Run pod_dev CI with mariaDB instead of SQLite

.github/workflows/pod_dev.yml

@@ -29,13 +29,25 @@ jobs:
   Pod-Dev:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    env:
+      DATABASE_HOST: localhost
+      DATABASE_PORT: '3306'
+      DATABASE_NAME: pod
+      DATABASE_USER: root
+      DATABASE_PASSWORD: root
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{env.NODE_VERSION}}
 
+      - name: Start MySQL Server
+        run: |
+          sudo systemctl start mysql.service
+          mysql -u root -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE pod CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;"
+
       - name: Configure sysctl limits (for ES)
         run: |
           sudo swapoff -a
@@ -62,6 +74,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+          # ensure mysqlclient is available
+          pip install mysqlclient
           sudo npm install -g yarn
 
       # FLAKE 8 (see setup.cfg for configurations)

pod/custom/settings_local_docker_full_test.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 DEBUG = True
 
 TEST_REMOTE_ENCODE = True
@@ -23,6 +25,24 @@
     }
 }
 
+# Override DATABASES when CI provides DATABASE_HOST (MariaDB)
+if os.environ.get("DATABASE_HOST"):
+    DATABASES = {
+        "default": {
+            "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.mysql",
+            "NAME": os.environ.get("DATABASE_NAME", "pod"),
+            "USER": os.environ.get("DATABASE_USER", "root"),
+            "PASSWORD": os.environ.get("DATABASE_PASSWORD", ""),
+            "HOST": os.environ.get("DATABASE_HOST", "127.0.0.1"),
+            "PORT": os.environ.get("DATABASE_PORT", "3306"),
+            # option to avoid timezone warnings and ensure strict mode
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "init_command": "SET sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES'",
+                "charset": "utf8mb4",
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
 USE_CUT = True
 USE_PODFILE = True
 USE_NOTIFICATIONS = False

pod/main/test_settings.py

@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@
     }
 }
 
+# Override DATABASES when CI provides DATABASE_HOST (MariaDB)
+if os.environ.get("DATABASE_HOST"):
+    DATABASES = {
+        "default": {
+            "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.mysql",
+            "NAME": os.environ.get("DATABASE_NAME", "pod"),
+            "USER": os.environ.get("DATABASE_USER", "root"),
+            "PASSWORD": os.environ.get("DATABASE_PASSWORD", ""),
+            "HOST": os.environ.get("DATABASE_HOST", "127.0.0.1"),
+            "PORT": os.environ.get("DATABASE_PORT", "3306"),
+            # option to avoid timezone warnings and ensure strict mode
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "init_command": "SET sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES'",
+                "charset": "utf8mb4",
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
 LANGUAGES = (("fr", "Français"), ("en", "English"))
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en"
 THIRD_PARTY_APPS = ["enrichment", "live"]