this should do it

cmd/deployer/main.go

@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ func run() error {
 	logger.Info("deployer service starting",
 		"log_level", cfg.LogLevel)
 
-	database, err := db.OpenDB(cfg.DBPath)
+	dbConfig := &db.DBConfig{
+		JournalMode: cfg.DBJournalMode,
+		Synchronous: cfg.DBSynchronous,
+		BusyTimeout: cfg.DBBusyTimeout,
+	}
+	
+	database, err := db.OpenDB(cfg.DBPath, dbConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open database: %w", err)
 	}

docker-compose.prod.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Production Docker Compose configuration
+# This configuration is optimized for production environments
+# and addresses common SQLite issues in containerized deployments
+
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  server:
+    container_name: tingz-server
+    env_file: .env
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        UID: ${UID}
+        GID: ${GID}
+    environment:
+      # Database configuration for production
+      DB_JOURNAL_MODE: "DELETE"        # Use DELETE mode instead of WAL for better volume mount compatibility
+      DB_SYNCHRONOUS: "FULL"           # Full synchronous mode for data integrity
+      DB_BUSY_TIMEOUT: "30000"         # 30 second timeout for busy database
+      
+      # Optional: Override other settings for production
+      # LOG_LEVEL: "warn"              # Reduce log verbosity in production
+      # MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE: "52428800"    # 50MB limit for production
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/data
+      - ./docs:/var/www/docs
+      - ./deploys:/var/www/deploys
+    ports:
+      - "${HOST}:${PORT}:8080"
+    user: "${UID}:${GID}"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    
+    # Health check to ensure service is running
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--quiet", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/status"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 40s

internal/config/config.go

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	DeployRoot                    string
 	ReleaseRoot                   string
 	DBPath                        string
+	DBJournalMode                 string
+	DBSynchronous                 string
+	DBBusyTimeout                 int
 	MaxUploadSize                 int64
 	LogLevel                      string
 	ReleasesToKeep                int
@@ -25,6 +28,9 @@ func LoadConfig() (*Config, error) {
 		DeployRoot:                    getEnvOrDefault("DEPLOY_ROOT", "/var/www/docs"),
 		ReleaseRoot:                   getEnvOrDefault("RELEASE_ROOT", "/var/www/deploys"),
 		DBPath:                        getEnvOrDefault("DB_PATH", "/data/deployer.db"),
+		DBJournalMode:                 getEnvOrDefault("DB_JOURNAL_MODE", "DELETE"),
+		DBSynchronous:                 getEnvOrDefault("DB_SYNCHRONOUS", "FULL"),
+		DBBusyTimeout:                 getEnvAsInt("DB_BUSY_TIMEOUT", 10000),
 		MaxUploadSize:                 getEnvAsInt64("MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE", 104857600),
 		LogLevel:                      getEnvOrDefault("LOG_LEVEL", "info"),
 		ReleasesToKeep:                getEnvAsInt("RELEASES_TO_KEEP", 5),

internal/db/db.go

@@ -5,16 +5,29 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
 
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
-func OpenDB(path string) (*sql.DB, error) {
+type DBConfig struct {
+	JournalMode string
+	Synchronous string
+	BusyTimeout int
+}
+
+func OpenDB(path string, config *DBConfig) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create database directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// Check if database file exists and get file info for diagnostics
+	var fileInfo os.FileInfo
+	if info, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
+		fileInfo = info
+	}
+
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open database: %w", err)
@@ -22,14 +35,46 @@ func OpenDB(path string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 
 	if err := db.Ping(); err != nil {
 		db.Close()
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to ping database: %w", err)
+		
+		// Enhanced error diagnostics
+		diag := fmt.Sprintf("database path: %s", path)
+		if fileInfo != nil {
+			diag += fmt.Sprintf(", file size: %d bytes, mode: %s", fileInfo.Size(), fileInfo.Mode())
+		}
+		
+		// Check directory permissions
+		if dirInfo, err := os.Stat(dir); err == nil {
+			diag += fmt.Sprintf(", dir mode: %s", dirInfo.Mode())
+		}
+		
+		// Check if it's a file system issue
+		if pathErr, ok := err.(*os.PathError); ok {
+			if pathErr.Err == syscall.ENOSPC {
+				diag += ", filesystem full"
+			} else if pathErr.Err == syscall.EACCES {
+				diag += ", permission denied"
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to ping database: %w (%s)", err, diag)
+	}
+
+	// Set default config if not provided
+	if config == nil {
+		config = &DBConfig{
+			JournalMode: "DELETE",
+			Synchronous: "FULL",
+			BusyTimeout: 10000,
+		}
 	}
 
 	pragmas := []string{
-		"PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL",
+		fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA journal_mode=%s", config.JournalMode),
 		"PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON",
-		"PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL",
+		fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA synchronous=%s", config.Synchronous),
-		"PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000",
+		fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA busy_timeout=%d", config.BusyTimeout),
+		"PRAGMA temp_store=MEMORY",
+		"PRAGMA mmap_size=268435456",
 	}
 
 	for _, pragma := range pragmas {