some tweaks - not sure what as this commit

should havve been done ages ago

BrickLog-Server/docker-compose.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"  # Enables access to the host's MariaDB instance
 
-watchtower:
+  watchtower:
     image: v2tec/watchtower
     container_name: watchtower
     environment:

BrickLog-Server/pom.xml

@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
+
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <mainClass>com.example.bricklog</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>

BrickLog-Server/target/classes/resources/application.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Database configuration
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://host.docker.internal:3306/bricklog
+spring.datasource.username=bricklog
+spring.datasource.password=sl0gg1ngBricks4llD4y
+
+
+# JPA settings
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update  # Creates tables automatically; set to 'none' in production if not needed
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true              # Shows SQL queries in the console, useful for debugging
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect