case 4170

server/AyaNova/Startup.cs

@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ namespace AyaNova
                 AySchema.CheckAndUpdateAsync(dbContext, _newLog).Wait();
             }
 
+
+
             var dbServerVersionInfo = DbUtil.DBServerVersion(dbContext);
             var dbServerRunTimeParameters = DbUtil.DBServerRunTimeParameters(dbContext);
             //Log server version
@@ -585,12 +587,19 @@ namespace AyaNova
             //db server extended parameters
             _newLog.LogTrace($"Database server runtime parameters{Environment.NewLine}{string.Join(Environment.NewLine, dbServerRunTimeParameters)}");
 
+            //log each item individually from runtime parameters
             ServerBootConfig.DBSERVER_DIAGNOSTIC_INFO.Add("DB SERVER", dbServerVersionInfo);
             foreach (var p in dbServerRunTimeParameters)
                 ServerBootConfig.DBSERVER_DIAGNOSTIC_INFO.Add(p.Key, p.Value);
 
 
-            //log each item individually from runtime parameters
+
+            //case 4170
+            if (ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_REMOVE_LICENSE_FROM_DB)
+            {
+                _newLog.LogWarning("AYANOVA_REMOVE_LICENSE_FROM_DB has been set - removing license from database");
+                Util.DbUtil.RemoveLicenseFromDB(_newLog);
+            }
 
 
             //Initialize license unless it doesn't exist yet then wait and do it after schema update and fingerprint

server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs

@@ -302,11 +302,48 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         }
 
 
+        //case 4170
+        ///////////////////////////////////////////
+        // Remove license key from database
+        // triggered by AYANOVA_REMOVE_LICENSE_FROM_DB flag on boot
+        // This is for potential edge cases when we need
+        // to fix a weird license issue for a customer remotely 
+        // by issuing a new license when they can't boot due to a bad license
+        // e.g. they upgrade and no maint so get too new error on boot
+        // want to renew and keep working so they contact us, buy a maintenance
+        // and need to have it fetch. (or some other unknown future issue)
+        //
+        internal static void RemoveLicenseFromDB(ILogger _log)
+        {
+            _log.LogInformation("Removing license from database \"{0}\"", _dbName);
+
+            //clear all connections so that the database can be dropped
+            Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection.ClearAllPools();
+
+            using (var conn = new Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection(_dbConnectionString))
+            {
+                conn.Open();
+
+                // Create the database desired
+                using (var cmd = new Npgsql.NpgsqlCommand())
+                {
+                    cmd.Connection = conn;
+                    cmd.CommandText = "delete from alicense;";
+                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
+                    _log.LogDebug("License removed");
+                }
+                conn.Close();
+            }
+
+
+        }
+
+
         /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // Erase all user entered data from the db
         // This is called by seeder for trial seeding purposes
         // and by v8 migrate and by license controller when erasing db
-        internal static async Task EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImportingAsync(ILogger _log, Guid jobIdToKeep, bool isMigrate=false)
+        internal static async Task EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImportingAsync(ILogger _log, Guid jobIdToKeep, bool isMigrate = false)
         {
 
             bool forSeeding = jobIdToKeep != Guid.Empty;

server/AyaNova/util/ServerBootConfig.cs

@@ -62,13 +62,17 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         internal static string AYANOVA_JWT_SECRET { get; set; }
         internal static string AYANOVA_USE_URLS { get; set; }
         internal static int AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT { get; set; }
-        
+
 
         //DATABASE
         internal static string AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION { get; set; }
         //** Not intended for end users
         internal static bool AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE { get; set; }
 
+        //LICENSE EMERGENCY ISSUE GIVES US OPTIONS TO ALLOW BOOT WITHOUT ERASING DATA SO WE CAN ISSUE THEM A REPLACEMENT LICENSE
+        //case 4170
+        internal static bool AYANOVA_REMOVE_LICENSE_FROM_DB { get; set; }
+
         //FILE FOLDERS
         internal static string AYANOVA_ATTACHMENT_FILES_PATH { get; set; }
         internal static string AYANOVA_BACKUP_FILES_PATH { get; set; }
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         internal static string AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PATH { get; set; }
         //REPORT RENDERING BROWSER PARAMS 
         internal static string AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PARAMS { get; set; }
-        
+
 
         //LOGGING
         internal static string AYANOVA_LOG_PATH { get; set; }
@@ -175,23 +179,28 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
             //REPORT RENDERING 
 
             //RENDER ENGINE PATH 
-             AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PATH = ActualFullPath(config.GetValue<string>("AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PATH"));
+            AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PATH = ActualFullPath(config.GetValue<string>("AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PATH"));
-             
+
-             //RENDER ENGINE PARAMS
+            //RENDER ENGINE PARAMS
-             AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PARAMS = config.GetValue<string>("AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PARAMS");
+            AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PARAMS = config.GetValue<string>("AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_BROWSER_PARAMS");
 
             //PROCESS CONTROL
             int? nTemp = config.GetValue<int?>("AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT");
             AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT = (null == nTemp) ? 5 : (int)nTemp;//default
             if (AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT < 1) AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT = 1; //one minute minimum timeout
-            
 
-      
+
+
             //DB
             AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION = config.GetValue<string>("AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION");
             bTemp = config.GetValue<bool?>("AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE");
             AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE = (null == bTemp) ? false : (bool)bTemp;
 
+            //LICENSE REMOVER
+            //case 4170
+            bTemp = config.GetValue<bool?>("AYANOVA_REMOVE_LICENSE_FROM_DB");
+            AYANOVA_REMOVE_LICENSE_FROM_DB = (null == bTemp) ? false : (bool)bTemp;
+
 
             //FOLDERS
             string DataFolderPath = ActualFullPath(config.GetValue<string>("AYANOVA_DATA_PATH"));