DataDir if it's not absolute
+		cfg.Database.Path = filepath.Join(cfg.DataDir, "llamactl.db")
-	if cfg.Database.Path != "" && !filepath.IsAbs(cfg.Database.Path) {
-		cfg.Database.Path = filepath.Join(cfg.Instances.DataDir, cfg.Database.Path)
 	}
 
 	// Validate port range
@@ -312,7 +314,7 @@ func loadEnvVars(cfg *AppConfig) {
 
 	// Data config
 	if dataDir := os.Getenv("LLAMACTL_DATA_DIRECTORY"); dataDir != "" {
-		cfg.Instances.DataDir = dataDir
+		cfg.DataDir = dataDir
 	}
 	if instancesDir := os.Getenv("LLAMACTL_INSTANCES_DIR"); instancesDir != "" {
 		cfg.Instances.InstancesDir = instancesDir

webui/src/types/config.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export interface ServerConfig {
 
 export interface InstancesConfig {
   port_range: [number, number]
-  data_dir: string
   configs_dir: string
   logs_dir: string
   auto_create_dirs: boolean
@@ -45,6 +44,13 @@ export interface InstancesConfig {
   timeout_check_interval: number
 }
 
+export interface DatabaseConfig {
+  path: string
+  max_open_connections: number
+  max_idle_connections: number
+  connection_max_lifetime: number
+}
+
 export interface AuthConfig {
   require_inference_auth: boolean
   inference_keys: string[] // Will be empty in sanitized response
@@ -61,9 +67,11 @@ export interface AppConfig {
   server: ServerConfig
   backends: BackendConfig
   instances: InstancesConfig
+  database: DatabaseConfig
   auth: AuthConfig
   local_node: string
   nodes: Record<string, NodeConfig>
+  data_dir: string
   version?: string
   commit_hash?: string
   build_time?: string