Merge branch 'main' into csrf

Update messages_pt_BR.properties (#2654 )
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2025-01-09 14:38:44 +00:00 · 2025-01-09 14:35:43 +00:00 · 2025-01-09 13:05:58 +00:00 · 2025-01-09 11:37:02 +00:00 · 2025-01-08 20:16:13 +00:00 · 2025-01-08 20:12:11 +00:00
163 changed files with 14157 additions and 1639 deletions
--- a/.github/labeler-config.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler-config.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Front End:
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/templates/**/*'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/static/**/*'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/**'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/**/*'

 Java:
  - changed-files:
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ Security:
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/**/*'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/provider/**/*'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/AuthenticationType.java'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/BackupNotFoundException.java'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/download-security-jar.sh'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/scorecards.yml'
@@ -49,12 +51,17 @@ Documentation:

 Docker:
  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/build.yml'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/push-docker.yml'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'Dockerfile'
-    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'Dockerfile-*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'Dockerfile.*'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'exampleYmlFiles/*.yml'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/download-security-jar.sh'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/init.sh'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/init-without-ocr.sh'
    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/installFonts.sh'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'test.sh'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'test2.sh'

 Test:
  - changed-files:
--- a/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
  check-comment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: read
+      issues: read
    if: |
      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
      (
@@ -20,7 +26,8 @@ jobs:
        github.event.comment.user.login == 'Ludy87' ||
        github.event.comment.user.login == 'LaserKaspar' ||
        github.event.comment.user.login == 'sbplat' ||
-        github.event.comment.user.login == 'reecebrowne'
+        github.event.comment.user.login == 'reecebrowne' ||
+        github.event.comment.user.login == 'DarioGii'
      )
    outputs:
      pr_number: ${{ steps.get-pr.outputs.pr_number }}
@@ -68,6 +75,9 @@ jobs:
  deploy-pr:
    needs: check-comment
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+      issues: write

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
@@ -98,7 +108,9 @@ jobs:

      - name: Get version number
        id: versionNumber
-        run: echo "versionNumber=$(./gradlew printVersion --quiet | tail -1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(grep "^version =" build.gradle | awk -F'"' '{print $2}')
+          echo "versionNumber=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
--- a/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-cleanup.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 env:
  SERVER_IP: ${{ secrets.VPS_IP }}  # Add this to your GitHub secrets
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-labeler.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ on:
  pull_request_target:
    types: [opened, synchronize]

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  labeler:
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches: ["main"]

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:
+      actions: read
      security-events: write

    strategy:
@@ -44,7 +46,18 @@ jobs:
        run: ./gradlew clean build
        env:
          DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: true
-          
+
+      - name: Upload Test Reports
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        with:
+          name: test-reports-jdk-${{ matrix.jdk-version }}
+          path: |
+            build/reports/tests/
+            build/test-results/
+            build/reports/problems/
+          retention-days: 3
+
  docker-compose-tests:
    # if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' ||
    #     (github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
@@ -82,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Install Docker Compose
        run: |
-          sudo curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.29.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+          sudo curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.32.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

      - name: Set up Python
@@ -92,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Pip requirements
        run: |
-           pip install -r ./cucumber/requirements.txt
+           pip install --require-hashes -r ./cucumber/requirements.txt

      - name: Run Docker Compose Tests
        run: |
--- a/.github/workflows/check_properties.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_properties.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ on:

 permissions:
  contents: read # Allow read access to repository content
-  issues: write # Allow posting comments on issues/PRs

 jobs:
  check-files:
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write # Allow posting comments on issues/PRs
+      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
@@ -26,7 +28,28 @@ jobs:
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Get PR data
+        id: get-pr-data
+        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const prNumber = context.payload.pull_request.number;
+            const repoOwner = context.payload.repository.owner.login;
+            const repoName = context.payload.repository.name;
+            const branch = context.payload.pull_request.head.ref;
+
+            console.log(`PR Number: ${prNumber}`);
+            console.log(`Repo Owner: ${repoOwner}`);
+            console.log(`Repo Name: ${repoName}`);
+            console.log(`Branch: ${branch}`);
+
+            core.setOutput("pr_number", prNumber);
+            core.setOutput("repo_owner", repoOwner);
+            core.setOutput("repo_name", repoName);
+            core.setOutput("branch", branch);
+        continue-on-error: true

      - name: Fetch PR changed files
        id: fetch-pr-changes
@@ -34,55 +57,114 @@ jobs:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          echo "Fetching PR changed files..."
-
-          gh repo set-default ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }} # Set the fork repository as default
-
-          # Fetch the list of changed files in the PR
          echo "Getting list of changed files from PR..."
-          gh pr view ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json files -q ".files[].path" | grep -E '^src/main/resources/messages_[a-zA-Z_]+\.properties$' > changed_files.txt # Filter only matching property files
+          gh pr view ${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.pr_number }} --json files -q ".files[].path" | grep -E '^src/main/resources/messages_[a-zA-Z_]+\.properties$' > changed_files.txt # Filter only matching property files

-      - name: Determine reference file
+      - name: Determine reference file test
        id: determine-file
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Determining reference file..."
-          REPO_OWNER=$(gh pr view ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json author -q '.author.login') # Get PR author's username
-          REPO_NAME=$(gh pr view ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json headRepository -q '.headRepository.name') # Get PR repository name
-          BRANCH=$(gh pr view ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json headRefName -q '.headRefName') # Get PR branch name
+        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const fs = require("fs");
+            const path = require("path");

-          mkdir -p pr-branch # Create a directory for PR files
+            const prNumber = ${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.pr_number }};
+            const repoOwner = "${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.repo_owner }}";
+            const repoName = "${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.repo_name }}";

-          # Download the content of each changed file
-          while IFS= read -r file; do
-            mkdir -p "pr-branch/$(dirname "$file")" # Create directories for files
-            gh api repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/contents/$file?ref=$BRANCH --jq '.content' | base64 -d > "pr-branch/src/main/resources/$(basename "$file")" # Save decoded file content
-          done < changed_files.txt
+            const prRepoOwner = "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }}";
+            const prRepoName = "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name }}";
+            const branch = "${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.branch }}";

-          # Generate a list of files without the "pr-branch/" prefix
-          find pr-branch/ -type f | awk -F'pr-branch/' '{print $2}' > file_list.txt
+            console.log(`Determining reference file for PR #${prNumber}`);

-          mapfile -t FILES_LIST < file_list.txt # Read the file list into an array
-          FILES_LIST_STR="${FILES_LIST[*]}" # Join array into a space-separated string
-          echo "FILES_LIST=${FILES_LIST_STR}" >> $GITHUB_ENV # Export the file list to the environment
-          echo "Changed files: ${FILES_LIST_STR}"
+            // Validate inputs
+            const validateInput = (input, regex, name) => {
+              if (!regex.test(input)) {
+                throw new Error(`Invalid ${name}: ${input}`);
+              }
+            };

-          cat file_list.txt # Display the file list
+            validateInput(repoOwner, /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, "repository owner");
+            validateInput(repoName, /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$/, "repository name");
+            validateInput(branch, /^[a-zA-Z0-9._/-]+$/, "branch name");

-          # Determine which reference file to use
-          if grep -Fxq "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties" changed_files.txt; then
-              echo "Using PR branch reference file"
-              REFERENCE_FILE="pr-branch-messages_en_GB.properties"
-              gh api repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/contents/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties?ref=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }} \
-                --jq '.content' | base64 -d > $REFERENCE_FILE # Save PR branch reference file
-          else
-              echo "Using main branch reference file"
-              REFERENCE_FILE="main-branch-messages_en_GB.properties"
-              gh api repos/Ludy87/test_java/contents/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties?ref=main \
-                --jq '.content' | base64 -d > $REFERENCE_FILE # Save main branch reference file
-          fi
+            // Get the list of changed files in the PR
+            const { data: files } = await github.rest.pulls.listFiles({
+              owner: repoOwner,
+              repo: repoName,
+              pull_number: prNumber,
+            });

-          echo "REFERENCE_FILE=$REFERENCE_FILE" >> $GITHUB_ENV # Export reference file path to the environment
+            // Filter for relevant files based on the PR changes
+            const changedFiles = files
+              .map(file => file.filename)
+              .filter(file => /^src\/main\/resources\/messages_[a-zA-Z_]+\.properties$/.test(file));
+
+            console.log("Changed files:", changedFiles);
+
+            // Create a temporary directory for PR files
+            const tempDir = "pr-branch";
+            if (!fs.existsSync(tempDir)) {
+              fs.mkdirSync(tempDir, { recursive: true });
+            }
+
+            // Download and save each changed file
+            for (const file of changedFiles) {
+              const { data: fileContent } = await github.rest.repos.getContent({
+                owner: prRepoOwner,
+                repo: prRepoName,
+                path: file,
+                ref: branch,
+              });
+
+              const content = Buffer.from(fileContent.content, "base64").toString("utf-8");
+              const filePath = path.join(tempDir, file);
+              const dirPath = path.dirname(filePath);
+
+              if (!fs.existsSync(dirPath)) {
+                fs.mkdirSync(dirPath, { recursive: true });
+              }
+
+              fs.writeFileSync(filePath, content);
+              console.log(`Saved file: ${filePath}`);
+            }
+
+            // Output the list of changed files for further processing
+            const fileList = changedFiles.join(" ");
+            core.exportVariable("FILES_LIST", fileList);
+            console.log("Files saved and listed in FILES_LIST.");
+
+            // Determine reference file
+            let referenceFilePath;
+            if (changedFiles.includes("src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties")) {
+              console.log("Using PR branch reference file.");
+              const { data: fileContent } = await github.rest.repos.getContent({
+                owner: prRepoOwner,
+                repo: prRepoName,
+                path: "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties",
+                ref: branch,
+              });
+
+              referenceFilePath = "pr-branch-messages_en_GB.properties";
+              const content = Buffer.from(fileContent.content, "base64").toString("utf-8");
+              fs.writeFileSync(referenceFilePath, content);
+            } else {
+              console.log("Using main branch reference file.");
+              const { data: fileContent } = await github.rest.repos.getContent({
+                owner: repoOwner,
+                repo: repoName,
+                path: "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties",
+                ref: "main",
+              });
+
+              referenceFilePath = "main-branch-messages_en_GB.properties";
+              const content = Buffer.from(fileContent.content, "base64").toString("utf-8");
+              fs.writeFileSync(referenceFilePath, content);
+            }
+
+            console.log(`Reference file path: ${referenceFilePath}`);
+            core.exportVariable("REFERENCE_FILE", referenceFilePath);

      - name: Run Python script to check files
        id: run-check
@@ -92,7 +174,8 @@ jobs:
            --actor ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login }} \
            --reference-file "${REFERENCE_FILE}" \
            --branch "pr-branch" \
-            --files "${FILES_LIST[@]}" > result.txt || true
+            --files "${FILES_LIST[@]}" > result.txt
+        continue-on-error: true # Continue the job even if this step fails

      - name: Capture output
        id: capture-output
@@ -124,13 +207,13 @@ jobs:
          script: |
            const { GITHUB_REPOSITORY, SCRIPT_OUTPUT } = process.env;
            const [repoOwner, repoName] = GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split('/');
-            const prNumber = context.issue.number;
+            const issueNumber = context.issue.number;

            // Find existing comment
            const comments = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
              owner: repoOwner,
              repo: repoName,
-              issue_number: prNumber
+              issue_number: issueNumber
            });

            const comment = comments.data.find(c => c.body.includes("## 🚀 Translation Verification Summary"));
@@ -152,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                owner: repoOwner,
                repo: repoName,
-                issue_number: prNumber,
+                issue_number: issueNumber,
                body: `## 🚀 Translation Verification Summary\n\n\n${SCRIPT_OUTPUT}\n`
              });
              console.log("Created new comment.");
--- a/.github/workflows/licenses-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licenses-update.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ on:
    paths:
      - "build.gradle"

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  generate-license-report:
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Create Pull Request
        id: cpr
        if: env.CHANGES_DETECTED == 'true'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit-message: "Update 3rd Party Licenses"
--- a/.github/workflows/manage-label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manage-label.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "30 20 * * *"

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  labeler:
--- a/.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ on:
  release:
    types: [created]

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  build-installers:
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:

      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.7
+          gradle-version: 8.12

      # Install Windows dependencies
      - name: Install WiX Toolset
--- a/.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  update:
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
        with:
          python-version: 3.12
      - name: Run Pre-Commit Hooks
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
          git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m ":file_folder: pre-commit
          > Made via .github/workflows/pre_commit.yml" || echo "pre-commit: no changes"
      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit-message: "ci: 🤖 format everything with pre-commit"
--- a/.github/workflows/push-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-docker.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ on:

 permissions:
  contents: read
-  packages: write
-  id-token: write

 jobs:
  push:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      packages: write
+      id-token: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:

      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.7
+          gradle-version: 8.12

      - name: Run Gradle Command
        run: ./gradlew clean build
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Install cosign
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3.7.0
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@dc72c7d5c4d10cd6bcb8cf6e3fd625a9e5e537da # v3.7.0
        with:
          cosign-release: 'v2.4.1'

--- a/.github/workflows/releaseArtifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releaseArtifacts.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ on:
  release:
    types: [created]

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  push:
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:

      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.7
+          gradle-version: 8.12

      - name: Generate jar (With Security=${{ matrix.enable_security }})
        run: ./gradlew clean createExe
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ on:
    - cron: "30 0 * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  stale:
--- a/.github/workflows/swagger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/swagger.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ on:
    branches:
      - master

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  push:
--- a/.github/workflows/sync_files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync_files.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ on:
      - "src/main/resources/messages_*.properties"
      - "scripts/ignore_translation.toml"

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  sync-readme:
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
+          python-version: "3.12"
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pip install tomlkit
      - name: Sync README
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
          git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m ":memo: Sync README
          > Made via sync_files.yml" || echo "no changes"
      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit-message: Update files
--- a/.github/workflows/update-translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-translations.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ on:
    paths:
      - "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties"

-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
  update-translations-main:
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
+          python-version: "3.12"

      - name: Run Python script to check files
        id: run-check
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Create Pull Request
        id: cpr
        if: env.CHANGES_DETECTED == 'true'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit-message: "Update translation files"
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -146,19 +146,37 @@ out/
 # cucumber
 /cucumber/reports/**

-# Certs
+# Certs and Security Files
 *.p12
+*.pk8
 *.pem
 *.crt
 *.cer
+*.cert
 *.der
 *.key
 *.csr
+*.kdbx
+*.jks
+*.asc
+
+# SSH Keys
+*.pub
+*.priv
+id_rsa
+id_rsa.pub
+id_ecdsa
+id_ecdsa.pub
+id_ed25519
+id_ed25519.pub
+.ssh/
+*ssh

 # cache
+.cache
 .ruff_cache
 .mypy_cache
 .pytest_cache
 .ipynb_checkpoints

-**/jcef-bundle/
+**/jcef-bundle/
--- a/Dockerfile.fat
+++ b/Dockerfile.fat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the application
-FROM gradle:8.11-jdk17 AS build
+FROM gradle:8.12-jdk17 AS build

 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/frooodle/s-pdf)](https://hub.docker.com/r/frooodle/s-pdf)
 [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1068636748814483718?label=Discord)](https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU)
 [![Docker Image Version (tag latest semver)](https://img.shields.io/docker/v/frooodle/s-pdf/latest)](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/)
+[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.scorecard.dev/projects/github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/badge)](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF)
 [![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stirling-tools/stirling-pdf?style=social)](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/stirling-pdf)

-
 <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/stirling-pdf?embed=true&utm_source=badge-featured&utm_medium=badge&utm_souce=badge-stirling&#0045;pdf" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.producthunt.com/widgets/embed-image/v1/featured.svg?post_id=641239&theme=light" alt="Stirling&#0032;PDF - Open&#0032;source&#0032;locally&#0032;hosted&#0032;web&#0032;PDF&#0032;editor | Product Hunt" style="width: 250px; height: 54px;" width="250" height="54" /></a>
 [![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/apps/new?repo=https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/digitalOcean&refcode=c3210994b1af)

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@

 All files and PDFs exist either exclusively on the client side, reside in server memory only during task execution, or temporarily reside in a file solely for the execution of the task. Any file downloaded by the user will have been deleted from the server by that point.

+Homepage: [https://stirlingpdf.com](https://stirlingpdf.com)

-All information available at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/)
+All documentation available at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/)

 ![stirling-home](images/stirling-home.jpg)

@@ -116,44 +117,45 @@ Stirling-PDF currently supports 38 languages!

 | Language                                     | Progress                               |
 | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
-| Arabic (العربية) (ar_AR)                        | ![94%](https://geps.dev/progress/94)   |
-| Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan Dili) (az_AZ)        | ![92%](https://geps.dev/progress/92)   |
-| Basque (Euskara) (eu_ES)                     | ![53%](https://geps.dev/progress/53)   |
-| Bulgarian (Български) (bg_BG)                | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Catalan (Català) (ca_CA)                     | ![84%](https://geps.dev/progress/84)   |
-| Croatian (Hrvatski) (hr_HR)                  | ![91%](https://geps.dev/progress/91)   |
-| Czech (Česky) (cs_CZ)                        | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Danish (Dansk) (da_DK)                       | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Dutch (Nederlands) (nl_NL)                   | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
+| Arabic (العربية) (ar_AR)                        | ![91%](https://geps.dev/progress/91)   |
+| Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan Dili) (az_AZ)        | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
+| Basque (Euskara) (eu_ES)                     | ![51%](https://geps.dev/progress/51)   |
+| Bulgarian (Български) (bg_BG)                | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
+| Catalan (Català) (ca_CA)                     | ![81%](https://geps.dev/progress/81)   |
+| Croatian (Hrvatski) (hr_HR)                  | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Czech (Česky) (cs_CZ)                        | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Danish (Dansk) (da_DK)                       | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
+| Dutch (Nederlands) (nl_NL)                   | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
 | English (English) (en_GB)                    | ![100%](https://geps.dev/progress/100) |
 | English (US) (en_US)                         | ![100%](https://geps.dev/progress/100) |
-| French (Français) (fr_FR)                    | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
-| German (Deutsch) (de_DE)                     | ![100%](https://geps.dev/progress/100)   |
-| Greek (Ελληνικά) (el_GR)                     | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Hindi (हिंदी) (hi_IN)                          | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
-| Hungarian (Magyar) (hu_HU)                   | ![91%](https://geps.dev/progress/91)   |
-| Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) (id_ID)        | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Irish (Gaeilge) (ga_IE)                      | ![82%](https://geps.dev/progress/82)   |
+| French (Français) (fr_FR)                    | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
+| German (Deutsch) (de_DE)                     | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Greek (Ελληνικά) (el_GR)                     | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
+| Hindi (हिंदी) (hi_IN)                          | ![85%](https://geps.dev/progress/85)   |
+| Hungarian (Magyar) (hu_HU)                   | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) (id_ID)        | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Irish (Gaeilge) (ga_IE)                      | ![80%](https://geps.dev/progress/80)   |
 | Italian (Italiano) (it_IT)                   | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
-| Japanese (日本語) (ja_JP)                    | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Korean (한국어) (ko_KR)                      | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Norwegian (Norsk) (no_NB)                    | ![82%](https://geps.dev/progress/82)   |
-| Persian (فارسی) (fa_IR)                      | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
-| Polish (Polski) (pl_PL)                      | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Portuguese (Português) (pt_PT)               | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Portuguese Brazilian (Português) (pt_BR)     | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
-| Romanian (Română) (ro_RO)                    | ![84%](https://geps.dev/progress/84)   |
-| Russian (Русский) (ru_RU)                    | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Serbian Latin alphabet (Srpski) (sr_LATN_RS) | ![67%](https://geps.dev/progress/67)   |
-| Simplified Chinese (简体中文) (zh_CN)         | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Slovakian (Slovensky) (sk_SK)                | ![78%](https://geps.dev/progress/78)   |
-| Spanish (Español) (es_ES)                    | ![91%](https://geps.dev/progress/91)   |
-| Swedish (Svenska) (sv_SE)                    | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Thai (ไทย) (th_TH)                           | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) (zh_TW)        | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
-| Turkish (Türkçe) (tr_TR)                     | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
-| Ukrainian (Українська) (uk_UA)               | ![76%](https://geps.dev/progress/76)   |
-| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (vi_VN)              | ![83%](https://geps.dev/progress/83)   |
+| Japanese (日本語) (ja_JP)                    | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
+| Korean (한국어) (ko_KR)                      | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
+| Norwegian (Norsk) (no_NB)                    | ![80%](https://geps.dev/progress/80)   |
+| Persian (فارسی) (fa_IR)                      | ![95%](https://geps.dev/progress/95)   |
+| Polish (Polski) (pl_PL)                      | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
+| Portuguese (Português) (pt_PT)               | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
+| Portuguese Brazilian (Português) (pt_BR)     | ![95%](https://geps.dev/progress/95)   |
+| Romanian (Română) (ro_RO)                    | ![82%](https://geps.dev/progress/82)   |
+| Russian (Русский) (ru_RU)                    | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
+| Serbian Latin alphabet (Srpski) (sr_LATN_RS) | ![64%](https://geps.dev/progress/64)   |
+| Simplified Chinese (简体中文) (zh_CN)         | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
+| Slovakian (Slovensky) (sk_SK)                | ![75%](https://geps.dev/progress/75)   |
+| Spanish (Español) (es_ES)                    | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Swedish (Svenska) (sv_SE)                    | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Thai (ไทย) (th_TH)                           | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
+| Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག་) (zh_BO)                     | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96) |
+| Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) (zh_TW)        | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Turkish (Türkçe) (tr_TR)                     | ![83%](https://geps.dev/progress/83)   |
+| Ukrainian (Українська) (uk_UA)               | ![73%](https://geps.dev/progress/73)   |
+| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (vi_VN)              | ![80%](https://geps.dev/progress/80)   |


 ## Stirling PDF Enterprise
@@ -169,4 +171,4 @@ Join our community:
 - [Translation Guide (How to add custom languages)](HowToAddNewLanguage.md)
 - [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/issues)
 - [Discord Community](https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU)
- [Developer Guide](DeveloperGuide.md)
+- [Developer Guide](DeveloperGuide.md)
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ext {
 }

 group = "stirling.software"
-version = "0.36.5"
+version = "0.36.6"


 java {
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ sourceSets {
        java {
            if (System.getenv("DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY") == "false") {
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/**"
-                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserController.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/DatabaseController.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserController.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/H2SQLCondition.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/AccountWebController.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/DatabaseWebController.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApiKeyAuthenticationToken.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/AttemptCounter.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/Authority.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/BackupNotFoundException.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/PersistentLogin.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/SessionEntity.java"
                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/User.java"
@@ -69,7 +71,29 @@ sourceSets {
            	exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/**"
            }

+        }
+    }

+    test {
+        java {
+            if (System.getenv("DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY") == "false") {
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/**"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserControllerTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/DatabaseControllerTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/AccountWebControllerTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/DatabaseWebControllerTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApiKeyAuthenticationTokenTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/AttemptCounterTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/AuthorityTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/PersistentLoginTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/SessionEntityTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/UserTest.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/repository/**"
+            }
+
+            if (System.getenv("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI") == "false") {
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/**"
+            }
        }
    }
 }
@@ -123,11 +147,13 @@ jpackage {
    windows {
    	launcherAsService = false
    	appVersion = project.version
-        winConsole = false
-        winDirChooser = true
-        winMenu = true
-        winShortcut = true
-        winPerUserInstall = true
+
+    	winConsole = false
+        winMenu = true  // Creates start menu entry
+        winShortcut = true  // Creates desktop shortcut
+        winShortcutPrompt = true  // Lets user choose whether to create shortcuts
+        winDirChooser = true  // Allows users to choose installation directory
+        winPerUserInstall = false
        winMenuGroup = "Stirling Software"
        winUpgradeUuid = "2a43ed0c-b8c2-40cf-89e1-751129b87641" // Unique identifier for updates
        winHelpUrl = "https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF"
@@ -257,7 +283,7 @@ spotless {
 //        rules=['unused-dependency']
 //    }
 tasks.wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = "8.7"
+    gradleVersion = "8.12"
 }
 //tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
 //    options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:deprecation"
@@ -297,10 +323,12 @@ dependencies {
        implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-oauth2-client:$springBootVersion"

 		implementation "org.springframework.session:spring-session-core:$springBootVersion"
+        implementation "org.springframework:spring-jdbc:6.2.1"

 	    implementation 'com.unboundid.product.scim2:scim2-sdk-client:2.3.5'
        // Don't upgrade h2database
        runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.3.232"
+        runtimeOnly "org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.4"
        constraints {
            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-core:$openSamlVersion"
            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-api:$openSamlVersion"
--- a/cucumber/features/general.feature
+++ b/cucumber/features/general.feature
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@general
 Feature: API Validation

-	
+
  @split-pdf-by-sections @positive
  Scenario Outline: split-pdf-by-sections with different parameters
    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
    | pageNumbers | file_count |
    | 1,3,5-9     | 8          |
    | all         | 20         |
-    | 2n+1        | 11         |
+    | 2n+1        | 10         |
    | 3n          | 7          |


@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	And the response ZIP should contain 2 files
    And the response file should have size greater than 0
 	And the response status code should be 200
-	
+
 	Examples:
-    | format | 
-    | png        | 
+    | format |
+    | png        |
    | gif         |
-    | jpeg        | 
+    | jpeg        |
--- a/cucumber/requirements.in
+++ b/cucumber/requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+behave
+requests
+PyPDF2
+reportlab
+PyCryptodome
--- a/cucumber/requirements.txt
+++ b/cucumber/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,255 @@
-behave
-requests
-PyPDF2
-reportlab
-PyCryptodome
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile --generate-hashes --output-file='cucumber\requirements.txt' 'cucumber\requirements.in'
+#
+behave==1.2.6 \
+    --hash=sha256:b9662327aa53294c1351b0a9c369093ccec1d21026f050c3bd9b3e5cccf81a86 \
+    --hash=sha256:ebda1a6c9e5bfe95c5f9f0a2794e01c7098b3dde86c10a95d8621c5907ff6f1c
+    # via -r cucumber\requirements.in
+certifi==2024.12.14 \
+    --hash=sha256:1275f7a45be9464efc1173084eaa30f866fe2e47d389406136d332ed4967ec56 \
+    --hash=sha256:b650d30f370c2b724812bee08008be0c4163b163ddaec3f2546c1caf65f191db
+    # via requests
+chardet==5.2.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:1b3b6ff479a8c414bc3fa2c0852995695c4a026dcd6d0633b2dd092ca39c1cf7 \
+    --hash=sha256:e1cf59446890a00105fe7b7912492ea04b6e6f06d4b742b2c788469e34c82970
+    # via reportlab
+charset-normalizer==3.4.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:0167ddc8ab6508fe81860a57dd472b2ef4060e8d378f0cc555707126830f2537 \
+    --hash=sha256:01732659ba9b5b873fc117534143e4feefecf3b2078b0a6a2e925271bb6f4cfa \
+    --hash=sha256:01ad647cdd609225c5350561d084b42ddf732f4eeefe6e678765636791e78b9a \
+    --hash=sha256:04432ad9479fa40ec0f387795ddad4437a2b50417c69fa275e212933519ff294 \
+    --hash=sha256:0907f11d019260cdc3f94fbdb23ff9125f6b5d1039b76003b5b0ac9d6a6c9d5b \
+    --hash=sha256:0924e81d3d5e70f8126529951dac65c1010cdf117bb75eb02dd12339b57749dd \
+    --hash=sha256:09b26ae6b1abf0d27570633b2b078a2a20419c99d66fb2823173d73f188ce601 \
+    --hash=sha256:09b5e6733cbd160dcc09589227187e242a30a49ca5cefa5a7edd3f9d19ed53fd \
+    --hash=sha256:0af291f4fe114be0280cdd29d533696a77b5b49cfde5467176ecab32353395c4 \
+    --hash=sha256:0f55e69f030f7163dffe9fd0752b32f070566451afe180f99dbeeb81f511ad8d \
+    --hash=sha256:1a2bc9f351a75ef49d664206d51f8e5ede9da246602dc2d2726837620ea034b2 \
+    --hash=sha256:22e14b5d70560b8dd51ec22863f370d1e595ac3d024cb8ad7d308b4cd95f8313 \
+    --hash=sha256:234ac59ea147c59ee4da87a0c0f098e9c8d169f4dc2a159ef720f1a61bbe27cd \
+    --hash=sha256:2369eea1ee4a7610a860d88f268eb39b95cb588acd7235e02fd5a5601773d4fa \
+    --hash=sha256:237bdbe6159cff53b4f24f397d43c6336c6b0b42affbe857970cefbb620911c8 \
+    --hash=sha256:28bf57629c75e810b6ae989f03c0828d64d6b26a5e205535585f96093e405ed1 \
+    --hash=sha256:2967f74ad52c3b98de4c3b32e1a44e32975e008a9cd2a8cc8966d6a5218c5cb2 \
+    --hash=sha256:2a75d49014d118e4198bcee5ee0a6f25856b29b12dbf7cd012791f8a6cc5c496 \
+    --hash=sha256:2bdfe3ac2e1bbe5b59a1a63721eb3b95fc9b6817ae4a46debbb4e11f6232428d \
+    --hash=sha256:2d074908e1aecee37a7635990b2c6d504cd4766c7bc9fc86d63f9c09af3fa11b \
+    --hash=sha256:2fb9bd477fdea8684f78791a6de97a953c51831ee2981f8e4f583ff3b9d9687e \
+    --hash=sha256:311f30128d7d333eebd7896965bfcfbd0065f1716ec92bd5638d7748eb6f936a \
+    --hash=sha256:329ce159e82018d646c7ac45b01a430369d526569ec08516081727a20e9e4af4 \
+    --hash=sha256:345b0426edd4e18138d6528aed636de7a9ed169b4aaf9d61a8c19e39d26838ca \
+    --hash=sha256:363e2f92b0f0174b2f8238240a1a30142e3db7b957a5dd5689b0e75fb717cc78 \
+    --hash=sha256:3a3bd0dcd373514dcec91c411ddb9632c0d7d92aed7093b8c3bbb6d69ca74408 \
+    --hash=sha256:3bed14e9c89dcb10e8f3a29f9ccac4955aebe93c71ae803af79265c9ca5644c5 \
+    --hash=sha256:44251f18cd68a75b56585dd00dae26183e102cd5e0f9f1466e6df5da2ed64ea3 \
+    --hash=sha256:44ecbf16649486d4aebafeaa7ec4c9fed8b88101f4dd612dcaf65d5e815f837f \
+    --hash=sha256:4532bff1b8421fd0a320463030c7520f56a79c9024a4e88f01c537316019005a \
+    --hash=sha256:49402233c892a461407c512a19435d1ce275543138294f7ef013f0b63d5d3765 \
+    --hash=sha256:4c0907b1928a36d5a998d72d64d8eaa7244989f7aaaf947500d3a800c83a3fd6 \
+    --hash=sha256:4d86f7aff21ee58f26dcf5ae81a9addbd914115cdebcbb2217e4f0ed8982e146 \
+    --hash=sha256:5777ee0881f9499ed0f71cc82cf873d9a0ca8af166dfa0af8ec4e675b7df48e6 \
+    --hash=sha256:5df196eb874dae23dcfb968c83d4f8fdccb333330fe1fc278ac5ceeb101003a9 \
+    --hash=sha256:619a609aa74ae43d90ed2e89bdd784765de0a25ca761b93e196d938b8fd1dbbd \
+    --hash=sha256:6e27f48bcd0957c6d4cb9d6fa6b61d192d0b13d5ef563e5f2ae35feafc0d179c \
+    --hash=sha256:6ff8a4a60c227ad87030d76e99cd1698345d4491638dfa6673027c48b3cd395f \
+    --hash=sha256:73d94b58ec7fecbc7366247d3b0b10a21681004153238750bb67bd9012414545 \
+    --hash=sha256:7461baadb4dc00fd9e0acbe254e3d7d2112e7f92ced2adc96e54ef6501c5f176 \
+    --hash=sha256:75832c08354f595c760a804588b9357d34ec00ba1c940c15e31e96d902093770 \
+    --hash=sha256:7709f51f5f7c853f0fb938bcd3bc59cdfdc5203635ffd18bf354f6967ea0f824 \
+    --hash=sha256:78baa6d91634dfb69ec52a463534bc0df05dbd546209b79a3880a34487f4b84f \
+    --hash=sha256:7974a0b5ecd505609e3b19742b60cee7aa2aa2fb3151bc917e6e2646d7667dcf \
+    --hash=sha256:7a4f97a081603d2050bfaffdefa5b02a9ec823f8348a572e39032caa8404a487 \
+    --hash=sha256:7b1bef6280950ee6c177b326508f86cad7ad4dff12454483b51d8b7d673a2c5d \
+    --hash=sha256:7d053096f67cd1241601111b698f5cad775f97ab25d81567d3f59219b5f1adbd \
+    --hash=sha256:804a4d582ba6e5b747c625bf1255e6b1507465494a40a2130978bda7b932c90b \
+    --hash=sha256:807f52c1f798eef6cf26beb819eeb8819b1622ddfeef9d0977a8502d4db6d534 \
+    --hash=sha256:80ed5e856eb7f30115aaf94e4a08114ccc8813e6ed1b5efa74f9f82e8509858f \
+    --hash=sha256:8417cb1f36cc0bc7eaba8ccb0e04d55f0ee52df06df3ad55259b9a323555fc8b \
+    --hash=sha256:8436c508b408b82d87dc5f62496973a1805cd46727c34440b0d29d8a2f50a6c9 \
+    --hash=sha256:89149166622f4db9b4b6a449256291dc87a99ee53151c74cbd82a53c8c2f6ccd \
+    --hash=sha256:8bfa33f4f2672964266e940dd22a195989ba31669bd84629f05fab3ef4e2d125 \
+    --hash=sha256:8c60ca7339acd497a55b0ea5d506b2a2612afb2826560416f6894e8b5770d4a9 \
+    --hash=sha256:91b36a978b5ae0ee86c394f5a54d6ef44db1de0815eb43de826d41d21e4af3de \
+    --hash=sha256:955f8851919303c92343d2f66165294848d57e9bba6cf6e3625485a70a038d11 \
+    --hash=sha256:97f68b8d6831127e4787ad15e6757232e14e12060bec17091b85eb1486b91d8d \
+    --hash=sha256:9b23ca7ef998bc739bf6ffc077c2116917eabcc901f88da1b9856b210ef63f35 \
+    --hash=sha256:9f0b8b1c6d84c8034a44893aba5e767bf9c7a211e313a9605d9c617d7083829f \
+    --hash=sha256:aabfa34badd18f1da5ec1bc2715cadc8dca465868a4e73a0173466b688f29dda \
+    --hash=sha256:ab36c8eb7e454e34e60eb55ca5d241a5d18b2c6244f6827a30e451c42410b5f7 \
+    --hash=sha256:b010a7a4fd316c3c484d482922d13044979e78d1861f0e0650423144c616a46a \
+    --hash=sha256:b1ac5992a838106edb89654e0aebfc24f5848ae2547d22c2c3f66454daa11971 \
+    --hash=sha256:b7b2d86dd06bfc2ade3312a83a5c364c7ec2e3498f8734282c6c3d4b07b346b8 \
+    --hash=sha256:b97e690a2118911e39b4042088092771b4ae3fc3aa86518f84b8cf6888dbdb41 \
+    --hash=sha256:bc2722592d8998c870fa4e290c2eec2c1569b87fe58618e67d38b4665dfa680d \
+    --hash=sha256:c0429126cf75e16c4f0ad00ee0eae4242dc652290f940152ca8c75c3a4b6ee8f \
+    --hash=sha256:c30197aa96e8eed02200a83fba2657b4c3acd0f0aa4bdc9f6c1af8e8962e0757 \
+    --hash=sha256:c4c3e6da02df6fa1410a7680bd3f63d4f710232d3139089536310d027950696a \
+    --hash=sha256:c75cb2a3e389853835e84a2d8fb2b81a10645b503eca9bcb98df6b5a43eb8886 \
+    --hash=sha256:c96836c97b1238e9c9e3fe90844c947d5afbf4f4c92762679acfe19927d81d77 \
+    --hash=sha256:d7f50a1f8c450f3925cb367d011448c39239bb3eb4117c36a6d354794de4ce76 \
+    --hash=sha256:d973f03c0cb71c5ed99037b870f2be986c3c05e63622c017ea9816881d2dd247 \
+    --hash=sha256:d98b1668f06378c6dbefec3b92299716b931cd4e6061f3c875a71ced1780ab85 \
+    --hash=sha256:d9c3cdf5390dcd29aa8056d13e8e99526cda0305acc038b96b30352aff5ff2bb \
+    --hash=sha256:dad3e487649f498dd991eeb901125411559b22e8d7ab25d3aeb1af367df5efd7 \
+    --hash=sha256:dccbe65bd2f7f7ec22c4ff99ed56faa1e9f785482b9bbd7c717e26fd723a1d1e \
+    --hash=sha256:dd78cfcda14a1ef52584dbb008f7ac81c1328c0f58184bf9a84c49c605002da6 \
+    --hash=sha256:e218488cd232553829be0664c2292d3af2eeeb94b32bea483cf79ac6a694e037 \
+    --hash=sha256:e358e64305fe12299a08e08978f51fc21fac060dcfcddd95453eabe5b93ed0e1 \
+    --hash=sha256:ea0d8d539afa5eb2728aa1932a988a9a7af94f18582ffae4bc10b3fbdad0626e \
+    --hash=sha256:eab677309cdb30d047996b36d34caeda1dc91149e4fdca0b1a039b3f79d9a807 \
+    --hash=sha256:eb8178fe3dba6450a3e024e95ac49ed3400e506fd4e9e5c32d30adda88cbd407 \
+    --hash=sha256:ecddf25bee22fe4fe3737a399d0d177d72bc22be6913acfab364b40bce1ba83c \
+    --hash=sha256:eea6ee1db730b3483adf394ea72f808b6e18cf3cb6454b4d86e04fa8c4327a12 \
+    --hash=sha256:f08ff5e948271dc7e18a35641d2f11a4cd8dfd5634f55228b691e62b37125eb3 \
+    --hash=sha256:f30bf9fd9be89ecb2360c7d94a711f00c09b976258846efe40db3d05828e8089 \
+    --hash=sha256:fa88b843d6e211393a37219e6a1c1df99d35e8fd90446f1118f4216e307e48cd \
+    --hash=sha256:fc54db6c8593ef7d4b2a331b58653356cf04f67c960f584edb7c3d8c97e8f39e \
+    --hash=sha256:fd4ec41f914fa74ad1b8304bbc634b3de73d2a0889bd32076342a573e0779e00 \
+    --hash=sha256:ffc9202a29ab3920fa812879e95a9e78b2465fd10be7fcbd042899695d75e616
+    # via requests
+idna==3.10 \
+    --hash=sha256:12f65c9b470abda6dc35cf8e63cc574b1c52b11df2c86030af0ac09b01b13ea9 \
+    --hash=sha256:946d195a0d259cbba61165e88e65941f16e9b36ea6ddb97f00452bae8b1287d3
+    # via requests
+parse==1.20.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:967095588cb802add9177d0c0b6133b5ba33b1ea9007ca800e526f42a85af558 \
+    --hash=sha256:b41d604d16503c79d81af5165155c0b20f6c8d6c559efa66b4b695c3e5a0a0ce
+    # via
+    #   behave
+    #   parse-type
+parse-type==0.6.4 \
+    --hash=sha256:5e1ec10440b000c3f818006033372939e693a9ec0176f446d9303e4db88489a6 \
+    --hash=sha256:83d41144a82d6b8541127bf212dd76c7f01baff680b498ce8a4d052a7a5bce4c
+    # via behave
+pillow==11.1.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:015c6e863faa4779251436db398ae75051469f7c903b043a48f078e437656f83 \
+    --hash=sha256:0a2f91f8a8b367e7a57c6e91cd25af510168091fb89ec5146003e424e1558a96 \
+    --hash=sha256:11633d58b6ee5733bde153a8dafd25e505ea3d32e261accd388827ee987baf65 \
+    --hash=sha256:2062ffb1d36544d42fcaa277b069c88b01bb7298f4efa06731a7fd6cc290b81a \
+    --hash=sha256:31eba6bbdd27dde97b0174ddf0297d7a9c3a507a8a1480e1e60ef914fe23d352 \
+    --hash=sha256:3362c6ca227e65c54bf71a5f88b3d4565ff1bcbc63ae72c34b07bbb1cc59a43f \
+    --hash=sha256:368da70808b36d73b4b390a8ffac11069f8a5c85f29eff1f1b01bcf3ef5b2a20 \
+    --hash=sha256:36ba10b9cb413e7c7dfa3e189aba252deee0602c86c309799da5a74009ac7a1c \
+    --hash=sha256:3764d53e09cdedd91bee65c2527815d315c6b90d7b8b79759cc48d7bf5d4f114 \
+    --hash=sha256:3a5fe20a7b66e8135d7fd617b13272626a28278d0e578c98720d9ba4b2439d49 \
+    --hash=sha256:3cdcdb0b896e981678eee140d882b70092dac83ac1cdf6b3a60e2216a73f2b91 \
+    --hash=sha256:4637b88343166249fe8aa94e7c4a62a180c4b3898283bb5d3d2fd5fe10d8e4e0 \
+    --hash=sha256:4db853948ce4e718f2fc775b75c37ba2efb6aaea41a1a5fc57f0af59eee774b2 \
+    --hash=sha256:4dd43a78897793f60766563969442020e90eb7847463eca901e41ba186a7d4a5 \
+    --hash=sha256:54251ef02a2309b5eec99d151ebf5c9904b77976c8abdcbce7891ed22df53884 \
+    --hash=sha256:54ce1c9a16a9561b6d6d8cb30089ab1e5eb66918cb47d457bd996ef34182922e \
+    --hash=sha256:593c5fd6be85da83656b93ffcccc2312d2d149d251e98588b14fbc288fd8909c \
+    --hash=sha256:5bb94705aea800051a743aa4874bb1397d4695fb0583ba5e425ee0328757f196 \
+    --hash=sha256:67cd427c68926108778a9005f2a04adbd5e67c442ed21d95389fe1d595458756 \
+    --hash=sha256:70ca5ef3b3b1c4a0812b5c63c57c23b63e53bc38e758b37a951e5bc466449861 \
+    --hash=sha256:73ddde795ee9b06257dac5ad42fcb07f3b9b813f8c1f7f870f402f4dc54b5269 \
+    --hash=sha256:758e9d4ef15d3560214cddbc97b8ef3ef86ce04d62ddac17ad39ba87e89bd3b1 \
+    --hash=sha256:7d33d2fae0e8b170b6a6c57400e077412240f6f5bb2a342cf1ee512a787942bb \
+    --hash=sha256:7fdadc077553621911f27ce206ffcbec7d3f8d7b50e0da39f10997e8e2bb7f6a \
+    --hash=sha256:8000376f139d4d38d6851eb149b321a52bb8893a88dae8ee7d95840431977081 \
+    --hash=sha256:837060a8599b8f5d402e97197d4924f05a2e0d68756998345c829c33186217b1 \
+    --hash=sha256:89dbdb3e6e9594d512780a5a1c42801879628b38e3efc7038094430844e271d8 \
+    --hash=sha256:8c730dc3a83e5ac137fbc92dfcfe1511ce3b2b5d7578315b63dbbb76f7f51d90 \
+    --hash=sha256:8e275ee4cb11c262bd108ab2081f750db2a1c0b8c12c1897f27b160c8bd57bbc \
+    --hash=sha256:9044b5e4f7083f209c4e35aa5dd54b1dd5b112b108648f5c902ad586d4f945c5 \
+    --hash=sha256:93a18841d09bcdd774dcdc308e4537e1f867b3dec059c131fde0327899734aa1 \
+    --hash=sha256:9409c080586d1f683df3f184f20e36fb647f2e0bc3988094d4fd8c9f4eb1b3b3 \
+    --hash=sha256:96f82000e12f23e4f29346e42702b6ed9a2f2fea34a740dd5ffffcc8c539eb35 \
+    --hash=sha256:9aa9aeddeed452b2f616ff5507459e7bab436916ccb10961c4a382cd3e03f47f \
+    --hash=sha256:9ee85f0696a17dd28fbcfceb59f9510aa71934b483d1f5601d1030c3c8304f3c \
+    --hash=sha256:a07dba04c5e22824816b2615ad7a7484432d7f540e6fa86af60d2de57b0fcee2 \
+    --hash=sha256:a3cd561ded2cf2bbae44d4605837221b987c216cff94f49dfeed63488bb228d2 \
+    --hash=sha256:a697cd8ba0383bba3d2d3ada02b34ed268cb548b369943cd349007730c92bddf \
+    --hash=sha256:a76da0a31da6fcae4210aa94fd779c65c75786bc9af06289cd1c184451ef7a65 \
+    --hash=sha256:a85b653980faad27e88b141348707ceeef8a1186f75ecc600c395dcac19f385b \
+    --hash=sha256:a8d65b38173085f24bc07f8b6c505cbb7418009fa1a1fcb111b1f4961814a442 \
+    --hash=sha256:aa8dd43daa836b9a8128dbe7d923423e5ad86f50a7a14dc688194b7be5c0dea2 \
+    --hash=sha256:ab8a209b8485d3db694fa97a896d96dd6533d63c22829043fd9de627060beade \
+    --hash=sha256:abc56501c3fd148d60659aae0af6ddc149660469082859fa7b066a298bde9482 \
+    --hash=sha256:ad5db5781c774ab9a9b2c4302bbf0c1014960a0a7be63278d13ae6fdf88126fe \
+    --hash=sha256:ae98e14432d458fc3de11a77ccb3ae65ddce70f730e7c76140653048c71bfcbc \
+    --hash=sha256:b20be51b37a75cc54c2c55def3fa2c65bb94ba859dde241cd0a4fd302de5ae0a \
+    --hash=sha256:b523466b1a31d0dcef7c5be1f20b942919b62fd6e9a9be199d035509cbefc0ec \
+    --hash=sha256:b5d658fbd9f0d6eea113aea286b21d3cd4d3fd978157cbf2447a6035916506d3 \
+    --hash=sha256:b6123aa4a59d75f06e9dd3dac5bf8bc9aa383121bb3dd9a7a612e05eabc9961a \
+    --hash=sha256:bd165131fd51697e22421d0e467997ad31621b74bfc0b75956608cb2906dda07 \
+    --hash=sha256:bf902d7413c82a1bfa08b06a070876132a5ae6b2388e2712aab3a7cbc02205c6 \
+    --hash=sha256:c12fc111ef090845de2bb15009372175d76ac99969bdf31e2ce9b42e4b8cd88f \
+    --hash=sha256:c1eec9d950b6fe688edee07138993e54ee4ae634c51443cfb7c1e7613322718e \
+    --hash=sha256:c640e5a06869c75994624551f45e5506e4256562ead981cce820d5ab39ae2192 \
+    --hash=sha256:cc1331b6d5a6e144aeb5e626f4375f5b7ae9934ba620c0ac6b3e43d5e683a0f0 \
+    --hash=sha256:cfd5cd998c2e36a862d0e27b2df63237e67273f2fc78f47445b14e73a810e7e6 \
+    --hash=sha256:d3d8da4a631471dfaf94c10c85f5277b1f8e42ac42bade1ac67da4b4a7359b73 \
+    --hash=sha256:d44ff19eea13ae4acdaaab0179fa68c0c6f2f45d66a4d8ec1eda7d6cecbcc15f \
+    --hash=sha256:dd0052e9db3474df30433f83a71b9b23bd9e4ef1de13d92df21a52c0303b8ab6 \
+    --hash=sha256:dd0e081319328928531df7a0e63621caf67652c8464303fd102141b785ef9547 \
+    --hash=sha256:dda60aa465b861324e65a78c9f5cf0f4bc713e4309f83bc387be158b077963d9 \
+    --hash=sha256:e06695e0326d05b06833b40b7ef477e475d0b1ba3a6d27da1bb48c23209bf457 \
+    --hash=sha256:e1abe69aca89514737465752b4bcaf8016de61b3be1397a8fc260ba33321b3a8 \
+    --hash=sha256:e267b0ed063341f3e60acd25c05200df4193e15a4a5807075cd71225a2386e26 \
+    --hash=sha256:e5449ca63da169a2e6068dd0e2fcc8d91f9558aba89ff6d02121ca8ab11e79e5 \
+    --hash=sha256:e63e4e5081de46517099dc30abe418122f54531a6ae2ebc8680bcd7096860eab \
+    --hash=sha256:f189805c8be5ca5add39e6f899e6ce2ed824e65fb45f3c28cb2841911da19070 \
+    --hash=sha256:f7955ecf5609dee9442cbface754f2c6e541d9e6eda87fad7f7a989b0bdb9d71 \
+    --hash=sha256:f86d3a7a9af5d826744fabf4afd15b9dfef44fe69a98541f666f66fbb8d3fef9 \
+    --hash=sha256:fbd43429d0d7ed6533b25fc993861b8fd512c42d04514a0dd6337fb3ccf22761
+    # via reportlab
+pycryptodome==3.21.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:0714206d467fc911042d01ea3a1847c847bc10884cf674c82e12915cfe1649f8 \
+    --hash=sha256:0fa0a05a6a697ccbf2a12cec3d6d2650b50881899b845fac6e87416f8cb7e87d \
+    --hash=sha256:0fd54003ec3ce4e0f16c484a10bc5d8b9bd77fa662a12b85779a2d2d85d67ee0 \
+    --hash=sha256:18caa8cfbc676eaaf28613637a89980ad2fd96e00c564135bf90bc3f0b34dd93 \
+    --hash=sha256:2480ec2c72438430da9f601ebc12c518c093c13111a5c1644c82cdfc2e50b1e4 \
+    --hash=sha256:26412b21df30b2861424a6c6d5b1d8ca8107612a4cfa4d0183e71c5d200fb34a \
+    --hash=sha256:280b67d20e33bb63171d55b1067f61fbd932e0b1ad976b3a184303a3dad22764 \
+    --hash=sha256:2cb635b67011bc147c257e61ce864879ffe6d03342dc74b6045059dfbdedafca \
+    --hash=sha256:2de4b7263a33947ff440412339cb72b28a5a4c769b5c1ca19e33dd6cd1dcec6e \
+    --hash=sha256:3ba4cc304eac4d4d458f508d4955a88ba25026890e8abff9b60404f76a62c55e \
+    --hash=sha256:4c26a2f0dc15f81ea3afa3b0c87b87e501f235d332b7f27e2225ecb80c0b1cdd \
+    --hash=sha256:590ef0898a4b0a15485b05210b4a1c9de8806d3ad3d47f74ab1dc07c67a6827f \
+    --hash=sha256:5dfafca172933506773482b0e18f0cd766fd3920bd03ec85a283df90d8a17bc6 \
+    --hash=sha256:6cce52e196a5f1d6797ff7946cdff2038d3b5f0aba4a43cb6bf46b575fd1b5bb \
+    --hash=sha256:7cb087b8612c8a1a14cf37dd754685be9a8d9869bed2ffaaceb04850a8aeef7e \
+    --hash=sha256:7d85c1b613121ed3dbaa5a97369b3b757909531a959d229406a75b912dd51dd1 \
+    --hash=sha256:7ee86cbde706be13f2dec5a42b52b1c1d1cbb90c8e405c68d0755134735c8dc6 \
+    --hash=sha256:8898a66425a57bcf15e25fc19c12490b87bd939800f39a03ea2de2aea5e3611a \
+    --hash=sha256:8acd7d34af70ee63f9a849f957558e49a98f8f1634f86a59d2be62bb8e93f71c \
+    --hash=sha256:932c905b71a56474bff8a9c014030bc3c882cee696b448af920399f730a650c2 \
+    --hash=sha256:a1752eca64c60852f38bb29e2c86fca30d7672c024128ef5d70cc15868fa10f4 \
+    --hash=sha256:a3804675283f4764a02db05f5191eb8fec2bb6ca34d466167fc78a5f05bbe6b3 \
+    --hash=sha256:a4e74c522d630766b03a836c15bff77cb657c5fdf098abf8b1ada2aebc7d0819 \
+    --hash=sha256:a915597ffccabe902e7090e199a7bf7a381c5506a747d5e9d27ba55197a2c568 \
+    --hash=sha256:b7aa25fc0baa5b1d95b7633af4f5f1838467f1815442b22487426f94e0d66c53 \
+    --hash=sha256:cc2269ab4bce40b027b49663d61d816903a4bd90ad88cb99ed561aadb3888dd3 \
+    --hash=sha256:d5ebe0763c982f069d3877832254f64974139f4f9655058452603ff559c482e8 \
+    --hash=sha256:dad9bf36eda068e89059d1f07408e397856be9511d7113ea4b586642a429a4fd \
+    --hash=sha256:de18954104667f565e2fbb4783b56667f30fb49c4d79b346f52a29cb198d5b6b \
+    --hash=sha256:f35e442630bc4bc2e1878482d6f59ea22e280d7121d7adeaedba58c23ab6386b \
+    --hash=sha256:f7787e0d469bdae763b876174cf2e6c0f7be79808af26b1da96f1a64bcf47297 \
+    --hash=sha256:ff99f952db3db2fbe98a0b355175f93ec334ba3d01bbde25ad3a5a33abc02b58
+    # via -r cucumber\requirements.in
+pypdf2==3.0.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:a74408f69ba6271f71b9352ef4ed03dc53a31aa404d29b5d31f53bfecfee1440 \
+    --hash=sha256:d16e4205cfee272fbdc0568b68d82be796540b1537508cef59388f839c191928
+    # via -r cucumber\requirements.in
+reportlab==4.2.5 \
+    --hash=sha256:5cf35b8fd609b68080ac7bbb0ae1e376104f7d5f7b2d3914c7adc63f2593941f \
+    --hash=sha256:eb2745525a982d9880babb991619e97ac3f661fae30571b7d50387026ca765ee
+    # via -r cucumber\requirements.in
+requests==2.32.3 \
+    --hash=sha256:55365417734eb18255590a9ff9eb97e9e1da868d4ccd6402399eaf68af20a760 \
+    --hash=sha256:70761cfe03c773ceb22aa2f671b4757976145175cdfca038c02654d061d6dcc6
+    # via -r cucumber\requirements.in
+six==1.17.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:4721f391ed90541fddacab5acf947aa0d3dc7d27b2e1e8eda2be8970586c3274 \
+    --hash=sha256:ff70335d468e7eb6ec65b95b99d3a2836546063f63acc5171de367e834932a81
+    # via
+    #   behave
+    #   parse-type
+urllib3==2.3.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:1cee9ad369867bfdbbb48b7dd50374c0967a0bb7710050facf0dd6911440e3df \
+    --hash=sha256:f8c5449b3cf0861679ce7e0503c7b44b5ec981bec0d1d3795a07f1ba96f0204d
+    # via requests
--- a/exampleYmlFiles/docker-compose-latest-fat-security-postgres.yml
+++ b/exampleYmlFiles/docker-compose-latest-fat-security-postgres.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+services:
+  stirling-pdf:
+    container_name: Stirling-PDF-Security-Fat-Postgres
+    image: stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-fat-postgres
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          memory: 4G
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:8080/api/v1/info/status | grep -q 'UP'" ]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 16
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+    volumes:
+      - ./stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
+    environment:
+      DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: "true"
+      SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: "false"
+      PUID: 1002
+      PGID: 1002
+      UMASK: "022"
+      SYSTEM_DEFAULTLOCALE: en-US
+      UI_APPNAME: Stirling-PDF
+      UI_HOMEDESCRIPTION: Demo site for Stirling-PDF Latest-fat with Security and PostgreSQL
+      UI_APPNAMENAVBAR: Stirling-PDF Latest-fat-PostgreSQL
+      SYSTEM_MAXFILESIZE: "100"
+      METRICS_ENABLED: "true"
+      SYSTEM_GOOGLEVISIBILITY: "true"
+      SYSTEM_DATASOURCE_ENABLECUSTOMDATABASE: "true"
+      SYSTEM_DATASOURCE_CUSTOMDATABASEURL: "jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/stirling_pdf"
+      SYSTEM_DATASOURCE_USERNAME: "admin"
+      SYSTEM_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD: "stirling"
+    restart: on-failure:5
+
+  db:
+    image: 'postgres:17.2-alpine'
+    restart: on-failure:5
+    container_name: db
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: "stirling_pdf"
+      POSTGRES_USER: "admin"
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "stirling"
+    shm_size: "512mb"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          memory: 512m
+          cpus: "0.5"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U admin stirling_pdf" ]
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+    volumes:
+      - ./stirling/latest/data:/pgdata
--- a/exampleYmlFiles/docker-compose-latest-fat-security.yml
+++ b/exampleYmlFiles/docker-compose-latest-fat-security.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ services:
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    volumes:
-      - /stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
-      - /stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
-      - /stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
    environment:
      DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: "true"
      SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: "false"
--- a/exampleYmlFiles/docker-compose-latest-security.yml
+++ b/exampleYmlFiles/docker-compose-latest-security.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ services:
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
-      - /stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
-      - /stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
-      - /stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
+      - ./stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
    environment:
      DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: "true"
      SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: "true"
--- a/scripts/ignore_translation.toml
+++ b/scripts/ignore_translation.toml
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ ignore = [
    'showJS.tags',
 ]

+[zh_BO]
+ignore = [
+    'language.direction',
+]
+
 [zh_CN]
 ignore = [
    'language.direction',
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/EEAppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/EEAppConfig.java
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ public class EEAppConfig {
    public boolean runningEnterpriseEdition() {
        return licenseKeyChecker.getEnterpriseEnabledResult();
    }
+
+    @Bean(name = "SSOAutoLogin")
+    public boolean ssoAutoLogin() {
+        return applicationProperties.getEnterpriseEdition().isSsoAutoLogin();
+    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/KeygenLicenseVerifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/KeygenLicenseVerifier.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class KeygenLicenseVerifier {
                        .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
-        log.info(" validateLicenseResponse body: " + response.body());
+        log.debug(" validateLicenseResponse body: " + response.body());
        JsonNode jsonResponse = objectMapper.readTree(response.body());
        if (response.statusCode() == 200) {

--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/LicenseKeyChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/LicenseKeyChecker.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class LicenseKeyChecker {

    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;

-    private boolean enterpriseEnbaledResult = false;
+    private boolean enterpriseEnabledResult = false;

    @Autowired
    public LicenseKeyChecker(
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ public class LicenseKeyChecker {

    private void checkLicense() {
        if (!applicationProperties.getEnterpriseEdition().isEnabled()) {
-            enterpriseEnbaledResult = false;
+            enterpriseEnabledResult = false;
        } else {
-            enterpriseEnbaledResult =
+            enterpriseEnabledResult =
                    licenseService.verifyLicense(
                            applicationProperties.getEnterpriseEdition().getKey());
-            if (enterpriseEnbaledResult) {
+            if (enterpriseEnabledResult) {
                log.info("License key is valid.");
            } else {
                log.info("License key is invalid.");
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ public class LicenseKeyChecker {
    }

    public boolean getEnterpriseEnabledResult() {
-        return enterpriseEnbaledResult;
+        return enterpriseEnabledResult;
    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/SPDFApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/SPDFApplication.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF;

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -24,15 +25,17 @@ import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.UI.WebBrowser;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.ConfigInitializer;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;

-@SpringBootApplication
-@EnableScheduling
@Slf4j
-public class SPdfApplication {
+@EnableScheduling
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SPDFApplication {

-    private static String baseUrlStatic;
    private static String serverPortStatic;
+    private static String baseUrlStatic;
+
    private final Environment env;
    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
    private final WebBrowser webBrowser;
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
    @Value("${baseUrl:http://localhost}")
    private String baseUrl;

-    public SPdfApplication(
+    public SPDFApplication(
            Environment env,
            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
            @Autowired(required = false) WebBrowser webBrowser) {
@@ -49,42 +52,41 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
        this.webBrowser = webBrowser;
    }

-    // Optionally keep this method if you want to provide a manual port-incrementation fallback.
-    private static String findAvailablePort(int startPort) {
-        int port = startPort;
-        while (!isPortAvailable(port)) {
-            port++;
-        }
-        return String.valueOf(port);
-    }
-
-    private static boolean isPortAvailable(int port) {
-        try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(port)) {
-            return true;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(SPdfApplication.class);
+        SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(SPDFApplication.class);
+
        Properties props = new Properties();
+
        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI", "false"))) {
            System.setProperty("java.awt.headless", "false");
            app.setHeadless(false);
            props.put("java.awt.headless", "false");
            props.put("spring.main.web-application-type", "servlet");
        }
-        app.setAdditionalProfiles("default");
-        app.addInitializers(new ConfigInitializer());
-        Map<String, String> propertyFiles = new HashMap<>();
-        // External config files
-        if (Files.exists(Paths.get("configs/settings.yml"))) {
-            propertyFiles.put("spring.config.additional-location", "file:configs/settings.yml");
-        } else {
-            log.warn("External configuration file 'configs/settings.yml' does not exist.");
+
+        app.setAdditionalProfiles(getActiveProfile(args));
+
+        ConfigInitializer initializer = new ConfigInitializer();
+        try {
+            initializer.ensureConfigExists();
+        } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
+            log.error("Error initialising configuration", e);
        }
-        if (Files.exists(Paths.get("configs/custom_settings.yml"))) {
+        Map<String, String> propertyFiles = new HashMap<>();
+
+        // External config files
+        log.info("Settings file: {}", InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());
+        if (Files.exists(Paths.get(InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath()))) {
+            propertyFiles.put(
+                    "spring.config.additional-location",
+                    "file:" + InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());
+        } else {
+            log.warn(
+                    "External configuration file '{}' does not exist.",
+                    InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());
+        }
+
+        if (Files.exists(Paths.get(InstallationPathConfig.getCustomSettingsPath()))) {
            String existingLocation =
                    propertyFiles.getOrDefault("spring.config.additional-location", "");
            if (!existingLocation.isEmpty()) {
@@ -92,57 +94,39 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
            }
            propertyFiles.put(
                    "spring.config.additional-location",
-                    existingLocation + "file:configs/custom_settings.yml");
+                    existingLocation + "file:" + InstallationPathConfig.getCustomSettingsPath());
        } else {
-            log.warn("Custom configuration file 'configs/custom_settings.yml' does not exist.");
+            log.warn(
+                    "Custom configuration file '{}' does not exist.",
+                    InstallationPathConfig.getCustomSettingsPath());
        }
        Properties finalProps = new Properties();
+
        if (!propertyFiles.isEmpty()) {
            finalProps.putAll(
                    Collections.singletonMap(
                            "spring.config.additional-location",
                            propertyFiles.get("spring.config.additional-location")));
        }
+
        if (!props.isEmpty()) {
            finalProps.putAll(props);
        }
        app.setDefaultProperties(finalProps);
+
        app.run(args);
+
        // Ensure directories are created
        try {
-            Files.createDirectories(Path.of("customFiles/static/"));
-            Files.createDirectories(Path.of("customFiles/templates/"));
+            Files.createDirectories(Path.of(InstallationPathConfig.getTemplatesPath()));
+            Files.createDirectories(Path.of(InstallationPathConfig.getStaticPath()));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("Error creating directories: {}", e.getMessage());
        }
+
        printStartupLogs();
    }

-    private static void printStartupLogs() {
-        log.info("Stirling-PDF Started.");
-        String url = baseUrlStatic + ":" + getStaticPort();
-        log.info("Navigate to {}", url);
-    }
-
-    public static String getStaticBaseUrl() {
-        return baseUrlStatic;
-    }
-
-    public static String getStaticPort() {
-        return serverPortStatic;
-    }
-
-    @Value("${server.port:8080}")
-    public void setServerPortStatic(String port) {
-        if ("auto".equalsIgnoreCase(port)) {
-            // Use Spring Boot's automatic port assignment (server.port=0)
-            SPdfApplication.serverPortStatic = // This will let Spring Boot assign an available port
-                    "0";
-        } else {
-            SPdfApplication.serverPortStatic = port;
-        }
-    }
-
    @PostConstruct
    public void init() {
        baseUrlStatic = this.baseUrl;
@@ -173,6 +157,17 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
        log.info("Running configs {}", applicationProperties.toString());
    }

+    @Value("${server.port:8080}")
+    public void setServerPortStatic(String port) {
+        if ("auto".equalsIgnoreCase(port)) {
+            // Use Spring Boot's automatic port assignment (server.port=0)
+            SPDFApplication.serverPortStatic =
+                    "0"; // This will let Spring Boot assign an available port
+        } else {
+            SPDFApplication.serverPortStatic = port;
+        }
+    }
+
    @PreDestroy
    public void cleanup() {
        if (webBrowser != null) {
@@ -180,10 +175,55 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
        }
    }

+    private static void printStartupLogs() {
+        log.info("Stirling-PDF Started.");
+        String url = baseUrlStatic + ":" + getStaticPort();
+        log.info("Navigate to {}", url);
+    }
+
+    private static String[] getActiveProfile(String[] args) {
+        if (args == null) {
+            return new String[] {"default"};
+        }
+
+        for (String arg : args) {
+            if (arg.contains("spring.profiles.active")) {
+                return arg.substring(args[0].indexOf('=') + 1).split(", ");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new String[] {"default"};
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isPortAvailable(int port) {
+        try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(port)) {
+            return true;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Optionally keep this method if you want to provide a manual port-incrementation fallback.
+    private static String findAvailablePort(int startPort) {
+        int port = startPort;
+        while (!isPortAvailable(port)) {
+            port++;
+        }
+        return String.valueOf(port);
+    }
+
+    public static String getStaticBaseUrl() {
+        return baseUrlStatic;
+    }
+
    public String getNonStaticBaseUrl() {
        return baseUrlStatic;
    }

+    public static String getStaticPort() {
+        return serverPortStatic;
+    }
+
    public String getNonStaticPort() {
        return serverPortStatic;
    }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/DesktopBrowser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/DesktopBrowser.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import me.friwi.jcefmaven.EnumProgress;
 import me.friwi.jcefmaven.MavenCefAppHandlerAdapter;
 import me.friwi.jcefmaven.impl.progress.ConsoleProgressHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.UI.WebBrowser;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;

@Component
@Slf4j
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ public class DesktopBrowser implements WebBrowser {
                        CefAppBuilder builder = new CefAppBuilder();
                        configureCefSettings(builder);
                        builder.setProgressHandler(createProgressHandler());
-
+                        builder.setInstallDir(
+                                new File(InstallationPathConfig.getClientWebUIPath()));
                        // Build and initialize CEF
                        cefApp = builder.build();
                        client = cefApp.createClient();
@@ -99,8 +101,16 @@ public class DesktopBrowser implements WebBrowser {

    private void configureCefSettings(CefAppBuilder builder) {
        CefSettings settings = builder.getCefSettings();
-        settings.cache_path = new File("jcef-bundle").getAbsolutePath();
-        settings.root_cache_path = new File("jcef-bundle").getAbsolutePath();
+        String basePath = InstallationPathConfig.getClientWebUIPath();
+        log.info("basePath " + basePath);
+        settings.cache_path = new File(basePath + "cache").getAbsolutePath();
+        settings.root_cache_path = new File(basePath + "root_cache").getAbsolutePath();
+        //        settings.browser_subprocess_path = new File(basePath +
+        // "subprocess").getAbsolutePath();
+        //        settings.resources_dir_path = new File(basePath + "resources").getAbsolutePath();
+        //        settings.locales_dir_path = new File(basePath + "locales").getAbsolutePath();
+        settings.log_file = new File(basePath, "debug.log").getAbsolutePath();
+
        settings.persist_session_cookies = true;
        settings.windowless_rendering_enabled = false;
        settings.log_severity = CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_INFO;
@@ -212,6 +222,9 @@ public class DesktopBrowser implements WebBrowser {
    }

    private void setupLoadHandler() {
+        final long initStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        log.info("Setting up load handler at: {}", initStartTime);
+
        client.addLoadHandler(
                new CefLoadHandlerAdapter() {
                    @Override
@@ -220,32 +233,77 @@ public class DesktopBrowser implements WebBrowser {
                            boolean isLoading,
                            boolean canGoBack,
                            boolean canGoForward) {
+                        log.debug(
+                                "Loading state change - isLoading: {}, canGoBack: {}, canGoForward: {}, "
+                                        + "browserInitialized: {}, Time elapsed: {}ms",
+                                isLoading,
+                                canGoBack,
+                                canGoForward,
+                                browserInitialized,
+                                System.currentTimeMillis() - initStartTime);
+
                        if (!isLoading && !browserInitialized) {
+                            log.info(
+                                    "Browser finished loading, preparing to initialize UI components");
                            browserInitialized = true;
                            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
                                    () -> {
-                                        if (loadingWindow != null) {
-                                            Timer timer =
-                                                    new Timer(
-                                                            500,
-                                                            e -> {
-                                                                loadingWindow.dispose();
-                                                                loadingWindow = null;
+                                        try {
+                                            if (loadingWindow != null) {
+                                                log.info("Starting UI initialization sequence");

-                                                                frame.dispose();
-                                                                frame.setOpacity(1.0f);
-                                                                frame.setUndecorated(false);
-                                                                frame.pack();
-                                                                frame.setSize(1280, 800);
-                                                                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
-                                                                frame.setVisible(true);
-                                                                frame.requestFocus();
-                                                                frame.toFront();
-                                                                browser.getUIComponent()
-                                                                        .requestFocus();
-                                                            });
-                                            timer.setRepeats(false);
-                                            timer.start();
+                                                // Close loading window first
+                                                loadingWindow.setVisible(false);
+                                                loadingWindow.dispose();
+                                                loadingWindow = null;
+                                                log.info("Loading window disposed");
+
+                                                // Then setup the main frame
+                                                frame.setVisible(false);
+                                                frame.dispose();
+                                                frame.setOpacity(1.0f);
+                                                frame.setUndecorated(false);
+                                                frame.pack();
+                                                frame.setSize(1280, 800);
+                                                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
+                                                log.debug("Frame reconfigured");
+
+                                                // Show the main frame
+                                                frame.setVisible(true);
+                                                frame.requestFocus();
+                                                frame.toFront();
+                                                log.info("Main frame displayed and focused");
+
+                                                // Focus the browser component
+                                                Timer focusTimer =
+                                                        new Timer(
+                                                                100,
+                                                                e -> {
+                                                                    try {
+                                                                        browser.getUIComponent()
+                                                                                .requestFocus();
+                                                                        log.info(
+                                                                                "Browser component focused");
+                                                                    } catch (Exception ex) {
+                                                                        log.error(
+                                                                                "Error focusing browser",
+                                                                                ex);
+                                                                    }
+                                                                });
+                                                focusTimer.setRepeats(false);
+                                                focusTimer.start();
+                                            }
+                                        } catch (Exception e) {
+                                            log.error("Error during UI initialization", e);
+                                            // Attempt cleanup on error
+                                            if (loadingWindow != null) {
+                                                loadingWindow.dispose();
+                                                loadingWindow = null;
+                                            }
+                                            if (frame != null) {
+                                                frame.setVisible(true);
+                                                frame.requestFocus();
+                                            }
                                        }
                                    });
                        }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/LoadingWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/LoadingWindow.java
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ public class LoadingWindow extends JDialog {
    private final JLabel statusLabel;
    private final JPanel mainPanel;
    private final JLabel brandLabel;
+    private long startTime;

    public LoadingWindow(Frame parent, String initialUrl) {
        super(parent, "Initializing Stirling-PDF", true);
+        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        log.info("Creating LoadingWindow - initialization started at: {}", startTime);

        // Initialize components
        mainPanel = new JPanel();
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ public class LoadingWindow extends JDialog {
        gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
-        gbc.weightx = 1.0; // Add horizontal weight
-        gbc.weighty = 0.0; // Add vertical weight
+        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
+        gbc.weighty = 0.0;

        // Add icon
        try {
@@ -43,12 +46,14 @@ public class LoadingWindow extends JDialog {
                        iconLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
                        gbc.gridy = 0;
                        mainPanel.add(iconLabel, gbc);
+                        log.debug("Icon loaded and scaled successfully");
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("Failed to load icon", e);
        }
+
        // URL Label with explicit size
        brandLabel = new JLabel(initialUrl);
        brandLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
@@ -63,6 +68,7 @@ public class LoadingWindow extends JDialog {
        statusLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 25));
        gbc.gridy = 2;
        mainPanel.add(statusLabel, gbc);
+
        // Progress bar with explicit size
        progressBar = new JProgressBar(0, 100);
        progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
@@ -82,33 +88,78 @@ public class LoadingWindow extends JDialog {
        setAlwaysOnTop(true);
        setProgress(0);
        setStatus("Starting...");
+
+        log.info(
+                "LoadingWindow initialization completed in {}ms",
+                System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
    }

    public void setProgress(final int progress) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
                () -> {
                    try {
-                        progressBar.setValue(Math.min(Math.max(progress, 0), 100));
-                        progressBar.setString(progress + "%");
+                        int validProgress = Math.min(Math.max(progress, 0), 100);
+                        log.info(
+                                "Setting progress to {}% at {}ms since start",
+                                validProgress, System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
+
+                        // Log additional details when near 90%
+                        if (validProgress >= 85 && validProgress <= 95) {
+                            log.info(
+                                    "Near 90% progress - Current status: {}, Window visible: {}, "
+                                            + "Progress bar responding: {}, Memory usage: {}MB",
+                                    statusLabel.getText(),
+                                    isVisible(),
+                                    progressBar.isEnabled(),
+                                    Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() / (1024 * 1024));
+
+                            // Add thread state logging
+                            Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
+                            log.debug(
+                                    "Current thread state - Name: {}, State: {}, Priority: {}",
+                                    currentThread.getName(),
+                                    currentThread.getState(),
+                                    currentThread.getPriority());
+                        }
+
+                        progressBar.setValue(validProgress);
+                        progressBar.setString(validProgress + "%");
                        mainPanel.revalidate();
                        mainPanel.repaint();
                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        log.error("Error updating progress", e);
+                        log.error("Error updating progress to " + progress, e);
                    }
                });
    }

    public void setStatus(final String status) {
-        log.info(status);
+        log.info(
+                "Status update at {}ms - Setting status to: {}",
+                System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime,
+                status);
+
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
                () -> {
                    try {
-                        statusLabel.setText(status != null ? status : "");
+                        String validStatus = status != null ? status : "";
+                        statusLabel.setText(validStatus);
+
+                        // Log UI state when status changes
+                        log.debug(
+                                "UI State - Window visible: {}, Progress: {}%, Status: {}",
+                                isVisible(), progressBar.getValue(), validStatus);
+
                        mainPanel.revalidate();
                        mainPanel.repaint();
                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        log.error("Error updating status", e);
+                        log.error("Error updating status to: " + status, e);
                    }
                });
    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void dispose() {
+        log.info("LoadingWindow disposing after {}ms", System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
+        super.dispose();
+    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -136,16 +136,6 @@ public class AppConfig {
        return false;
    }

-    @Bean(name = "watchedFoldersDir")
-    public String watchedFoldersDir() {
-        return "./pipeline/watchedFolders/";
-    }
-
-    @Bean(name = "finishedFoldersDir")
-    public String finishedFoldersDir() {
-        return "./pipeline/finishedFolders/";
-    }
-
    @Bean(name = "directoryFilter")
    public Predicate<Path> processOnlyFiles() {
        return path -> {
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ConfigInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ConfigInitializer.java
@@ -16,27 +16,15 @@ import org.simpleyaml.configuration.comments.CommentType;
 import org.simpleyaml.configuration.file.YamlFile;
 import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.SimpleYamlImplementation;
 import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.snakeyaml.lib.DumperOptions;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
-import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

@Slf4j
-public class ConfigInitializer
-        implements ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
-
-    @Override
-    public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
-        try {
-            ensureConfigExists();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize application configuration", e);
-        }
-    }
+public class ConfigInitializer {

    public void ensureConfigExists() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
        // Define the path to the external config directory
-        Path destPath = Paths.get("configs", "settings.yml");
+        Path destPath = Paths.get(InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());

        // Check if the file already exists
        if (Files.notExists(destPath)) {
@@ -53,10 +41,11 @@ public class ConfigInitializer
                            "Resource file not found: settings.yml.template");
                }
            }
+            log.info("Created settings file from template");
        } else {

            // Define the path to the config settings file
-            Path settingsPath = Paths.get("configs", "settings.yml");
+            Path settingsPath = Paths.get(InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());
            // Load the template resource
            URL settingsTemplateResource =
                    getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("settings.yml.template");
@@ -120,7 +109,7 @@ public class ConfigInitializer
        }

        // Create custom settings file if it doesn't exist
-        Path customSettingsPath = Paths.get("configs", "custom_settings.yml");
+        Path customSettingsPath = Paths.get(InstallationPathConfig.getCustomSettingsPath());
        if (!Files.exists(customSettingsPath)) {
            Files.createFile(customSettingsPath);
        }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config;

+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "remove-cert-sign");
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "sanitize-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "auto-redact");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "redact");

        // Adding endpoints to "Other" group
        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "ocr-pdf");
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "markdown-to-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "show-javascript");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "auto-redact");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "redact");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-csv");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "split-by-size-or-count");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "overlay-pdf");
@@ -265,20 +268,26 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
    }

    private void processEnvironmentConfigs() {
-        List<String> endpointsToRemove = applicationProperties.getEndpoints().getToRemove();
-        List<String> groupsToRemove = applicationProperties.getEndpoints().getGroupsToRemove();
-        if (!bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled) {
-            groupsToRemove.add("Calibre");
-        }
-        if (endpointsToRemove != null) {
-            for (String endpoint : endpointsToRemove) {
-                disableEndpoint(endpoint.trim());
-            }
-        }
+        if (applicationProperties != null && applicationProperties.getEndpoints() != null) {
+            List<String> endpointsToRemove = applicationProperties.getEndpoints().getToRemove();
+            List<String> groupsToRemove = applicationProperties.getEndpoints().getGroupsToRemove();

-        if (groupsToRemove != null) {
-            for (String group : groupsToRemove) {
-                disableGroup(group.trim());
+            if (!bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled) {
+                if (groupsToRemove == null) {
+                    groupsToRemove = new ArrayList<>();
+                }
+                groupsToRemove.add("Calibre");
+            }
+            if (endpointsToRemove != null) {
+                for (String endpoint : endpointsToRemove) {
+                    disableEndpoint(endpoint.trim());
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (groupsToRemove != null) {
+                for (String group : groupsToRemove) {
+                    disableGroup(group.trim());
+                }
            }
        }
    }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/FileFallbackTemplateResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/FileFallbackTemplateResolver.java
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public class FileFallbackTemplateResolver extends AbstractConfigurableTemplateRe
            String characterEncoding,
            Map<String, Object> templateResolutionAttributes) {
        Resource resource =
-                resourceLoader.getResource("file:./customFiles/templates/" + resourceName);
+                resourceLoader.getResource(
+                        "file:" + InstallationPathConfig.getTemplatesPath() + resourceName);
        try {
            if (resource.exists() && resource.isReadable()) {
                return new FileTemplateResource(resource.getFile().getPath(), characterEncoding);
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/InstallationPathConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/InstallationPathConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class InstallationPathConfig {
+    private static final String BASE_PATH;
+
+    // Root paths
+    private static final String LOG_PATH;
+    private static final String CONFIG_PATH;
+    private static final String PIPELINE_PATH;
+    private static final String CUSTOM_FILES_PATH;
+    private static final String CLIENT_WEBUI_PATH;
+
+    // Config paths
+    private static final String SETTINGS_PATH;
+    private static final String CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATH;
+
+    // Pipeline paths
+    private static final String PIPELINE_WATCHED_FOLDERS_PATH;
+    private static final String PIPELINE_FINISHED_FOLDERS_PATH;
+
+    // Custom file paths
+    private static final String STATIC_PATH;
+    private static final String TEMPLATES_PATH;
+    private static final String SIGNATURES_PATH;
+
+    static {
+        BASE_PATH = initializeBasePath();
+
+        // Initialize root paths
+        LOG_PATH = BASE_PATH + "logs" + File.separator;
+        CONFIG_PATH = BASE_PATH + "configs" + File.separator;
+        PIPELINE_PATH = BASE_PATH + "pipeline" + File.separator;
+        CUSTOM_FILES_PATH = BASE_PATH + "customFiles" + File.separator;
+        CLIENT_WEBUI_PATH = BASE_PATH + "clientWebUI" + File.separator;
+
+        // Initialize config paths
+        SETTINGS_PATH = CONFIG_PATH + "settings.yml";
+        CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATH = CONFIG_PATH + "custom_settings.yml";
+
+        // Initialize pipeline paths
+        PIPELINE_WATCHED_FOLDERS_PATH = PIPELINE_PATH + "watchedFolders" + File.separator;
+        PIPELINE_FINISHED_FOLDERS_PATH = PIPELINE_PATH + "finishedFolders" + File.separator;
+
+        // Initialize custom file paths
+        STATIC_PATH = CUSTOM_FILES_PATH + "static" + File.separator;
+        TEMPLATES_PATH = CUSTOM_FILES_PATH + "templates" + File.separator;
+        SIGNATURES_PATH = CUSTOM_FILES_PATH + "signatures" + File.separator;
+    }
+
+    private static String initializeBasePath() {
+        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI", "false"))) {
+            String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
+            if (os.contains("win")) {
+                return System.getenv("APPDATA") + File.separator + "Stirling-PDF" + File.separator;
+            } else if (os.contains("mac")) {
+                return System.getProperty("user.home")
+                        + File.separator
+                        + "Library"
+                        + File.separator
+                        + "Application Support"
+                        + File.separator
+                        + "Stirling-PDF"
+                        + File.separator;
+            } else {
+                return System.getProperty("user.home")
+                        + File.separator
+                        + ".config"
+                        + File.separator
+                        + "Stirling-PDF"
+                        + File.separator;
+            }
+        }
+        return "./";
+    }
+
+    public static String getPath() {
+        return BASE_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getLogPath() {
+        return LOG_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getConfigPath() {
+        return CONFIG_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getPipelinePath() {
+        return PIPELINE_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getCustomFilesPath() {
+        return CUSTOM_FILES_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getClientWebUIPath() {
+        return CLIENT_WEBUI_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getSettingsPath() {
+        return SETTINGS_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getCustomSettingsPath() {
+        return CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getPipelineWatchedFoldersDir() {
+        return PIPELINE_WATCHED_FOLDERS_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getPipelineFinishedFoldersDir() {
+        return PIPELINE_FINISHED_FOLDERS_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getStaticPath() {
+        return STATIC_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getTemplatesPath() {
+        return TEMPLATES_PATH;
+    }
+
+    public static String getSignaturesPath() {
+        return SIGNATURES_PATH;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/LogbackPropertyLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/LogbackPropertyLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.core.PropertyDefinerBase;
+
+public class LogbackPropertyLoader extends PropertyDefinerBase {
+    @Override
+    public String getPropertyValue() {
+        return InstallationPathConfig.getLogPath();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/WebMvcConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/WebMvcConfig.java
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ public class WebMvcConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
        // Handler for external static resources
        registry.addResourceHandler("/**")
-                .addResourceLocations("file:customFiles/static/", "classpath:/static/");
+                .addResourceLocations(
+                        "file:" + InstallationPathConfig.getStaticPath(), "classpath:/static/");
        // .setCachePeriod(0); // Optional: disable caching
    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/YamlPropertySourceFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/YamlPropertySourceFactory.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ public class YamlPropertySourceFactory implements PropertySourceFactory {
            throws IOException {
        YamlPropertiesFactoryBean factory = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
        factory.setResources(encodedResource.getResource());
-
        Properties properties = factory.getObject();

        return new PropertiesPropertySource(
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/interfaces/DatabaseBackupInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/interfaces/DatabaseBackupInterface.java
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
-
-public interface DatabaseBackupInterface {
-
-    void exportDatabase() throws IOException;
-
-    boolean importDatabase();
-
-    boolean hasBackup();
-
-    List<FileInfo> getBackupList();
-}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/interfaces/DatabaseInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/interfaces/DatabaseInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
+
+public interface DatabaseInterface {
+    void exportDatabase() throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException;
+
+    void importDatabase();
+
+    boolean hasBackup();
+
+    List<FileInfo> getBackupList();
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/CustomLogoutSuccessHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/CustomLogoutSuccessHandler.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.SPdfApplication;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.SPDFApplication;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CertificateUtils;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class CustomLogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHandler {

            // Construct URLs required for SAML configuration
            String serverUrl =
-                    SPdfApplication.getStaticBaseUrl() + ":" + SPdfApplication.getStaticPort();
+                    SPDFApplication.getStaticBaseUrl() + ":" + SPDFApplication.getStaticPort();

            String relyingPartyIdentifier =
                    serverUrl + "/saml2/service-provider-metadata/" + registrationId;
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/InitialSecuritySetup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/InitialSecuritySetup.java
@@ -1,49 +1,56 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;

-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.UUID;

 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseBackupInterface;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseInterface;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;

-@Component
@Slf4j
+@Component
 public class InitialSecuritySetup {

    private final UserService userService;

    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;

-    private final DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
+    private final DatabaseInterface databaseService;

    public InitialSecuritySetup(
            UserService userService,
            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
-            DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper) {
+            DatabaseInterface databaseService) {
        this.userService = userService;
        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-        this.databaseBackupHelper = databaseBackupHelper;
+        this.databaseService = databaseService;
    }

    @PostConstruct
-    public void init() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
-        if (databaseBackupHelper.hasBackup() && !userService.hasUsers()) {
-            databaseBackupHelper.importDatabase();
-        } else if (!userService.hasUsers()) {
-            initializeAdminUser();
-        } else {
-            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+    public void init() {
+        try {
+            if (databaseService.hasBackup()) {
+                databaseService.importDatabase();
+            }
+
+            if (!userService.hasUsers()) {
+                initializeAdminUser();
+            }
+
            userService.migrateOauth2ToSSO();
+            initializeInternalApiUser();
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException | SQLException | UnsupportedProviderException e) {
+            log.error("Failed to initialize security setup.", e);
+            System.exit(1);
        }
-        initializeInternalApiUser();
    }

-    private void initializeAdminUser() throws IOException {
+    private void initializeAdminUser() throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        String initialUsername =
                applicationProperties.getSecurity().getInitialLogin().getUsername();
        String initialPassword =
@@ -52,36 +59,34 @@ public class InitialSecuritySetup {
                && !initialUsername.isEmpty()
                && initialPassword != null
                && !initialPassword.isEmpty()
-                && !userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(initialUsername).isPresent()) {
-            try {
-                userService.saveUser(initialUsername, initialPassword, Role.ADMIN.getRoleId());
-                log.info("Admin user created: " + initialUsername);
-            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                log.error("Failed to initialize security setup", e);
-                System.exit(1);
-            }
+                && userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(initialUsername).isEmpty()) {
+
+            userService.saveUser(initialUsername, initialPassword, Role.ADMIN.getRoleId());
+            log.info("Admin user created: {}", initialUsername);
        } else {
            createDefaultAdminUser();
        }
    }

-    private void createDefaultAdminUser() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+    private void createDefaultAdminUser() throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        String defaultUsername = "admin";
        String defaultPassword = "stirling";
-        if (!userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(defaultUsername).isPresent()) {
+
+        if (userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(defaultUsername).isEmpty()) {
            userService.saveUser(defaultUsername, defaultPassword, Role.ADMIN.getRoleId(), true);
-            log.info("Default admin user created: " + defaultUsername);
+            log.info("Default admin user created: {}", defaultUsername);
        }
    }

-    private void initializeInternalApiUser() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+    private void initializeInternalApiUser()
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId())) {
            userService.saveUser(
                    Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId(),
                    UUID.randomUUID().toString(),
                    Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
            userService.addApiKeyToUser(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
-            log.info("Internal API user created: " + Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
+            log.info("Internal API user created: {}", Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
        }
        userService.syncCustomApiUser(applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCustomGlobalAPIKey());
    }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -1,39 +1,24 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;

-import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.*;

-import org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.AuthnRequest;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.DependsOn;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.EnableMethodSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
-import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
-import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.GrantedAuthoritiesMapper;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
-import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.ClientRegistration;
-import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.ClientRegistrationRepository;
-import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.ClientRegistrations;
-import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.InMemoryClientRegistrationRepository;
-import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2UserAuthority;
-import org.springframework.security.saml2.core.Saml2X509Credential;
-import org.springframework.security.saml2.core.Saml2X509Credential.Saml2X509CredentialType;
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.authentication.OpenSaml4AuthenticationProvider;
-import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.InMemoryRelyingPartyRegistrationRepository;
-import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.RelyingPartyRegistration;
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository;
-import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.Saml2MessageBinding;
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.web.authentication.OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter;
@@ -43,24 +28,16 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.csrf.CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.NullRequestCache;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;

-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2AuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2UserService;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CertificateUtils;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2AuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2.Client;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.SAML2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GithubProvider;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GoogleProvider;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.KeycloakProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.JPATokenRepositoryImpl;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.PersistentLoginRepository;

@@ -72,7 +49,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.PersistentLoginRepository;
 public class SecurityConfiguration {

    private final CustomUserDetailsService userDetailsService;
-    @Lazy private final UserService userService;
+    private final UserService userService;

    @Qualifier("loginEnabled")
    private final boolean loginEnabledValue;
@@ -86,16 +63,10 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
    private final FirstLoginFilter firstLoginFilter;
    private final SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
    private final PersistentLoginRepository persistentLoginRepository;
+    private final GrantedAuthoritiesMapper oAuth2userAuthoritiesMapper;
+    private final RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository saml2RelyingPartyRegistrations;
+    private final OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver saml2AuthenticationRequestResolver;

-    //    // Only Dev test
-    //    @Bean
-    //    public WebSecurityCustomizer webSecurityCustomizer() {
-    //        return (web) ->
-    //                web.ignoring()
-    //                        .requestMatchers(
-    //                                "/css/**", "/images/**", "/js/**", "/**.svg",
-    // "/pdfjs-legacy/**");
-    //    }
    public SecurityConfiguration(
            PersistentLoginRepository persistentLoginRepository,
            CustomUserDetailsService userDetailsService,
@@ -106,7 +77,12 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
            UserAuthenticationFilter userAuthenticationFilter,
            LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService,
            FirstLoginFilter firstLoginFilter,
-            SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry) {
+            SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry,
+            @Autowired(required = false) GrantedAuthoritiesMapper oAuth2userAuthoritiesMapper,
+            @Autowired(required = false)
+                    RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository saml2RelyingPartyRegistrations,
+            @Autowired(required = false)
+                    OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver saml2AuthenticationRequestResolver) {
        this.userDetailsService = userDetailsService;
        this.userService = userService;
        this.loginEnabledValue = loginEnabledValue;
@@ -117,6 +93,9 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
        this.firstLoginFilter = firstLoginFilter;
        this.sessionRegistry = sessionRegistry;
        this.persistentLoginRepository = persistentLoginRepository;
+        this.oAuth2userAuthoritiesMapper = oAuth2userAuthoritiesMapper;
+        this.saml2RelyingPartyRegistrations = saml2RelyingPartyRegistrations;
+        this.saml2AuthenticationRequestResolver = saml2AuthenticationRequestResolver;
    }

    @Bean
@@ -274,7 +253,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                                                                userService,
                                                                                loginAttemptService))
                                                                .userAuthoritiesMapper(
-                                                                        userAuthoritiesMapper()))
+                                                                        oAuth2userAuthoritiesMapper))
                                        .permitAll());
            }
            // Handle SAML
@@ -291,7 +270,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                    try {
                                        saml2.loginPage("/saml2")
                                                .relyingPartyRegistrationRepository(
-                                                        relyingPartyRegistrations())
+                                                        saml2RelyingPartyRegistrations)
                                                .authenticationManager(
                                                        new ProviderManager(authenticationProvider))
                                                .successHandler(
@@ -302,8 +281,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                                .failureHandler(
                                                        new CustomSaml2AuthenticationFailureHandler())
                                                .authenticationRequestResolver(
-                                                        authenticationRequestResolver(
-                                                                relyingPartyRegistrations()));
+                                                        saml2AuthenticationRequestResolver);
                                    } catch (Exception e) {
                                        log.error("Error configuring SAML2 login", e);
                                        throw new RuntimeException(e);
@@ -311,244 +289,11 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                });
            }
        } else {
-            //            if (!applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCsrfDisabled()) {
-            //                CookieCsrfTokenRepository cookieRepo =
-            //                        CookieCsrfTokenRepository.withHttpOnlyFalse();
-            //                CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler requestHandler =
-            //                        new CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler();
-            //                requestHandler.setCsrfRequestAttributeName(null);
-            //                http.csrf(
-            //                        csrf ->
-            //                                csrf.csrfTokenRepository(cookieRepo)
-            //                                        .csrfTokenRequestHandler(requestHandler));
-            //            }
            http.authorizeHttpRequests(authz -> authz.anyRequest().permitAll());
        }
        return http.build();
    }

-    @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnProperty(
-            value = "security.oauth2.enabled",
-            havingValue = "true",
-            matchIfMissing = false)
-    public ClientRegistrationRepository clientRegistrationRepository() {
-        List<ClientRegistration> registrations = new ArrayList<>();
-        githubClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
-        oidcClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
-        googleClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
-        keycloakClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
-        if (registrations.isEmpty()) {
-            log.error("At least one OAuth2 provider must be configured");
-            System.exit(1);
-        }
-        return new InMemoryClientRegistrationRepository(registrations);
-    }
-
-    private Optional<ClientRegistration> googleClientRegistration() {
-        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
-        if (oauth == null || !oauth.getEnabled()) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-        Client client = oauth.getClient();
-        if (client == null) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-        GoogleProvider google = client.getGoogle();
-        return google != null && google.isSettingsValid()
-                ? Optional.of(
-                        ClientRegistration.withRegistrationId(google.getName())
-                                .clientId(google.getClientId())
-                                .clientSecret(google.getClientSecret())
-                                .scope(google.getScopes())
-                                .authorizationUri(google.getAuthorizationuri())
-                                .tokenUri(google.getTokenuri())
-                                .userInfoUri(google.getUserinfouri())
-                                .userNameAttributeName(google.getUseAsUsername())
-                                .clientName(google.getClientName())
-                                .redirectUri("{baseUrl}/login/oauth2/code/" + google.getName())
-                                .authorizationGrantType(
-                                        org.springframework.security.oauth2.core
-                                                .AuthorizationGrantType.AUTHORIZATION_CODE)
-                                .build())
-                : Optional.empty();
-    }
-
-    private Optional<ClientRegistration> keycloakClientRegistration() {
-        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
-        if (oauth == null || !oauth.getEnabled()) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-        Client client = oauth.getClient();
-        if (client == null) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-        KeycloakProvider keycloak = client.getKeycloak();
-        return keycloak != null && keycloak.isSettingsValid()
-                ? Optional.of(
-                        ClientRegistrations.fromIssuerLocation(keycloak.getIssuer())
-                                .registrationId(keycloak.getName())
-                                .clientId(keycloak.getClientId())
-                                .clientSecret(keycloak.getClientSecret())
-                                .scope(keycloak.getScopes())
-                                .userNameAttributeName(keycloak.getUseAsUsername())
-                                .clientName(keycloak.getClientName())
-                                .build())
-                : Optional.empty();
-    }
-
-    private Optional<ClientRegistration> githubClientRegistration() {
-        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
-        if (oauth == null || !oauth.getEnabled()) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-        Client client = oauth.getClient();
-        if (client == null) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-        GithubProvider github = client.getGithub();
-        return github != null && github.isSettingsValid()
-                ? Optional.of(
-                        ClientRegistration.withRegistrationId(github.getName())
-                                .clientId(github.getClientId())
-                                .clientSecret(github.getClientSecret())
-                                .scope(github.getScopes())
-                                .authorizationUri(github.getAuthorizationuri())
-                                .tokenUri(github.getTokenuri())
-                                .userInfoUri(github.getUserinfouri())
-                                .userNameAttributeName(github.getUseAsUsername())
-                                .clientName(github.getClientName())
-                                .redirectUri("{baseUrl}/login/oauth2/code/" + github.getName())
-                                .authorizationGrantType(
-                                        org.springframework.security.oauth2.core
-                                                .AuthorizationGrantType.AUTHORIZATION_CODE)
-                                .build())
-                : Optional.empty();
-    }
-
-    private Optional<ClientRegistration> oidcClientRegistration() {
-        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
-        if (oauth == null
-                || oauth.getIssuer() == null
-                || oauth.getIssuer().isEmpty()
-                || oauth.getClientId() == null
-                || oauth.getClientId().isEmpty()
-                || oauth.getClientSecret() == null
-                || oauth.getClientSecret().isEmpty()
-                || oauth.getScopes() == null
-                || oauth.getScopes().isEmpty()
-                || oauth.getUseAsUsername() == null
-                || oauth.getUseAsUsername().isEmpty()) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-        return Optional.of(
-                ClientRegistrations.fromIssuerLocation(oauth.getIssuer())
-                        .registrationId("oidc")
-                        .clientId(oauth.getClientId())
-                        .clientSecret(oauth.getClientSecret())
-                        .scope(oauth.getScopes())
-                        .userNameAttributeName(oauth.getUseAsUsername())
-                        .clientName("OIDC")
-                        .build());
-    }
-
-    @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnProperty(
-            name = "security.saml2.enabled",
-            havingValue = "true",
-            matchIfMissing = false)
-    public RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository relyingPartyRegistrations() throws Exception {
-        SAML2 samlConf = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getSaml2();
-        X509Certificate idpCert = CertificateUtils.readCertificate(samlConf.getidpCert());
-        Saml2X509Credential verificationCredential = Saml2X509Credential.verification(idpCert);
-        Resource privateKeyResource = samlConf.getPrivateKey();
-        Resource certificateResource = samlConf.getSpCert();
-        Saml2X509Credential signingCredential =
-                new Saml2X509Credential(
-                        CertificateUtils.readPrivateKey(privateKeyResource),
-                        CertificateUtils.readCertificate(certificateResource),
-                        Saml2X509CredentialType.SIGNING);
-        RelyingPartyRegistration rp =
-                RelyingPartyRegistration.withRegistrationId(samlConf.getRegistrationId())
-                        .signingX509Credentials(c -> c.add(signingCredential))
-                        .assertingPartyMetadata(
-                                metadata ->
-                                        metadata.entityId(samlConf.getIdpIssuer())
-                                                .singleSignOnServiceLocation(
-                                                        samlConf.getIdpSingleLoginUrl())
-                                                .verificationX509Credentials(
-                                                        c -> c.add(verificationCredential))
-                                                .singleSignOnServiceBinding(
-                                                        Saml2MessageBinding.POST)
-                                                .wantAuthnRequestsSigned(true))
-                        .build();
-        return new InMemoryRelyingPartyRegistrationRepository(rp);
-    }
-
-    @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnProperty(
-            name = "security.saml2.enabled",
-            havingValue = "true",
-            matchIfMissing = false)
-    public OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver authenticationRequestResolver(
-            RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository relyingPartyRegistrationRepository) {
-        OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver resolver =
-                new OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver(relyingPartyRegistrationRepository);
-        resolver.setAuthnRequestCustomizer(
-                customizer -> {
-                    log.debug("Customizing SAML Authentication request");
-                    AuthnRequest authnRequest = customizer.getAuthnRequest();
-                    log.debug("AuthnRequest ID: {}", authnRequest.getID());
-                    if (authnRequest.getID() == null) {
-                        authnRequest.setID("ARQ" + UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-                    }
-                    log.debug("AuthnRequest new ID after set: {}", authnRequest.getID());
-                    log.debug("AuthnRequest IssueInstant: {}", authnRequest.getIssueInstant());
-                    log.debug(
-                            "AuthnRequest Issuer: {}",
-                            authnRequest.getIssuer() != null
-                                    ? authnRequest.getIssuer().getValue()
-                                    : "null");
-                    HttpServletRequest request = customizer.getRequest();
-                    // Log HTTP request details
-                    log.debug("HTTP Request Method: {}", request.getMethod());
-                    log.debug("Request URI: {}", request.getRequestURI());
-                    log.debug("Request URL: {}", request.getRequestURL().toString());
-                    log.debug("Query String: {}", request.getQueryString());
-                    log.debug("Remote Address: {}", request.getRemoteAddr());
-                    // Log headers
-                    Collections.list(request.getHeaderNames())
-                            .forEach(
-                                    headerName -> {
-                                        log.debug(
-                                                "Header - {}: {}",
-                                                headerName,
-                                                request.getHeader(headerName));
-                                    });
-                    // Log SAML specific parameters
-                    log.debug("SAML Request Parameters:");
-                    log.debug("SAMLRequest: {}", request.getParameter("SAMLRequest"));
-                    log.debug("RelayState: {}", request.getParameter("RelayState"));
-                    // Log session debugrmation if exists
-                    if (request.getSession(false) != null) {
-                        log.debug("Session ID: {}", request.getSession().getId());
-                    }
-                    // Log any assertions consumer service details if present
-                    if (authnRequest.getAssertionConsumerServiceURL() != null) {
-                        log.debug(
-                                "AssertionConsumerServiceURL: {}",
-                                authnRequest.getAssertionConsumerServiceURL());
-                    }
-                    // Log NameID policy if present
-                    if (authnRequest.getNameIDPolicy() != null) {
-                        log.debug(
-                                "NameIDPolicy Format: {}",
-                                authnRequest.getNameIDPolicy().getFormat());
-                    }
-                });
-        return resolver;
-    }
-
    public DaoAuthenticationProvider daoAuthenticationProvider() {
        DaoAuthenticationProvider provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
        provider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService);
@@ -556,46 +301,6 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
        return provider;
    }

-    /*
-    This following function is to grant Authorities to the OAUTH2 user from the values stored in the database.
-    This is required for the internal; 'hasRole()' function to give out the correct role.
-     */
-    @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnProperty(
-            value = "security.oauth2.enabled",
-            havingValue = "true",
-            matchIfMissing = false)
-    GrantedAuthoritiesMapper userAuthoritiesMapper() {
-        return (authorities) -> {
-            Set<GrantedAuthority> mappedAuthorities = new HashSet<>();
-            authorities.forEach(
-                    authority -> {
-                        // Add existing OAUTH2 Authorities
-                        mappedAuthorities.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority(authority.getAuthority()));
-                        // Add Authorities from database for existing user, if user is present.
-                        if (authority instanceof OAuth2UserAuthority oauth2Auth) {
-                            String useAsUsername =
-                                    applicationProperties
-                                            .getSecurity()
-                                            .getOauth2()
-                                            .getUseAsUsername();
-                            Optional<User> userOpt =
-                                    userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(
-                                            (String) oauth2Auth.getAttributes().get(useAsUsername));
-                            if (userOpt.isPresent()) {
-                                User user = userOpt.get();
-                                if (user != null) {
-                                    mappedAuthorities.add(
-                                            new SimpleGrantedAuthority(
-                                                    userService.findRole(user).getAuthority()));
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    });
-            return mappedAuthorities;
-        };
-    }
-
    @Bean
    public IPRateLimitingFilter rateLimitingFilter() {
        // Example limit TODO add config level
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserAuthenticationFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserAuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -22,22 +22,31 @@ import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApiKeyAuthenticationToken;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.SAML2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;

+@Slf4j
@Component
 public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {

+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
    private final UserService userService;
    private final SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
    private final boolean loginEnabledValue;

    public UserAuthenticationFilter(
+            @Lazy ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
            @Lazy UserService userService,
            SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry,
            @Qualifier("loginEnabled") boolean loginEnabledValue) {
+        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
        this.userService = userService;
        this.sessionPersistentRegistry = sessionPersistentRegistry;
        this.loginEnabledValue = loginEnabledValue;
@@ -121,33 +130,67 @@ public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {

        // Check if the authenticated user is disabled and invalidate their session if so
        if (authentication != null && authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
+
+            Security securityProp = applicationProperties.getSecurity();
+            LoginMethod loginMethod = LoginMethod.UNKNOWN;
+
+            boolean blockRegistration = false;
+
+            // Extract username and determine the login method
            Object principal = authentication.getPrincipal();
            String username = null;
            if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
                username = ((UserDetails) principal).getUsername();
+                loginMethod = LoginMethod.USERDETAILS;
            } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
                username = ((OAuth2User) principal).getName();
+                loginMethod = LoginMethod.OAUTH2USER;
+                OAUTH2 oAuth = securityProp.getOauth2();
+                blockRegistration = oAuth != null && oAuth.getBlockRegistration();
            } else if (principal instanceof CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal) {
                username = ((CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal) principal).getName();
+                loginMethod = LoginMethod.SAML2USER;
+                SAML2 saml2 = securityProp.getSaml2();
+                blockRegistration = saml2 != null && saml2.getBlockRegistration();
            } else if (principal instanceof String) {
                username = (String) principal;
+                loginMethod = LoginMethod.STRINGUSER;
            }

+            // Retrieve all active sessions for the user
            List<SessionInformation> sessionsInformations =
                    sessionPersistentRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false);

+            // Check if the user exists, is disabled, or needs session invalidation
            if (username != null) {
+                log.debug("Validating user: {}", username);
                boolean isUserExists = userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username);
                boolean isUserDisabled = userService.isUserDisabled(username);

+                boolean notSsoLogin =
+                        !loginMethod.equals(LoginMethod.OAUTH2USER)
+                                && !loginMethod.equals(LoginMethod.SAML2USER);
+
+                // Block user registration if not allowed by configuration
+                if (blockRegistration && !isUserExists) {
+                    log.warn("Blocked registration for OAuth2/SAML user: {}", username);
+                    response.sendRedirect(
+                            request.getContextPath() + "/logout?oauth2_admin_blocked_user=true");
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                // Expire sessions and logout if the user does not exist or is disabled
                if (!isUserExists || isUserDisabled) {
+                    log.info(
+                            "Invalidating session for disabled or non-existent user: {}", username);
                    for (SessionInformation sessionsInformation : sessionsInformations) {
                        sessionsInformation.expireNow();
                        sessionPersistentRegistry.expireSession(sessionsInformation.getSessionId());
                    }
                }

-                if (!isUserExists) {
+                // Redirect to logout if credentials are invalid
+                if (!isUserExists && notSsoLogin) {
                    response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/logout?badcredentials=true");
                    return;
                }
@@ -161,6 +204,25 @@ public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
        filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
    }

+    private enum LoginMethod {
+        USERDETAILS("UserDetails"),
+        OAUTH2USER("OAuth2User"),
+        STRINGUSER("StringUser"),
+        UNKNOWN("Unknown"),
+        SAML2USER("Saml2User");
+
+        private String method;
+
+        LoginMethod(String method) {
+            this.method = method;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return method;
+        }
+    }
+
    @Override
    protected boolean shouldNotFilter(HttpServletRequest request) throws ServletException {
        String uri = request.getRequestURI();
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserService.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;

 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;

@@ -20,11 +21,12 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseBackupInterface;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseInterface;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.pipeline.UserServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.*;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.AuthorityRepository;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.UserRepository;

@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {

    private final SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;

-    private final DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
+    private final DatabaseInterface databaseService;

    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;

@@ -52,14 +54,14 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
            PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder,
            MessageSource messageSource,
            SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry,
-            DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper,
+            DatabaseInterface databaseService,
            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
        this.userRepository = userRepository;
        this.authorityRepository = authorityRepository;
        this.passwordEncoder = passwordEncoder;
        this.messageSource = messageSource;
        this.sessionRegistry = sessionRegistry;
-        this.databaseBackupHelper = databaseBackupHelper;
+        this.databaseService = databaseService;
        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
    }

@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {

    // Handle OAUTH2 login and user auto creation.
    public boolean processSSOPostLogin(String username, boolean autoCreateUser)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
            return false;
        }
@@ -163,12 +165,12 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
    }

    public void saveUser(String username, AuthenticationType authenticationType)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        saveUser(username, authenticationType, Role.USER.getRoleId());
    }

    public void saveUser(String username, AuthenticationType authenticationType, String role)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
        }
@@ -179,11 +181,11 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
        user.addAuthority(new Authority(role, user));
        user.setAuthenticationType(authenticationType);
        userRepository.save(user);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

    public void saveUser(String username, String password)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
        }
@@ -193,11 +195,11 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
        user.setEnabled(true);
        user.setAuthenticationType(AuthenticationType.WEB);
        userRepository.save(user);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

    public void saveUser(String username, String password, String role, boolean firstLogin)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
        }
@@ -209,11 +211,11 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
        user.setAuthenticationType(AuthenticationType.WEB);
        user.setFirstLogin(firstLogin);
        userRepository.save(user);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

    public void saveUser(String username, String password, String role)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        saveUser(username, password, role, false);
    }

@@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
    }

    public void updateUserSettings(String username, Map<String, String> updates)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        Optional<User> userOpt = findByUsernameIgnoreCaseWithSettings(username);
        if (userOpt.isPresent()) {
            User user = userOpt.get();
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
            settingsMap.putAll(updates);
            user.setSettings(settingsMap);
            userRepository.save(user);
-            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+            databaseService.exportDatabase();
        }
    }

@@ -280,38 +282,45 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
    }

    public void changeUsername(User user, String newUsername)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException,
+                    IOException,
+                    SQLException,
+                    UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!isUsernameValid(newUsername)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
        }
        user.setUsername(newUsername);
        userRepository.save(user);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

-    public void changePassword(User user, String newPassword) throws IOException {
+    public void changePassword(User user, String newPassword)
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        user.setPassword(passwordEncoder.encode(newPassword));
        userRepository.save(user);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

-    public void changeFirstUse(User user, boolean firstUse) throws IOException {
+    public void changeFirstUse(User user, boolean firstUse)
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        user.setFirstLogin(firstUse);
        userRepository.save(user);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

-    public void changeRole(User user, String newRole) throws IOException {
+    public void changeRole(User user, String newRole)
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        Authority userAuthority = this.findRole(user);
        userAuthority.setAuthority(newRole);
        authorityRepository.save(userAuthority);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

-    public void changeUserEnabled(User user, Boolean enbeled) throws IOException {
+    public void changeUserEnabled(User user, Boolean enbeled)
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        user.setEnabled(enbeled);
        userRepository.save(user);
-        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }

    public boolean isPasswordCorrect(User user, String currentPassword) {
@@ -397,7 +406,8 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
    }

    @Transactional
-    public void syncCustomApiUser(String customApiKey) throws IOException {
+    public void syncCustomApiUser(String customApiKey)
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (customApiKey == null || customApiKey.trim().length() == 0) {
            return;
        }
@@ -414,14 +424,14 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
            user.setApiKey(customApiKey);
            user.addAuthority(new Authority(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId(), user));
            userRepository.save(user);
-            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+            databaseService.exportDatabase();
        } else {
            // Update API key if it has changed
            User user = existingUser.get();
            if (!customApiKey.equals(user.getApiKey())) {
                user.setApiKey(customApiKey);
                userRepository.save(user);
-                databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+                databaseService.exportDatabase();
            }
        }
    }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseBackupHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseBackupHelper.java
@@ -1,232 +0,0 @@
-package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
-import java.sql.*;
-import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.time.ZoneId;
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseBackupInterface;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
-
-@Slf4j
-@Configuration
-public class DatabaseBackupHelper implements DatabaseBackupInterface {
-
-    @Value("${spring.datasource.url}")
-    private String url;
-
-    @Value("${spring.datasource.username}")
-    private String databaseUsername;
-
-    @Value("${spring.datasource.password}")
-    private String databasePassword;
-
-    private Path backupPath = Paths.get("configs/db/backup/");
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasBackup() {
-        // Check if there is at least one backup
-        return !getBackupList().isEmpty();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<FileInfo> getBackupList() {
-        // Check if the backup directory exists, and create it if it does not
-        ensureBackupDirectoryExists();
-
-        List<FileInfo> backupFiles = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        // Read the backup directory and filter for files with the prefix "backup_" and suffix
-        // ".sql"
-        try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream =
-                Files.newDirectoryStream(
-                        backupPath,
-                        path ->
-                                path.getFileName().toString().startsWith("backup_")
-                                        && path.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".sql"))) {
-            for (Path entry : stream) {
-                BasicFileAttributes attrs = Files.readAttributes(entry, BasicFileAttributes.class);
-                LocalDateTime modificationDate =
-                        LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
-                                attrs.lastModifiedTime().toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
-                LocalDateTime creationDate =
-                        LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
-                                attrs.creationTime().toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
-                long fileSize = attrs.size();
-                backupFiles.add(
-                        new FileInfo(
-                                entry.getFileName().toString(),
-                                entry.toString(),
-                                modificationDate,
-                                fileSize,
-                                creationDate));
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Error reading backup directory: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-        return backupFiles;
-    }
-
-    // Imports a database backup from the specified file.
-    public boolean importDatabaseFromUI(String fileName) throws IOException {
-        return this.importDatabaseFromUI(getBackupFilePath(fileName));
-    }
-
-    // Imports a database backup from the specified path.
-    public boolean importDatabaseFromUI(Path tempTemplatePath) throws IOException {
-        boolean success = executeDatabaseScript(tempTemplatePath);
-        if (success) {
-            LocalDateTime dateNow = LocalDateTime.now();
-            DateTimeFormatter myFormatObj = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmm");
-            Path insertOutputFilePath =
-                    this.getBackupFilePath("backup_user_" + dateNow.format(myFormatObj) + ".sql");
-            Files.copy(tempTemplatePath, insertOutputFilePath);
-            Files.deleteIfExists(tempTemplatePath);
-        }
-        return success;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean importDatabase() {
-        if (!this.hasBackup()) return false;
-
-        List<FileInfo> backupList = this.getBackupList();
-        backupList.sort(Comparator.comparing(FileInfo::getModificationDate).reversed());
-
-        return executeDatabaseScript(Paths.get(backupList.get(0).getFilePath()));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void exportDatabase() throws IOException {
-        // Check if the backup directory exists, and create it if it does not
-        ensureBackupDirectoryExists();
-
-        // Filter and delete old backups if there are more than 5
-        List<FileInfo> filteredBackupList =
-                this.getBackupList().stream()
-                        .filter(backup -> !backup.getFileName().startsWith("backup_user_"))
-                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
-
-        if (filteredBackupList.size() > 5) {
-            filteredBackupList.sort(
-                    Comparator.comparing(
-                            p -> p.getFileName().substring(7, p.getFileName().length() - 4)));
-            Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(filteredBackupList.get(0).getFilePath()));
-            log.info("Deleted oldest backup: {}", filteredBackupList.get(0).getFileName());
-        }
-
-        LocalDateTime dateNow = LocalDateTime.now();
-        DateTimeFormatter myFormatObj = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmm");
-        Path insertOutputFilePath =
-                this.getBackupFilePath("backup_" + dateNow.format(myFormatObj) + ".sql");
-        String query = "SCRIPT SIMPLE COLUMNS DROP to ?;";
-
-        try (Connection conn =
-                        DriverManager.getConnection(url, databaseUsername, databasePassword);
-                PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(query)) {
-            stmt.setString(1, insertOutputFilePath.toString());
-            stmt.execute();
-            log.info("Database export completed: {}", insertOutputFilePath);
-        } catch (SQLException e) {
-            log.error("Error during database export: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Retrieves the H2 database version.
-    public String getH2Version() {
-        String version = "Unknown";
-        try (Connection conn =
-                DriverManager.getConnection(url, databaseUsername, databasePassword)) {
-            try (Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-                    ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT H2VERSION() AS version")) {
-                if (rs.next()) {
-                    version = rs.getString("version");
-                    log.info("H2 Database Version: {}", version);
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (SQLException e) {
-            log.error("Error retrieving H2 version: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-        return version;
-    }
-
-    // Deletes a backup file.
-    public boolean deleteBackupFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
-        if (!isValidFileName(fileName)) {
-            log.error("Invalid file name: {}", fileName);
-            return false;
-        }
-        Path filePath = this.getBackupFilePath(fileName);
-        if (Files.deleteIfExists(filePath)) {
-            log.info("Deleted backup file: {}", fileName);
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            log.error("File not found or could not be deleted: {}", fileName);
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Gets the Path object for a given backup file name.
-    public Path getBackupFilePath(String fileName) {
-        Path filePath = Paths.get(backupPath.toString(), fileName).normalize();
-        if (!filePath.startsWith(backupPath)) {
-            throw new SecurityException("Path traversal detected");
-        }
-        return filePath;
-    }
-
-    private boolean executeDatabaseScript(Path scriptPath) {
-        String query = "RUNSCRIPT from ?;";
-
-        try (Connection conn =
-                        DriverManager.getConnection(url, databaseUsername, databasePassword);
-                PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(query)) {
-            stmt.setString(1, scriptPath.toString());
-            stmt.execute();
-            log.info("Database import completed: {}", scriptPath);
-            return true;
-        } catch (SQLException e) {
-            log.error("Error during database import: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void ensureBackupDirectoryExists() {
-        if (Files.notExists(backupPath)) {
-            try {
-                Files.createDirectories(backupPath);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error("Error creating directories: {}", e.getMessage());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean isValidFileName(String fileName) {
-        // Check for invalid characters or sequences
-        return fileName != null
-                && !fileName.contains("..")
-                && !fileName.contains("/")
-                && !fileName.contains("\\")
-                && !fileName.contains(":")
-                && !fileName.contains("*")
-                && !fileName.contains("?")
-                && !fileName.contains("\"")
-                && !fileName.contains("<")
-                && !fileName.contains(">")
-                && !fileName.contains("|");
-    }
-}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DataSourceBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Getter
+@Configuration
+public class DatabaseConfig {
+
+    public static final String DATASOURCE_DEFAULT_URL =
+            "jdbc:h2:file:./configs/stirling-pdf-DB-2.3.232;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE";
+    public static final String DATASOURCE_URL_TEMPLATE = "jdbc:%s://%s:%4d/%s";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_DRIVER = "org.h2.Driver";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_USERNAME = "sa";
+    public static final String POSTGRES_DRIVER = "org.postgresql.Driver";
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    private final boolean runningEE;
+
+    public DatabaseConfig(
+            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
+            @Qualifier("runningEE") boolean runningEE) {
+        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
+        this.runningEE = runningEE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the <code>DataSource</code> for the connection to the DB. If <code>useDefault</code>
+     * is set to <code>true</code>, it will use the default H2 DB. If it is set to <code>false
+     * </code>, it will use the user's custom configuration set in the settings.yml.
+     *
+     * @return a <code>DataSource</code> using the configuration settings in the settings.yml
+     * @throws UnsupportedProviderException if the type of database selected is not supported
+     */
+    @Bean
+    @Qualifier("dataSource")
+    public DataSource dataSource() throws UnsupportedProviderException {
+        DataSourceBuilder<?> dataSourceBuilder = DataSourceBuilder.create();
+
+        if (!runningEE) {
+            return useDefaultDataSource(dataSourceBuilder);
+        }
+
+        ApplicationProperties.System system = applicationProperties.getSystem();
+        ApplicationProperties.Datasource datasource = system.getDatasource();
+
+        if (!datasource.isEnableCustomDatabase()) {
+            return useDefaultDataSource(dataSourceBuilder);
+        }
+
+        log.info("Using custom database configuration");
+
+        if (!datasource.getCustomDatabaseUrl().isBlank()) {
+            if (datasource.getCustomDatabaseUrl().contains("postgresql")) {
+                dataSourceBuilder.driverClassName(POSTGRES_DRIVER);
+            }
+
+            dataSourceBuilder.url(datasource.getCustomDatabaseUrl());
+        } else {
+            dataSourceBuilder.driverClassName(getDriverClassName(datasource.getType()));
+            dataSourceBuilder.url(
+                    generateCustomDataSourceUrl(
+                            datasource.getType(),
+                            datasource.getHostName(),
+                            datasource.getPort(),
+                            datasource.getName()));
+        }
+        dataSourceBuilder.username(datasource.getUsername());
+        dataSourceBuilder.password(datasource.getPassword());
+
+        return dataSourceBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    private DataSource useDefaultDataSource(DataSourceBuilder<?> dataSourceBuilder) {
+        log.info("Using default H2 database");
+
+        dataSourceBuilder.url(DATASOURCE_DEFAULT_URL);
+        dataSourceBuilder.username(DEFAULT_USERNAME);
+
+        return dataSourceBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate the URL the <code>DataSource</code> will use to connect to the database
+     *
+     * @param dataSourceType the type of the database
+     * @param hostname the host name
+     * @param port the port number to use for the database
+     * @param dataSourceName the name the database to connect to
+     * @return the <code>DataSource</code> URL
+     */
+    private String generateCustomDataSourceUrl(
+            String dataSourceType, String hostname, Integer port, String dataSourceName) {
+        return DATASOURCE_URL_TEMPLATE.formatted(dataSourceType, hostname, port, dataSourceName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Selects the database driver based on the type of database chosen.
+     *
+     * @param driverName the type of the driver (e.g. 'h2', 'postgresql')
+     * @return the fully qualified driver for the database chosen
+     * @throws UnsupportedProviderException when an unsupported database is selected
+     */
+    private String getDriverClassName(String driverName) throws UnsupportedProviderException {
+        try {
+            ApplicationProperties.Driver driver =
+                    ApplicationProperties.Driver.valueOf(driverName.toUpperCase());
+
+            switch (driver) {
+                case H2 -> {
+                    log.debug("H2 driver selected");
+                    return DEFAULT_DRIVER;
+                }
+                case POSTGRESQL -> {
+                    log.debug("Postgres driver selected");
+                    return POSTGRES_DRIVER;
+                }
+                default -> {
+                    log.warn("{} driver selected", driverName);
+                    throw new UnsupportedProviderException(
+                            driverName + " is not currently supported");
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            log.warn("Unknown driver: {}", driverName);
+            throw new UnsupportedProviderException(driverName + " is not currently supported");
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.CannotReadScriptException;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ScriptException;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseInterface;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.exception.BackupNotFoundException;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Service
+public class DatabaseService implements DatabaseInterface {
+
+    public static final String BACKUP_PREFIX = "backup_";
+    public static final String SQL_SUFFIX = ".sql";
+    private static final String BACKUP_DIR = "configs/db/backup/";
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    private final DataSource dataSource;
+
+    public DatabaseService(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties, DataSource dataSource) {
+        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
+        this.dataSource = dataSource;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if there is at least one backup. First checks if the directory exists, then checks if
+     * there are backup scripts within the directory
+     *
+     * @return true if there are backup scripts, false if there are not
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasBackup() {
+        Path filePath = Paths.get(BACKUP_DIR);
+
+        if (Files.exists(filePath)) {
+            return !getBackupList().isEmpty();
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read the backup directory and filter for files with the prefix "backup_" and suffix ".sql"
+     *
+     * @return a <code>List</code> of backup files
+     */
+    @Override
+    public List<FileInfo> getBackupList() {
+        List<FileInfo> backupFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        if (isH2Database()) {
+            Path backupPath = Paths.get(BACKUP_DIR);
+
+            try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream =
+                    Files.newDirectoryStream(
+                            backupPath,
+                            path ->
+                                    path.getFileName().toString().startsWith(BACKUP_PREFIX)
+                                            && path.getFileName()
+                                                    .toString()
+                                                    .endsWith(SQL_SUFFIX))) {
+                for (Path entry : stream) {
+                    BasicFileAttributes attrs =
+                            Files.readAttributes(entry, BasicFileAttributes.class);
+                    LocalDateTime modificationDate =
+                            LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
+                                    attrs.lastModifiedTime().toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+                    LocalDateTime creationDate =
+                            LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
+                                    attrs.creationTime().toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+                    long fileSize = attrs.size();
+                    backupFiles.add(
+                            new FileInfo(
+                                    entry.getFileName().toString(),
+                                    entry.toString(),
+                                    modificationDate,
+                                    fileSize,
+                                    creationDate));
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Error reading backup directory: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return backupFiles;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void importDatabase() {
+        if (!hasBackup()) throw new BackupNotFoundException("No backup scripts were found.");
+
+        List<FileInfo> backupList = this.getBackupList();
+        backupList.sort(Comparator.comparing(FileInfo::getModificationDate).reversed());
+
+        Path latestExport = Paths.get(backupList.get(0).getFilePath());
+
+        executeDatabaseScript(latestExport);
+    }
+
+    /** Imports a database backup from the specified file. */
+    public boolean importDatabaseFromUI(String fileName) {
+        try {
+            importDatabaseFromUI(getBackupFilePath(fileName));
+            return true;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error(
+                    "Error importing database from file: {}, message: {}",
+                    fileName,
+                    e.getMessage(),
+                    e.getCause());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Imports a database backup from the specified path. */
+    public boolean importDatabaseFromUI(Path tempTemplatePath) throws IOException {
+        executeDatabaseScript(tempTemplatePath);
+        LocalDateTime dateNow = LocalDateTime.now();
+        DateTimeFormatter myFormatObj = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmm");
+        Path insertOutputFilePath =
+                this.getBackupFilePath(
+                        BACKUP_PREFIX + "user_" + dateNow.format(myFormatObj) + SQL_SUFFIX);
+        Files.copy(tempTemplatePath, insertOutputFilePath);
+        Files.deleteIfExists(tempTemplatePath);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exportDatabase() {
+        List<FileInfo> filteredBackupList =
+                this.getBackupList().stream()
+                        .filter(backup -> !backup.getFileName().startsWith(BACKUP_PREFIX + "user_"))
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        if (filteredBackupList.size() > 5) {
+            deleteOldestBackup(filteredBackupList);
+        }
+
+        LocalDateTime dateNow = LocalDateTime.now();
+        DateTimeFormatter myFormatObj = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmm");
+        Path insertOutputFilePath =
+                this.getBackupFilePath(BACKUP_PREFIX + dateNow.format(myFormatObj) + SQL_SUFFIX);
+
+        if (isH2Database()) {
+            String query = "SCRIPT SIMPLE COLUMNS DROP to ?;";
+
+            try (Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection();
+                    PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(query)) {
+                stmt.setString(1, insertOutputFilePath.toString());
+                stmt.execute();
+            } catch (SQLException e) {
+                log.error("Error during database export: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+            } catch (CannotReadScriptException e) {
+                log.error("Error during database export: File {} not found", insertOutputFilePath);
+            }
+
+            log.info("Database export completed: {}", insertOutputFilePath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void deleteOldestBackup(List<FileInfo> filteredBackupList) {
+        try {
+            filteredBackupList.sort(
+                    Comparator.comparing(
+                            p -> p.getFileName().substring(7, p.getFileName().length() - 4)));
+
+            FileInfo oldestFile = filteredBackupList.get(0);
+            Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(oldestFile.getFilePath()));
+            log.info("Deleted oldest backup: {}", oldestFile.getFileName());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Unable to delete oldest backup, message: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the H2 database version.
+     *
+     * @return <code>String</code> of the H2 version
+     */
+    public String getH2Version() {
+        String version = "Unknown";
+
+        if (isH2Database()) {
+            try (Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection()) {
+                try (Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+                        ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT H2VERSION() AS version")) {
+                    if (rs.next()) {
+                        version = rs.getString("version");
+                        log.info("H2 Database Version: {}", version);
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (SQLException e) {
+                log.error("Error retrieving H2 version: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isH2Database() {
+        ApplicationProperties.Datasource datasource =
+                applicationProperties.getSystem().getDatasource();
+        return !datasource.isEnableCustomDatabase()
+                || datasource.getType().equalsIgnoreCase(ApplicationProperties.Driver.H2.name());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes a backup file.
+     *
+     * @return true if successful, false if not
+     */
+    public boolean deleteBackupFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
+        if (!isValidFileName(fileName)) {
+            log.error("Invalid file name: {}", fileName);
+            return false;
+        }
+        Path filePath = this.getBackupFilePath(fileName);
+        if (Files.deleteIfExists(filePath)) {
+            log.info("Deleted backup file: {}", fileName);
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            log.error("File not found or could not be deleted: {}", fileName);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the Path for a given backup file name.
+     *
+     * @return the <code>Path</code> object for the given file name
+     */
+    public Path getBackupFilePath(String fileName) {
+        Path filePath = Paths.get(BACKUP_DIR, fileName).normalize();
+        if (!filePath.startsWith(BACKUP_DIR)) {
+            throw new SecurityException("Path traversal detected");
+        }
+        return filePath;
+    }
+
+    private void executeDatabaseScript(Path scriptPath) {
+        if (isH2Database()) {
+            String query = "RUNSCRIPT from ?;";
+
+            try (Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection();
+                    PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(query)) {
+                stmt.setString(1, scriptPath.toString());
+                stmt.execute();
+            } catch (SQLException e) {
+                log.error("Error during database import: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+            } catch (ScriptException e) {
+                log.error("Error: File {} not found", scriptPath.toString(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        log.info("Database import completed: {}", scriptPath);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks for invalid characters or sequences
+     *
+     * @return true if it contains no invalid characters, false if it does
+     */
+    private boolean isValidFileName(String fileName) {
+        return fileName != null
+                && !fileName.contains("..")
+                && !fileName.contains("/")
+                && !fileName.contains("\\")
+                && !fileName.contains(":")
+                && !fileName.contains("*")
+                && !fileName.contains("?")
+                && !fileName.contains("\"")
+                && !fileName.contains("<")
+                && !fileName.contains(">")
+                && !fileName.contains("|");
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/ScheduledTasks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/ScheduledTasks.java
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database;

-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;

+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseInterface;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.H2SQLCondition;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
+
@Component
+@Conditional(H2SQLCondition.class)
 public class ScheduledTasks {

-    private final DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupService;
+    private final DatabaseInterface databaseService;

-    public ScheduledTasks(DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupService) {
-        this.databaseBackupService = databaseBackupService;
+    public ScheduledTasks(DatabaseInterface databaseService) {
+        this.databaseService = databaseService;
    }

    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 0 * * ?")
-    public void performBackup() throws IOException {
-        databaseBackupService.exportDatabase();
+    public void performBackup() throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2;

 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;

 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.UserService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AuthenticationType;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.RequestUriUtils;

 public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
@@ -97,10 +99,8 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
                    userService.processSSOPostLogin(username, oAuth.getAutoCreateUser());
                }
                response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/");
-                return;
-            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException | SQLException | UnsupportedProviderException e) {
                response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/logout?invalidUsername=true");
-                return;
            }
        }
    }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/OAuth2Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/OAuth2Configuration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
+import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
+import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
+import org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.GrantedAuthoritiesMapper;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.ClientRegistration;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.ClientRegistrationRepository;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.ClientRegistrations;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.InMemoryClientRegistrationRepository;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2UserAuthority;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.UserService;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2.Client;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GithubProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GoogleProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.KeycloakProvider;
+
+@Configuration
+@Slf4j
+@ConditionalOnProperty(
+        value = "security.oauth2.enabled",
+        havingValue = "true",
+        matchIfMissing = false)
+public class OAuth2Configuration {
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    @Lazy private final UserService userService;
+
+    public OAuth2Configuration(
+            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties, @Lazy UserService userService) {
+        this.userService = userService;
+        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(
+            value = "security.oauth2.enabled",
+            havingValue = "true",
+            matchIfMissing = false)
+    public ClientRegistrationRepository clientRegistrationRepository() {
+        List<ClientRegistration> registrations = new ArrayList<>();
+        githubClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
+        oidcClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
+        googleClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
+        keycloakClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
+        if (registrations.isEmpty()) {
+            log.error("At least one OAuth2 provider must be configured");
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+        return new InMemoryClientRegistrationRepository(registrations);
+    }
+
+    private Optional<ClientRegistration> googleClientRegistration() {
+        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
+        if (oauth == null || !oauth.getEnabled()) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        Client client = oauth.getClient();
+        if (client == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        GoogleProvider google = client.getGoogle();
+        return google != null && google.isSettingsValid()
+                ? Optional.of(
+                        ClientRegistration.withRegistrationId(google.getName())
+                                .clientId(google.getClientId())
+                                .clientSecret(google.getClientSecret())
+                                .scope(google.getScopes())
+                                .authorizationUri(google.getAuthorizationuri())
+                                .tokenUri(google.getTokenuri())
+                                .userInfoUri(google.getUserinfouri())
+                                .userNameAttributeName(google.getUseAsUsername())
+                                .clientName(google.getClientName())
+                                .redirectUri("{baseUrl}/login/oauth2/code/" + google.getName())
+                                .authorizationGrantType(
+                                        org.springframework.security.oauth2.core
+                                                .AuthorizationGrantType.AUTHORIZATION_CODE)
+                                .build())
+                : Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    private Optional<ClientRegistration> keycloakClientRegistration() {
+        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
+        if (oauth == null || !oauth.getEnabled()) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        Client client = oauth.getClient();
+        if (client == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        KeycloakProvider keycloak = client.getKeycloak();
+        return keycloak != null && keycloak.isSettingsValid()
+                ? Optional.of(
+                        ClientRegistrations.fromIssuerLocation(keycloak.getIssuer())
+                                .registrationId(keycloak.getName())
+                                .clientId(keycloak.getClientId())
+                                .clientSecret(keycloak.getClientSecret())
+                                .scope(keycloak.getScopes())
+                                .userNameAttributeName(keycloak.getUseAsUsername())
+                                .clientName(keycloak.getClientName())
+                                .build())
+                : Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    private Optional<ClientRegistration> githubClientRegistration() {
+        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
+        if (oauth == null || !oauth.getEnabled()) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        Client client = oauth.getClient();
+        if (client == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        GithubProvider github = client.getGithub();
+        return github != null && github.isSettingsValid()
+                ? Optional.of(
+                        ClientRegistration.withRegistrationId(github.getName())
+                                .clientId(github.getClientId())
+                                .clientSecret(github.getClientSecret())
+                                .scope(github.getScopes())
+                                .authorizationUri(github.getAuthorizationuri())
+                                .tokenUri(github.getTokenuri())
+                                .userInfoUri(github.getUserinfouri())
+                                .userNameAttributeName(github.getUseAsUsername())
+                                .clientName(github.getClientName())
+                                .redirectUri("{baseUrl}/login/oauth2/code/" + github.getName())
+                                .authorizationGrantType(
+                                        org.springframework.security.oauth2.core
+                                                .AuthorizationGrantType.AUTHORIZATION_CODE)
+                                .build())
+                : Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    private Optional<ClientRegistration> oidcClientRegistration() {
+        OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
+        if (oauth == null
+                || oauth.getIssuer() == null
+                || oauth.getIssuer().isEmpty()
+                || oauth.getClientId() == null
+                || oauth.getClientId().isEmpty()
+                || oauth.getClientSecret() == null
+                || oauth.getClientSecret().isEmpty()
+                || oauth.getScopes() == null
+                || oauth.getScopes().isEmpty()
+                || oauth.getUseAsUsername() == null
+                || oauth.getUseAsUsername().isEmpty()) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        return Optional.of(
+                ClientRegistrations.fromIssuerLocation(oauth.getIssuer())
+                        .registrationId("oidc")
+                        .clientId(oauth.getClientId())
+                        .clientSecret(oauth.getClientSecret())
+                        .scope(oauth.getScopes())
+                        .userNameAttributeName(oauth.getUseAsUsername())
+                        .clientName("OIDC")
+                        .build());
+    }
+
+    /*
+    This following function is to grant Authorities to the OAUTH2 user from the values stored in the database.
+    This is required for the internal; 'hasRole()' function to give out the correct role.
+     */
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(
+            value = "security.oauth2.enabled",
+            havingValue = "true",
+            matchIfMissing = false)
+    GrantedAuthoritiesMapper userAuthoritiesMapper() {
+        return (authorities) -> {
+            Set<GrantedAuthority> mappedAuthorities = new HashSet<>();
+            authorities.forEach(
+                    authority -> {
+                        // Add existing OAUTH2 Authorities
+                        mappedAuthorities.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority(authority.getAuthority()));
+                        // Add Authorities from database for existing user, if user is present.
+                        if (authority instanceof OAuth2UserAuthority oauth2Auth) {
+                            String useAsUsername =
+                                    applicationProperties
+                                            .getSecurity()
+                                            .getOauth2()
+                                            .getUseAsUsername();
+                            Optional<User> userOpt =
+                                    userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(
+                                            (String) oauth2Auth.getAttributes().get(useAsUsername));
+                            if (userOpt.isPresent()) {
+                                User user = userOpt.get();
+                                if (user != null) {
+                                    mappedAuthorities.add(
+                                            new SimpleGrantedAuthority(
+                                                    userService.findRole(user).getAuthority()));
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+            return mappedAuthorities;
+        };
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2;

 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;

 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.UserService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.SAML2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AuthenticationType;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.RequestUriUtils;

@AllArgsConstructor
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ public class CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
                    log.debug("Successfully processed authentication for user: {}", username);
                    response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/");
                    return;
-                } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                } catch (IllegalArgumentException | SQLException | UnsupportedProviderException e) {
                    log.debug(
                            "Invalid username detected for user: {}, redirecting to logout",
                            username);
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter.java
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.authentication.OpenSaml4AuthenticationProvider.ResponseToken;
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.authentication.Saml2Authentication;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.UserService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;

-@Component
@Slf4j
 public class CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter
        implements Converter<ResponseToken, Saml2Authentication> {
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/SAML2Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/SAML2Configuration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2;
+
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.AuthnRequest;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.core.Saml2X509Credential;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.core.Saml2X509Credential.Saml2X509CredentialType;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.InMemoryRelyingPartyRegistrationRepository;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.RelyingPartyRegistration;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.Saml2MessageBinding;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.web.authentication.OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.SAML2;
+
+@Configuration
+@Slf4j
+@ConditionalOnProperty(
+        value = "security.saml2.enabled",
+        havingValue = "true",
+        matchIfMissing = false)
+public class SAML2Configuration {
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
+    public SAML2Configuration(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
+
+        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(
+            name = "security.saml2.enabled",
+            havingValue = "true",
+            matchIfMissing = false)
+    public RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository relyingPartyRegistrations() throws Exception {
+        SAML2 samlConf = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getSaml2();
+        X509Certificate idpCert = CertificateUtils.readCertificate(samlConf.getidpCert());
+        Saml2X509Credential verificationCredential = Saml2X509Credential.verification(idpCert);
+        Resource privateKeyResource = samlConf.getPrivateKey();
+        Resource certificateResource = samlConf.getSpCert();
+        Saml2X509Credential signingCredential =
+                new Saml2X509Credential(
+                        CertificateUtils.readPrivateKey(privateKeyResource),
+                        CertificateUtils.readCertificate(certificateResource),
+                        Saml2X509CredentialType.SIGNING);
+        RelyingPartyRegistration rp =
+                RelyingPartyRegistration.withRegistrationId(samlConf.getRegistrationId())
+                        .signingX509Credentials(c -> c.add(signingCredential))
+                        .assertingPartyMetadata(
+                                metadata ->
+                                        metadata.entityId(samlConf.getIdpIssuer())
+                                                .singleSignOnServiceLocation(
+                                                        samlConf.getIdpSingleLoginUrl())
+                                                .verificationX509Credentials(
+                                                        c -> c.add(verificationCredential))
+                                                .singleSignOnServiceBinding(
+                                                        Saml2MessageBinding.POST)
+                                                .wantAuthnRequestsSigned(true))
+                        .build();
+        return new InMemoryRelyingPartyRegistrationRepository(rp);
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(
+            name = "security.saml2.enabled",
+            havingValue = "true",
+            matchIfMissing = false)
+    public OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver authenticationRequestResolver(
+            RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository relyingPartyRegistrationRepository) {
+        OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver resolver =
+                new OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver(relyingPartyRegistrationRepository);
+        resolver.setAuthnRequestCustomizer(
+                customizer -> {
+                    log.debug("Customizing SAML Authentication request");
+                    AuthnRequest authnRequest = customizer.getAuthnRequest();
+                    log.debug("AuthnRequest ID: {}", authnRequest.getID());
+                    if (authnRequest.getID() == null) {
+                        authnRequest.setID("ARQ" + UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+                    }
+                    log.debug("AuthnRequest new ID after set: {}", authnRequest.getID());
+                    log.debug("AuthnRequest IssueInstant: {}", authnRequest.getIssueInstant());
+                    log.debug(
+                            "AuthnRequest Issuer: {}",
+                            authnRequest.getIssuer() != null
+                                    ? authnRequest.getIssuer().getValue()
+                                    : "null");
+                    HttpServletRequest request = customizer.getRequest();
+                    // Log HTTP request details
+                    log.debug("HTTP Request Method: {}", request.getMethod());
+                    log.debug("Request URI: {}", request.getRequestURI());
+                    log.debug("Request URL: {}", request.getRequestURL().toString());
+                    log.debug("Query String: {}", request.getQueryString());
+                    log.debug("Remote Address: {}", request.getRemoteAddr());
+                    // Log headers
+                    Collections.list(request.getHeaderNames())
+                            .forEach(
+                                    headerName -> {
+                                        log.debug(
+                                                "Header - {}: {}",
+                                                headerName,
+                                                request.getHeader(headerName));
+                                    });
+                    // Log SAML specific parameters
+                    log.debug("SAML Request Parameters:");
+                    log.debug("SAMLRequest: {}", request.getParameter("SAMLRequest"));
+                    log.debug("RelayState: {}", request.getParameter("RelayState"));
+                    // Log session debugrmation if exists
+                    if (request.getSession(false) != null) {
+                        log.debug("Session ID: {}", request.getSession().getId());
+                    }
+                    // Log any assertions consumer service details if present
+                    if (authnRequest.getAssertionConsumerServiceURL() != null) {
+                        log.debug(
+                                "AssertionConsumerServiceURL: {}",
+                                authnRequest.getAssertionConsumerServiceURL());
+                    }
+                    // Log NameID policy if present
+                    if (authnRequest.getNameIDPolicy() != null) {
+                        log.debug(
+                                "NameIDPolicy Format: {}",
+                                authnRequest.getNameIDPolicy().getFormat());
+                    }
+                });
+        return resolver;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/DatabaseController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/DatabaseController.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;

 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -24,19 +25,20 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Parameter;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database.DatabaseBackupHelper;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database.DatabaseService;

@Slf4j
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/database")
@PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
+@Conditional(H2SQLCondition.class)
@Tag(name = "Database", description = "Database APIs for backup, import, and management")
 public class DatabaseController {

-    private final DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper;
+    private final DatabaseService databaseService;

-    public DatabaseController(DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper) {
-        this.databaseBackupHelper = databaseBackupHelper;
+    public DatabaseController(DatabaseService databaseService) {
+        this.databaseService = databaseService;
    }

    @Operation(
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ public class DatabaseController {
        Path tempTemplatePath = Files.createTempFile("backup_", ".sql");
        try (InputStream in = file.getInputStream()) {
            Files.copy(in, tempTemplatePath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-            boolean importSuccess = databaseBackupHelper.importDatabaseFromUI(tempTemplatePath);
+            boolean importSuccess = databaseService.importDatabaseFromUI(tempTemplatePath);
            if (importSuccess) {
                redirectAttributes.addAttribute("infoMessage", "importIntoDatabaseSuccessed");
            } else {
@@ -77,21 +79,20 @@ public class DatabaseController {
    @GetMapping("/import-database-file/{fileName}")
    public String importDatabaseFromBackupUI(
            @Parameter(description = "Name of the file to import", required = true) @PathVariable
-                    String fileName)
-            throws IOException {
+                    String fileName) {
        if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
            return "redirect:/database?error=fileNullOrEmpty";
        }
        // Check if the file exists in the backup list
        boolean fileExists =
-                databaseBackupHelper.getBackupList().stream()
+                databaseService.getBackupList().stream()
                        .anyMatch(backup -> backup.getFileName().equals(fileName));
        if (!fileExists) {
            log.error("File {} not found in backup list", fileName);
            return "redirect:/database?error=fileNotFound";
        }
        log.info("Received file: {}", fileName);
-        if (databaseBackupHelper.importDatabaseFromUI(fileName)) {
+        if (databaseService.importDatabaseFromUI(fileName)) {
            log.info("File {} imported to database", fileName);
            return "redirect:/database?infoMessage=importIntoDatabaseSuccessed";
        }
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ public class DatabaseController {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File must not be null or empty");
        }
        try {
-            if (databaseBackupHelper.deleteBackupFile(fileName)) {
+            if (databaseService.deleteBackupFile(fileName)) {
                log.info("Deleted file: {}", fileName);
            } else {
                log.error("Failed to delete file: {}", fileName);
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ public class DatabaseController {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File must not be null or empty");
        }
        try {
-            Path filePath = databaseBackupHelper.getBackupFilePath(fileName);
+            Path filePath = databaseService.getBackupFilePath(fileName);
            InputStreamResource resource = new InputStreamResource(Files.newInputStream(filePath));
            return ResponseEntity.ok()
                    .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION, "attachment;filename=" + fileName)
@@ -157,14 +158,9 @@ public class DatabaseController {
                            + " database management page.")
    @GetMapping("/createDatabaseBackup")
    public String createDatabaseBackup() {
-        try {
-            log.info("Starting database backup creation...");
-            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
-            log.info("Database backup successfully created.");
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Error creating database backup: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
-            return "redirect:/database?error=" + e.getMessage();
-        }
+        log.info("Starting database backup creation...");
+        databaseService.exportDatabase();
+        log.info("Database backup successfully created.");
        return "redirect:/database?infoMessage=backupCreated";
    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/H2SQLCondition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/H2SQLCondition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Condition;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ConditionContext;
+import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata;
+
+public class H2SQLCondition implements Condition {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(ConditionContext context, AnnotatedTypeMetadata metadata) {
+        boolean enableCustomDatabase =
+                Boolean.parseBoolean(
+                        context.getEnvironment()
+                                .getProperty("system.datasource.enableCustomDatabase"));
+        String dataSourceType = context.getEnvironment().getProperty("system.datasource.type");
+        return !enableCustomDatabase
+                || (enableCustomDatabase && "h2".equalsIgnoreCase(dataSourceType));
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SettingsController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SettingsController.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.GeneralUtils;

@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ public class SettingsController {
        if (!"undefined".equals(applicationProperties.getSystem().getEnableAnalytics())) {
            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.ALREADY_REPORTED)
                    .body(
-                            "Setting has already been set, To adjust please edit /config/settings.yml");
+                            "Setting has already been set, To adjust please edit "
+                                    + InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());
        }
        GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("system.enableAnalytics", String.valueOf(enabled), false);
        applicationProperties.getSystem().setEnableAnalytics(String.valueOf(enabled));
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserController.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.Principal;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AuthenticationType;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.user.UsernameAndPass;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;

@Controller
@Tag(name = "User", description = "User APIs")
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ public class UserController {
    @PreAuthorize("!hasAuthority('ROLE_DEMO_USER')")
    @PostMapping("/register")
    public String register(@ModelAttribute UsernameAndPass requestModel, Model model)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(requestModel.getUsername())) {
            model.addAttribute("error", "Username already exists");
            return "register";
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ public class UserController {
            HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response,
            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws IOException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!userService.isUsernameValid(newUsername)) {
            return new RedirectView("/account?messageType=invalidUsername", true);
        }
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ public class UserController {
            HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response,
            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (principal == null) {
            return new RedirectView("/change-creds?messageType=notAuthenticated", true);
        }
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ public class UserController {
            HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response,
            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (principal == null) {
            return new RedirectView("/account?messageType=notAuthenticated", true);
        }
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ public class UserController {
    @PreAuthorize("!hasAuthority('ROLE_DEMO_USER')")
    @PostMapping("/updateUserSettings")
    public String updateUserSettings(HttpServletRequest request, Principal principal)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        Map<String, String[]> paramMap = request.getParameterMap();
        Map<String, String> updates = new HashMap<>();
        for (Map.Entry<String, String[]> entry : paramMap.entrySet()) {
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ public class UserController {
            @RequestParam(name = "authType") String authType,
            @RequestParam(name = "forceChange", required = false, defaultValue = "false")
                    boolean forceChange)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        if (!userService.isUsernameValid(username)) {
            return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=invalidUsername", true);
        }
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ public class UserController {
            @RequestParam(name = "username") String username,
            @RequestParam(name = "role") String role,
            Authentication authentication)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        Optional<User> userOpt = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
        if (!userOpt.isPresent()) {
            return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=userNotFound", true);
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ public class UserController {
            @PathVariable("username") String username,
            @RequestParam("enabled") boolean enabled,
            Authentication authentication)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws SQLException, UnsupportedProviderException {
        Optional<User> userOpt = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
        if (!userOpt.isPresent()) {
            return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=userNotFound", true);
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;

 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.ImageType;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -31,11 +34,8 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.converters.ConvertToImageRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.converters.ConvertToPdfRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.CustomPDDocumentFactory;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.CheckProgramInstall;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PdfUtils;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.*;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor.ProcessExecutorResult;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;

@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/convert")
@@ -62,14 +62,20 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
        String singleOrMultiple = request.getSingleOrMultiple();
        String colorType = request.getColorType();
        String dpi = request.getDpi();
-
+        String pageNumbers = request.getPageNumbers();
        Path tempFile = null;
        Path tempOutputDir = null;
        Path tempPdfPath = null;
        byte[] result = null;
-
+        String[] pageOrderArr =
+                (pageNumbers != null && !pageNumbers.trim().isEmpty())
+                        ? pageNumbers.split(",")
+                        : new String[] {"all"};
+        ;
        try {
-            byte[] pdfBytes = file.getBytes();
+            // Load the input PDF
+            byte[] newPdfBytes = rearrangePdfPages(file.getBytes(), pageOrderArr);
+
            ImageType colorTypeResult = ImageType.RGB;
            if ("greyscale".equals(colorType)) {
                colorTypeResult = ImageType.GRAY;
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {

            result =
                    PdfUtils.convertFromPdf(
-                            pdfBytes,
+                            newPdfBytes,
                            "webp".equalsIgnoreCase(imageFormat)
                                    ? "png"
                                    : imageFormat.toUpperCase(),
@@ -227,4 +233,46 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
        String mimeType = URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromName("." + imageFormat);
        return "null".equals(mimeType) ? "application/octet-stream" : mimeType;
    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rearranges the pages of the given PDF document based on the specified page order.
+     *
+     * @param pdfBytes The byte array of the original PDF file.
+     * @param pageOrderArr An array of page numbers indicating the new order.
+     * @return A byte array of the rearranged PDF.
+     * @throws IOException If an error occurs while processing the PDF.
+     */
+    private byte[] rearrangePdfPages(byte[] pdfBytes, String[] pageOrderArr) throws IOException {
+        // Load the input PDF
+        PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(pdfBytes);
+        int totalPages = document.getNumberOfPages();
+        List<Integer> newPageOrder = GeneralUtils.parsePageList(pageOrderArr, totalPages, false);
+
+        // Create a new list to hold the pages in the new order
+        List<PDPage> newPages = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int pageIndex : newPageOrder) {
+            newPages.add(document.getPage(pageIndex));
+        }
+
+        // Remove all the pages from the original document
+        for (int i = document.getNumberOfPages() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            document.removePage(i);
+        }
+
+        // Add the pages in the new order
+        for (PDPage page : newPages) {
+            document.addPage(page);
+        }
+
+        // Convert PDDocument to byte array
+        byte[] newPdfBytes;
+        try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
+            document.save(baos);
+            newPdfBytes = baos.toByteArray();
+        } finally {
+            document.close();
+        }
+
+        return newPdfBytes;
+    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/ApiDocService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/ApiDocService.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

 import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.SPdfApplication;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.SPDFApplication;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApiEndpoint;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class ApiDocService {

    private String getApiDocsUrl() {
        String contextPath = servletContext.getContextPath();
-        String port = SPdfApplication.getStaticPort();
+        String port = SPDFApplication.getStaticPort();
        return "http://localhost:" + port + contextPath + "/v1/api-docs";
    }

--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineController.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.HandleDataRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
@@ -35,22 +34,12 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
@Tag(name = "Pipeline", description = "Pipeline APIs")
 public class PipelineController {

-    final String watchedFoldersDir = "./pipeline/watchedFolders/";
-
-    final String finishedFoldersDir = "./pipeline/finishedFolders/";
-
    private final PipelineProcessor processor;

-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;

-    public PipelineController(
-            PipelineProcessor processor,
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
-            ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+    public PipelineController(PipelineProcessor processor, ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
        this.processor = processor;
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
    }

--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineDirectoryProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineDirectoryProcessor.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;

-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineOperation;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileMonitor;
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ public class PipelineDirectoryProcessor {
    public PipelineDirectoryProcessor(
            ObjectMapper objectMapper,
            ApiDocService apiDocService,
-            @Qualifier("watchedFoldersDir") String watchedFoldersDir,
-            @Qualifier("finishedFoldersDir") String finishedFoldersDir,
            PipelineProcessor processor,
            FileMonitor fileMonitor) {
        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
        this.apiDocService = apiDocService;
-        this.watchedFoldersDir = watchedFoldersDir;
-        this.finishedFoldersDir = finishedFoldersDir;
+        this.watchedFoldersDir = InstallationPathConfig.getPipelineWatchedFoldersDir();
+        this.finishedFoldersDir = InstallationPathConfig.getPipelineFinishedFoldersDir();
        this.processor = processor;
        this.fileMonitor = fileMonitor;
    }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import io.github.pixee.security.ZipSecurity;

 import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.SPdfApplication;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.SPDFApplication;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineOperation;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class PipelineProcessor {

    private String getBaseUrl() {
        String contextPath = servletContext.getContextPath();
-        String port = SPdfApplication.getStaticPort();
+        String port = SPDFApplication.getStaticPort();
        return "http://localhost:" + port + contextPath + "/";
    }

--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/security/RedactController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/security/RedactController.java
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.security;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;

 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageTree;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.InitBinder;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
@@ -22,11 +27,15 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PDFText;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security.ManualRedactPdfRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security.RedactPdfRequest;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security.RedactionArea;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.pdf.TextFinder;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.CustomPDDocumentFactory;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.GeneralUtils;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PdfUtils;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.propertyeditor.StringToArrayListPropertyEditor;

@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/security")
@@ -41,6 +50,120 @@ public class RedactController {
        this.pdfDocumentFactory = pdfDocumentFactory;
    }

+    @InitBinder
+    public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
+        binder.registerCustomEditor(
+                List.class, "redactions", new StringToArrayListPropertyEditor());
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping(value = "/redact", consumes = "multipart/form-data")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Redacts areas and pages in a PDF document",
+            description =
+                    "This operation takes an input PDF file with a list of areas, page number(s)/range(s)/function(s) to redact. Input:PDF, Output:PDF, Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> redactPDF(@ModelAttribute ManualRedactPdfRequest request)
+            throws IOException {
+        MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
+        List<RedactionArea> redactionAreas = request.getRedactions();
+
+        PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file);
+
+        PDPageTree allPages = document.getDocumentCatalog().getPages();
+
+        redactPages(request, document, allPages);
+        redactAreas(redactionAreas, document, allPages);
+
+        if (request.isConvertPDFToImage()) {
+            PDDocument convertedPdf = PdfUtils.convertPdfToPdfImage(document);
+            document.close();
+            document = convertedPdf;
+        }
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        document.save(baos);
+        document.close();
+
+        byte[] pdfContent = baos.toByteArray();
+        return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
+                pdfContent,
+                Filenames.toSimpleFileName(file.getOriginalFilename()).replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "")
+                        + "_redacted.pdf");
+    }
+
+    private void redactAreas(
+            List<RedactionArea> redactionAreas, PDDocument document, PDPageTree allPages)
+            throws IOException {
+        Color redactColor = null;
+        for (RedactionArea redactionArea : redactionAreas) {
+            if (redactionArea.getPage() == null
+                    || redactionArea.getPage() <= 0
+                    || redactionArea.getHeight() == null
+                    || redactionArea.getHeight() <= 0.0D
+                    || redactionArea.getWidth() == null
+                    || redactionArea.getWidth() <= 0.0D) continue;
+            PDPage page = allPages.get(redactionArea.getPage() - 1);
+
+            PDPageContentStream contentStream =
+                    new PDPageContentStream(
+                            document, page, PDPageContentStream.AppendMode.APPEND, true, true);
+            redactColor = decodeOrDefault(redactionArea.getColor(), Color.BLACK);
+            contentStream.setNonStrokingColor(redactColor);
+
+            float x = redactionArea.getX().floatValue();
+            float y = redactionArea.getY().floatValue();
+            float width = redactionArea.getWidth().floatValue();
+            float height = redactionArea.getHeight().floatValue();
+
+            PDRectangle box = page.getBBox();
+
+            contentStream.addRect(x, box.getHeight() - y - height, width, height);
+            contentStream.fill();
+            contentStream.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void redactPages(
+            ManualRedactPdfRequest request, PDDocument document, PDPageTree allPages)
+            throws IOException {
+        Color redactColor = decodeOrDefault(request.getPageRedactionColor(), Color.BLACK);
+        List<Integer> pageNumbers = getPageNumbers(request, allPages.getCount());
+        for (Integer pageNumber : pageNumbers) {
+            PDPage page = allPages.get(pageNumber);
+
+            PDPageContentStream contentStream =
+                    new PDPageContentStream(
+                            document, page, PDPageContentStream.AppendMode.APPEND, true, true);
+            contentStream.setNonStrokingColor(redactColor);
+
+            PDRectangle box = page.getBBox();
+
+            contentStream.addRect(0, 0, box.getWidth(), box.getHeight());
+            contentStream.fill();
+            contentStream.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Color decodeOrDefault(String hex, Color defaultColor) {
+        Color color = null;
+        try {
+            color = Color.decode(hex);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            color = defaultColor;
+        }
+
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    private List<Integer> getPageNumbers(ManualRedactPdfRequest request, int pagesCount) {
+        String pageNumbersInput = request.getPageNumbers();
+        String[] parsedPageNumbers =
+                pageNumbersInput != null ? pageNumbersInput.split(",") : new String[0];
+        List<Integer> pageNumbers =
+                GeneralUtils.parsePageList(parsedPageNumbers, pagesCount, false);
+        Collections.sort(pageNumbers);
+        return pageNumbers;
+    }
+
    @PostMapping(value = "/auto-redact", consumes = "multipart/form-data")
    @Operation(
            summary = "Redacts listOfText in a PDF document",
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/security/ValidateSignatureController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/security/ValidateSignatureController.java
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.digitalsignature.PDSignature;
 import org.bouncycastle.cert.X509CertificateHolder;
 import org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509CertificateConverter;
-import org.bouncycastle.cms.*;
+import org.bouncycastle.cms.CMSProcessable;
+import org.bouncycastle.cms.CMSProcessableByteArray;
+import org.bouncycastle.cms.CMSSignedData;
+import org.bouncycastle.cms.SignerInformation;
+import org.bouncycastle.cms.SignerInformationStore;
 import org.bouncycastle.cms.jcajce.JcaSimpleSignerInfoVerifierBuilder;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.Store;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/AccountWebController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/AccountWebController.java
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ public class AccountWebController {
                case "invalid_destination":
                    erroroauth = "login.invalid_destination";
                    break;
+                case "relying_party_registration_not_found":
+                    erroroauth = "login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound";
+                    break;
                // Valid InResponseTo was not available from the validation context, unable to
                // evaluate
                case "invalid_in_response_to":
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/DatabaseWebController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/DatabaseWebController.java
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database.DatabaseBackupHelper;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database.DatabaseService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;

@Controller
@Tag(name = "Database Management", description = "Database management and security APIs")
 public class DatabaseWebController {

-    private final DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper;
+    private final DatabaseService databaseService;

-    public DatabaseWebController(DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper) {
-        this.databaseBackupHelper = databaseBackupHelper;
+    public DatabaseWebController(DatabaseService databaseService) {
+        this.databaseService = databaseService;
    }

    @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ public class DatabaseWebController {
        } else if (confirmed != null) {
            model.addAttribute("infoMessage", confirmed);
        }
-        List<FileInfo> backupList = databaseBackupHelper.getBackupList();
+        List<FileInfo> backupList = databaseService.getBackupList();
        model.addAttribute("backupFiles", backupList);
-        model.addAttribute("databaseVersion", databaseBackupHelper.getH2Version());
+        model.addAttribute("databaseVersion", databaseService.getH2Version());
+        if ("Unknown".equalsIgnoreCase(databaseService.getH2Version())) {
+            model.addAttribute("infoMessage", "notSupported");
+        }
        return "database";
    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/GeneralWebController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/GeneralWebController.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.pipeline.UserServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.SignatureFile;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.SignatureService;
@@ -34,8 +35,6 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.service.SignatureService;
@Slf4j
 public class GeneralWebController {

-    private static final String SIGNATURE_BASE_PATH = "customFiles/static/signatures/";
-    private static final String ALL_USERS_FOLDER = "ALL_USERS";
    private final SignatureService signatureService;
    private final UserServiceInterface userService;
    private final ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
@@ -223,7 +222,9 @@ public class GeneralWebController {
        // Extract font names from classpath
        fontNames.addAll(getFontNamesFromLocation("classpath:static/fonts/*.woff2"));
        // Extract font names from external directory
-        fontNames.addAll(getFontNamesFromLocation("file:customFiles/static/fonts/*"));
+        fontNames.addAll(
+                getFontNamesFromLocation(
+                        "file:" + InstallationPathConfig.getStaticPath() + "fonts/*"));
        return fontNames;
    }

--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/SecurityWebController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/SecurityWebController.java
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ public class SecurityWebController {
        return "security/auto-redact";
    }

+    @GetMapping("/redact")
+    public String redactForm(Model model) {
+        model.addAttribute("currentPage", "redact");
+        return "security/redact";
+    }
+
    @GetMapping("/add-password")
    @Hidden
    public String addPasswordForm(Model model) {
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.model;

+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
@@ -13,18 +15,23 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;

 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.EncodedResource;

 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.ToString;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.YamlPropertySourceFactory;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GithubProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GoogleProvider;
@@ -33,11 +40,37 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;

@Configuration
@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "")
-@PropertySource(value = "file:./configs/settings.yml", factory = YamlPropertySourceFactory.class)
@Data
@Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
+@Slf4j
 public class ApplicationProperties {

+    @Bean
+    public PropertySource<?> dynamicYamlPropertySource(ConfigurableEnvironment environment)
+            throws IOException {
+        String configPath = InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath();
+        log.debug("Attempting to load settings from: " + configPath);
+
+        File file = new File(configPath);
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            log.error("Warning: Settings file does not exist at: " + configPath);
+        }
+
+        Resource resource = new FileSystemResource(configPath);
+        if (!resource.exists()) {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException("Settings file not found at: " + configPath);
+        }
+
+        EncodedResource encodedResource = new EncodedResource(resource);
+        PropertySource<?> propertySource =
+                new YamlPropertySourceFactory().createPropertySource(null, encodedResource);
+        environment.getPropertySources().addFirst(propertySource);
+
+        log.debug("Loaded properties: " + propertySource.getSource());
+
+        return propertySource;
+    }
+
    private Legal legal = new Legal();
    private Security security = new Security();
    private System system = new System();
@@ -79,23 +112,6 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            return saml2.getEnabled() || oauth2.getEnabled();
        }

-        public boolean isUserPass() {
-            return (loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.NORMAL.toString())
-                    || loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.ALL.toString()));
-        }
-
-        public boolean isOauth2Activ() {
-            return (oauth2 != null
-                    && oauth2.getEnabled()
-                    && !loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.NORMAL.toString()));
-        }
-
-        public boolean isSaml2Activ() {
-            return (saml2 != null
-                    && saml2.getEnabled()
-                    && !loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.NORMAL.toString()));
-        }
-
        public enum LoginMethods {
            ALL("all"),
            NORMAL("normal"),
@@ -114,6 +130,23 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            }
        }

+        public boolean isUserPass() {
+            return (loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.NORMAL.toString())
+                    || loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.ALL.toString()));
+        }
+
+        public boolean isOauth2Activ() {
+            return (oauth2 != null
+                    && oauth2.getEnabled()
+                    && !loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.NORMAL.toString()));
+        }
+
+        public boolean isSaml2Activ() {
+            return (saml2 != null
+                    && saml2.getEnabled()
+                    && !loginMethod.equalsIgnoreCase(LoginMethods.NORMAL.toString()));
+        }
+
        @Data
        public static class InitialLogin {
            private String username;
@@ -153,6 +186,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            }

            public Resource getSpCert() {
+                if (spCert == null) return null;
                if (spCert.startsWith("classpath:")) {
                    return new ClassPathResource(spCert.substring("classpath:".length()));
                } else {
@@ -161,6 +195,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            }

            public Resource getidpCert() {
+                if (idpCert == null) return null;
                if (idpCert.startsWith("classpath:")) {
                    return new ClassPathResource(idpCert.substring("classpath:".length()));
                } else {
@@ -247,6 +282,42 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
        private String tessdataDir;
        private Boolean enableAlphaFunctionality;
        private String enableAnalytics;
+        private Datasource datasource;
+    }
+
+    @Data
+    public static class Datasource {
+        private boolean enableCustomDatabase;
+        private String customDatabaseUrl;
+        private String type;
+        private String hostName;
+        private Integer port;
+        private String name;
+        private String username;
+        @ToString.Exclude private String password;
+    }
+
+    public enum Driver {
+        H2("h2"),
+        POSTGRESQL("postgresql"),
+        ORACLE("oracle"),
+        MYSQL("mysql");
+
+        private final String driverName;
+
+        Driver(String driverName) {
+            this.driverName = driverName;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return """
+                    Driver {
+                      driverName='%s'
+                    }
+                    """
+                    .formatted(driverName);
+        }
    }

    @Data
@@ -295,6 +366,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
        private boolean enabled;
        @ToString.Exclude private String key;
        private int maxUsers;
+        private boolean ssoAutoLogin;
        private CustomMetadata customMetadata = new CustomMetadata();

        @Data
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/SessionEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/SessionEntity.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import java.util.Date;

 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
 import jakarta.persistence.Id;
-import jakarta.persistence.Lob;
 import jakarta.persistence.Table;
 import lombok.Data;

@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ import lombok.Data;
 public class SessionEntity implements Serializable {
    @Id private String sessionId;

-    @Lob private String principalName;
+    private String principalName;

    private Date lastRequest;

--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/User.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/User.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class User implements Serializable {
    @ElementCollection
    @MapKeyColumn(name = "setting_key")
    @Lob
-    @Column(name = "setting_value", columnDefinition = "CLOB")
+    @Column(name = "setting_value", columnDefinition = "text")
    @CollectionTable(name = "user_settings", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "user_id"))
    private Map<String, String> settings = new HashMap<>(); // Key-value pairs of settings.

--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertToImageRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertToImageRequest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ public class ConvertToImageRequest extends PDFFile {
            allowableValues = {"single", "multiple"})
    private String singleOrMultiple;

+    @Schema(
+            description =
+                    "The pages to select, Supports ranges (e.g., '1,3,5-9'), or 'all' or functions in the format 'an+b' where 'a' is the multiplier of the page number 'n', and 'b' is a constant (e.g., '2n+1', '3n', '6n-5')\"")
+    private String pageNumbers;
+
    @Schema(
            description = "The color type of the output image(s)",
            allowableValues = {"color", "greyscale", "blackwhite"})
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/security/ManualRedactPdfRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/security/ManualRedactPdfRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.PDFWithPageNums;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class ManualRedactPdfRequest extends PDFWithPageNums {
+    @Schema(description = "A list of areas that should be redacted")
+    private List<RedactionArea> redactions;
+
+    @Schema(description = "Convert the redacted PDF to an image", defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean convertPDFToImage;
+
+    @Schema(description = "The color used to fully redact certain pages")
+    private String pageRedactionColor;
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/security/RedactionArea.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/security/RedactionArea.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public class RedactionArea {
+    @Schema(description = "The left edge point of the area to be redacted.")
+    private Double x;
+
+    @Schema(description = "The top edge point of the area to be redacted.")
+    private Double y;
+
+    @Schema(description = "The height of the area to be redacted.")
+    private Double height;
+
+    @Schema(description = "The width of the area to be redacted.")
+    private Double width;
+
+    @Schema(description = "The page on which the area should be redacted.")
+    private Integer page;
+
+    @Schema(description = "The color used to redact the specified area.")
+    private String color;
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/exception/BackupNotFoundException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/exception/BackupNotFoundException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.exception;
+
+public class BackupNotFoundException extends RuntimeException {
+    public BackupNotFoundException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/SignatureService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/SignatureService.java
@@ -13,14 +13,19 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.thymeleaf.util.StringUtils;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.SignatureFile;

@Service
@Slf4j
 public class SignatureService {

-    private static final String SIGNATURE_BASE_PATH = "customFiles/signatures/";
-    private static final String ALL_USERS_FOLDER = "ALL_USERS";
+    private final String SIGNATURE_BASE_PATH;
+    private final String ALL_USERS_FOLDER = "ALL_USERS";
+
+    public SignatureService() {
+        SIGNATURE_BASE_PATH = InstallationPathConfig.getSignaturesPath();
+    }

    public boolean hasAccessToFile(String username, String fileName) throws IOException {
        validateFileName(fileName);
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/FileMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/FileMonitor.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;

@Component
@Slf4j
@@ -34,9 +35,7 @@ public class FileMonitor {
     *     monitored, false otherwise
     */
    @Autowired
-    public FileMonitor(
-            @Qualifier("watchedFoldersDir") String rootDirectory,
-            @Qualifier("directoryFilter") Predicate<Path> pathFilter)
+    public FileMonitor(@Qualifier("directoryFilter") Predicate<Path> pathFilter)
            throws IOException {
        this.newlyDiscoveredFiles = new HashSet<>();
        this.path2KeyMapping = new HashMap<>();
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ public class FileMonitor {
        this.pathFilter = pathFilter;
        this.readyForProcessingFiles = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
        this.watchService = FileSystems.getDefault().newWatchService();
-        this.rootDir = Path.of(rootDirectory);
+        this.rootDir = Path.of(InstallationPathConfig.getPipelineWatchedFoldersDir());
    }

    private boolean shouldNotProcess(Path path) {
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/GeneralUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/GeneralUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import io.github.pixee.security.HostValidator;
 import io.github.pixee.security.Urls;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InstallationPathConfig;

@Slf4j
 public class GeneralUtils {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ public class GeneralUtils {

            // Allow only http and https protocols
            String protocol = url.getProtocol();
-            if (!protocol.equals("http") && !protocol.equals("https")) {
+            if (!"http".equals(protocol) && !"https".equals(protocol)) {
                return false; // Disallow other protocols
            }

@@ -220,32 +221,54 @@ public class GeneralUtils {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid expression");
        }

-        int n = 0;
-        while (true) {
+        for (int n = 1; n <= maxValue; n++) {
            // Replace 'n' with the current value of n, correctly handling numbers before
            // 'n'
-            String sanitizedExpression = insertMultiplicationBeforeN(expression, n);
+            String sanitizedExpression = sanitizeNFunction(expression, n);
            Double result = evaluator.evaluate(sanitizedExpression);

            // Check if the result is null or not within bounds
-            if (result == null || result <= 0 || result.intValue() > maxValue) {
-                if (n != 0) break;
-            } else {
+            if (result == null) break;
+
+            if (result.intValue() > 0 && result.intValue() <= maxValue)
                results.add(result.intValue());
-            }
-            n++;
        }

        return results;
    }

+    private static String sanitizeNFunction(String expression, int nValue) {
+        String sanitizedExpression = expression.replace(" ", "");
+        String multiplyByOpeningRoundBracketPattern =
+                "([0-9n)])\\("; // example: n(n-1), 9(n-1), (n-1)(n-2)
+        sanitizedExpression =
+                sanitizedExpression.replaceAll(multiplyByOpeningRoundBracketPattern, "$1*(");
+
+        String multiplyByClosingRoundBracketPattern =
+                "\\)([0-9n)])"; // example: (n-1)n, (n-1)9, (n-1)(n-2)
+        sanitizedExpression =
+                sanitizedExpression.replaceAll(multiplyByClosingRoundBracketPattern, ")*$1");
+
+        sanitizedExpression = insertMultiplicationBeforeN(sanitizedExpression, nValue);
+        return sanitizedExpression;
+    }
+
    private static String insertMultiplicationBeforeN(String expression, int nValue) {
        // Insert multiplication between a number and 'n' (e.g., "4n" becomes "4*n")
        String withMultiplication = expression.replaceAll("(\\d)n", "$1*n");
+        withMultiplication = formatConsecutiveNsForNFunction(withMultiplication);
        // Now replace 'n' with its current value
        return withMultiplication.replace("n", String.valueOf(nValue));
    }

+    private static String formatConsecutiveNsForNFunction(String expression) {
+        String text = expression;
+        while (text.matches(".*n{2,}.*")) {
+            text = text.replaceAll("(?<!n)n{2}", "n*n");
+        }
+        return text;
+    }
+
    private static List<Integer> handlePart(String part, int totalPages, int offset) {
        List<Integer> partResult = new ArrayList<>();

@@ -320,7 +343,10 @@ public class GeneralUtils {

    public static void saveKeyToConfig(String id, String key, boolean autoGenerated)
            throws IOException {
-        Path path = Paths.get("configs", "settings.yml"); // Target the configs/settings.yml
+        Path path =
+                Paths.get(
+                        InstallationPathConfig
+                                .getSettingsPath()); // Target the configs/settings.yml

        final YamlFile settingsYml = new YamlFile(path.toFile());
        DumperOptions yamlOptionssettingsYml =
@@ -338,7 +364,7 @@ public class GeneralUtils {

    public static void saveKeyToConfig(String id, boolean key, boolean autoGenerated)
            throws IOException {
-        Path path = Paths.get("configs", "settings.yml");
+        Path path = Paths.get(InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());

        final YamlFile settingsYml = new YamlFile(path.toFile());
        DumperOptions yamlOptionssettingsYml =
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/PDFManipulationUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/PDFManipulationUtils.java
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package stirling.software.SPDF.utils;
-
-public class PDFManipulationUtils {}
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/PDFToFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/PDFToFile.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;

@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class PDFToFile {
                            .runCommandWithOutputHandling(command, tempOutputDir.toFile());

            // Get output files
-            List<File> outputFiles = Arrays.asList(tempOutputDir.toFile().listFiles());
+            File[] outputFiles = Objects.requireNonNull(tempOutputDir.toFile().listFiles());

            // Return output files in a ZIP archive
            fileName = pdfBaseName + "ToHtml.zip";
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/misc/CustomColorReplaceStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/misc/CustomColorReplaceStrategy.java
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.text.TextPosition;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;

+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.misc.HighContrastColorCombination;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.misc.ReplaceAndInvert;

+@Slf4j
 public class CustomColorReplaceStrategy extends ReplaceAndInvertColorStrategy {

    private String textColor;
@@ -93,17 +95,17 @@ public class CustomColorReplaceStrategy extends ReplaceAndInvertColorStrategy {
                        try {
                            font = PDFontFactory.createFont(text.getFont().getCOSObject());
                        } catch (IOException io) {
-                            System.out.println("Primary font not found, using fallback font.");
+                            log.info("Primary font not found, using fallback font.");
                            font = new PDType1Font(Standard14Fonts.FontName.HELVETICA);
                        }
                        // if a character is not supported by font, then look for supported font
                        try {
                            byte[] bytes = font.encode(unicodeText);
                        } catch (IOException io) {
-                            System.out.println("text could not be encoded ");
+                            log.info("text could not be encoded ");
                            font = checkSupportedFontForCharacter(unicodeText);
                        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ie) {
-                            System.out.println("text not supported by font ");
+                            log.info("text not supported by font ");
                            font = checkSupportedFontForCharacter(unicodeText);
                        } finally {
                            // if any other font is not supported, then replace default character *
@@ -157,9 +159,9 @@ public class CustomColorReplaceStrategy extends ReplaceAndInvertColorStrategy {
                byte[] bytes = currentFont.encode(unicodeText);
                return currentFont;
            } catch (IOException io) {
-                System.out.println("text could not be encoded ");
+                log.info("text could not be encoded ");
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException ie) {
-                System.out.println("text not supported by font ");
+                log.info("text not supported by font ");
            }
        }
        return null;
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/propertyeditor/StringToArrayListPropertyEditor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/propertyeditor/StringToArrayListPropertyEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.utils.propertyeditor;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security.RedactionArea;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class StringToArrayListPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    @Override
+    public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (text == null || text.trim().isEmpty()) {
+            setValue(new ArrayList<>());
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY, true);
+            TypeReference<ArrayList<RedactionArea>> typeRef =
+                    new TypeReference<ArrayList<RedactionArea>>() {};
+            List<RedactionArea> list = objectMapper.readValue(text, typeRef);
+            setValue(list);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Exception while converting {}", e);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Failed to convert java.lang.String to java.util.List");
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ spring.devtools.restart.exclude=stirling.software.SPDF.config.security/**
 spring.thymeleaf.encoding=UTF-8
 spring.web.resources.mime-mappings.webmanifest=application/manifest+json
 spring.mvc.async.request-timeout=${SYSTEM_CONNECTIONTIMEOUTMILLISECONDS:1200000}
-#spring.thymeleaf.prefix=file:/customFiles/templates/,classpath:/templates/
-#spring.thymeleaf.cache=false
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:file:./configs/stirling-pdf-DB-2.3.232;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
+
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:file:./configs/stirling-pdf-DB-2.3.232;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;MODE=PostgreSQL
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.h2.Driver
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <configuration>
+	<define name="LOG_PATH" class="stirling.software.SPDF.config.LogbackPropertyLoader" />

    <!-- Console Appender -->
    <appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
@@ -7,35 +9,30 @@
        </encoder>
    </appender>

-    <!-- Rolling File Appender -->
+    <!-- Rolling File Appender for Auth Logs -->
    <appender name="AUTHLOG" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-        <file>logs/invalid-auths.log</file>
+        <file>${LOG_PATH}/invalid-auths.log</file>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d %p %c{1} [%thread] %m%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
-
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-            <!-- daily rollover and keep 7 days' worth of history -->
-            <fileNamePattern>logs/auth-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}/auth-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern>
            <maxHistory>1</maxHistory>
        </rollingPolicy>
    </appender>

-    <!-- Rolling File Appender -->
+    <!-- Rolling File Appender for General Logs -->
    <appender name="GENERAL" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-        <file>logs/info.log</file>
+        <file>${LOG_PATH}/info.log</file>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d %p %c{1} [%thread] %m%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
-
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-            <!-- daily rollover and keep 7 days' worth of history -->
-            <fileNamePattern>logs/info-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}/info-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern>
            <maxHistory>1</maxHistory>
        </rollingPolicy>
    </appender>

-
    <!-- Root Logger -->
    <root level="INFO">
        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
@@ -43,10 +40,9 @@
    </root>

    <!-- Specific Logger -->
-    <logger name="stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler" level="ERROR"
-            additivity="false">
+    <logger name="stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler" 
+            level="ERROR" additivity="false">
        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
        <appender-ref ref="AUTHLOG"/>
    </logger>
-
-</configuration>
+</configuration>
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_ar_AR.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_ar_AR.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=صفحات
 loading=جارٍ التحميل...
 addToDoc=إضافة إلى المستند
 reset=إعداة ضبط
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=سياسة الخصوصية
 legal.terms=شروط الاستخدام
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=لم يتم العثور على الملف
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=يجب ألا يكون الملف فارغًا أو خاليًا
 database.failedImportFile=فشل استيراد الملف
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=لقد انتهت جلستك. يرجى تحديث الصفحة والمحاولة مرة أخرى
 session.refreshPage=تحديث الصفحة
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=حجب تلقائي
 home.autoRedact.desc=يحجب (يسود) النص في PDF تلقائيًا بناءً على النص المدخل
 autoRedact.tags=حجب,إخفاء,تسويد,أسود,علامة,مخفي

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF إلى CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=يستخرج الجداول من PDF ويحولها إلى CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,استخراج الجدول,استخراج,تحويل
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=طلب غير صالح
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=تم رفض الوصول
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=استجابة الرمز المميز غير صالحة
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=رمز الهوية غير صالح
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=تم تعطيل المستخدم، تم حظر تسجيل الدخول حاليًا باستخدام اسم المستخدم هذا. يرجى الاتصال بالمسؤول.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=لقد تسجل دخولًا إلى
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=أجهزة أخرى. يرجى تسجيل الخروج من الأجهزة وحاول مرة أخرى.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=حشو إضافي مخصص
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=تحويل PDF إلى صورة PDF (يستخدم لإزالة النص خلف المربع)
 autoRedact.submitButton=إرسال

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=إظهار جافا سكريبت
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=إصلاح
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=تدرج الرمادي
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=أبيض وأسود (قد يفقد البيانات!)
 pdfToImage.submit=تحويل
 pdfToImage.info=Python غير مثبت. مطلوب لتحويل WebP.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(مثال: 1,2,8 أو 4,7,12-16 أو 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=تقطيع ملف PDF
 fileChooser.click=انقر هنا
 fileChooser.or=أو
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=قم بسحب الملفات وإفلاتها
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=قم بسحب المفات وإفلاتها هنا

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_az_AZ.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_az_AZ.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Səhifələr
 loading=Yüklənir...
 addToDoc=Sənədə Əlavə Et
 reset=Sıfırla
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Məxfilik Siyasəti
 legal.terms=Qaydalar və Şərtlər
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=Fayl Tapılmadı
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=Fayl boş və ya "null" olmamalıdır
 database.failedImportFile=Faylı daxil etmək alınmadı
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Sessiyanızın vaxtı bitdi. Səhifəni yeniləyin və yenidən cəhd edin.
 session.refreshPage=Səhifəni Yenilə
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Avtomatik Gizlətmə
 home.autoRedact.desc=Daxil edilmiş data əsasında PDF-dəki müəyyən mətn hissəsini qara qutu ilə gizlədir
 autoRedact.tags=Qarala,gizlət,sil,qara,marker,gizli

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF-dən CSV-ə
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=PDF-dən cədvəlləri CSV-ə çevirərək xaric edir
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Cədvəl xaricetmə,xaric et,çevir
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Etibarsız Sorğu
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Giriş rədd edildi
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Etibarsız Token Cavabı
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Etibarsız Id Token
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=İstifadəçi deaktivləşdirilmişdir, bu istifadəçi adı ilə giriş hal-hazırda bloklanmışdır. Zəhmət olmasa, administratorla əlaqə saxlayın.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Siz artıq daxil olmusunuz
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=cihazlar. Zəhmət olmasa, cihazlardan çıxış edin və yenidən cəhd edin.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Fərdi Əlavə Başlıq
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=PDF-i PDF-Şəkil-ə çevir (Qutunun arxasındakı yazını silmək üçün istifadə edilir)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Təsdiqlə

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Javascripti Göstər
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=İlk səhifə
 sign.last=Son səhifə
 sign.next=Növbəti səhifə
 sign.previous=Əvvəlki səhifə
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Bərpa Et
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Boz Tonlama
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Qara və Ağ (Data İtə Bilər)
 pdfToImage.submit=Çevir
 pdfToImage.info=Python Yüklü Deyil.WebP Çevirməsi Üçün Vacibdir
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(məsələn, 1,2,8 və ya 4,7,12-16 və ya 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=PDF-i Ayır
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_bg_BG.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_bg_BG.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Страници
 loading=Loading...
 addToDoc=Add to Document
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Политика за поверителност
 legal.terms=Правила и условия
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=Файлът не е намерен
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=Файлът не трябва да е нулев или празен
 database.failedImportFile=Неуспешно импортиране на файл
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Вашата сесия е изтекла. Моля, опреснете страницата и опитайте отново.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Автоматично редактиране
 home.autoRedact.desc=Автоматично редактира (зачернява) текст в PDF въз основа на въведен текст
 autoRedact.tags=Редактиране,Скриване,затъмняване,черен,маркер,скрит

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF в CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Извлича таблици от PDF, като ги конвертира в CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,извличане на таблица,извличане,конвертиране
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Невалидна заявка
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Отказан достъп
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Невалиден отговор на токена
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Невалиден токен за идентификатор
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=Потребителят е деактивиран, влизането в момента е блокирано с това потребителско име. Моля, свържете се с администратора.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Вече сте влезли в
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=устройства. Моля, излезте от устройствата и опитайте отново.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Персонализирана допълните
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Преобразуване на PDF към PDF-изображение (използва се за премахване на текст зад полето)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Изпращане

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Покажи Javascript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Поправи
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Скала на сивото
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Черно и бяло (може да загубите данни!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Преобразуване
 pdfToImage.info=Python не е инсталиран. Изисква се за конвертиране на WebP.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Разделяне на PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_ca_CA.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_ca_CA.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Pàgines
 loading=Carregant...
 addToDoc=Afegeix al document
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Política de Privacitat
 legal.terms=Termes i condicions
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=Fitxer no trobat
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=El fitxer no ha de ser nul o buit
 database.failedImportFile=Error en la importació del fitxer
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=La teva sessió ha expirat. Si us plau, actualitza la pàgina i torna a intentar-ho.
 session.refreshPage=Actualitza la pàgina
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Redacció Automàtica
 home.autoRedact.desc=Redacta automàticament (enfosqueix) text en un PDF basat en el text introduït
 autoRedact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF a CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extreu taules d'un PDF convertint-les a CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Table Extraction,extract,convert
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Sol·licitud no vàlida
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Accés denegat
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Resposta de token no vàlida
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=ID Token no vàlid
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=L'usuari està desactivat, l'inici de sessió està actualment bloquejat amb aquest nom d'usuari. Si us plau, contacta amb l'administrador.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Ja has iniciat sessió a
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=dispositius. Si us plau, tanca la sessió en els dispositius i torna-ho a intentar.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Espai Extra Personalitzat
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Converteix PDF a Imatge PDF (S'utilitza per eliminar text darrere del quadre)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Envia

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Mostra Javascript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Reparar
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Escala de Grisos
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Blanc i Negre (Pot perdre dades!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Converteix
 pdfToImage.info=Python no està instal·lat. És necessari per a la conversió a WebP.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(p. ex. 1,2,8 o 4,7,12-16 o 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Divideix PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_cs_CZ.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_cs_CZ.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Strany
 loading=Načítání...
 addToDoc=Přidat do dokumentu
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Politika soukromí
 legal.terms=Podmínky použití
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=File not Found
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=Soubor nemůže být null nebo prázdný
 database.failedImportFile=Failed Import File
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Vaše sesace vypršela. Prosím obnovte stránku a zkusit to znovu.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Automatické odstranění
 home.autoRedact.desc=Automaticky zakrývá text v PDF na základě vstupního textu
 autoRedact.tags=Odstranit,Skrytý,černý,zakrýt,značka,skrytý

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF na CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extrahuje tabulky z PDF a konvertuje je do formátu CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Extrakce tabulky,extrahovat,konvertovat
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Neplatný požadavek
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Přístup zazobán
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Neplatná odpověď tokenu
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Neplatný identifikační token
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=Uživatel je deaktivován, přihlášení aktuálně pro tuto uživatelskou jmena je zakázáno. Kontaktujte správce.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Jste již přihlášeni na
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=zariadení. Odhlašujte se z těchto zařízení a zkuste to znovu.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Vlastní doplňující vzdálenost
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Převést PDF do PDF-Obrázku (Pro odstranění textu za obdélníkem)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Odeslat

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Zobrazit JavaScript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Opravit
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Stupně šedi
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Černobílý (Může dojít k ztrátě dat!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Převést
 pdfToImage.info=Python není nainstalován. Potřebuje se pro konverzi do WebP.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(např. 1,2,8 nebo 4,7,12-16 nebo 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Podělit se PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_da_DK.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_da_DK.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Sideantal
 loading=Laster...
 addToDoc=Tilføj til Dokument
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Privacy Policy
 legal.terms=Vilkår og betingelser
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=Fil ikke fundet
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=Fil må ikke være null eller tom
 database.failedImportFile=Kunne ikke importere fil
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Din sesions tid har udløbet. Genlad siden og prøv igen.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Auto Rediger
 home.autoRedact.desc=Auto Redigerer (Sværter) tekst i en PDF baseret på input tekst
 autoRedact.tags=Rediger,Skjul,sværte,sort,markør,skjult

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF til CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Udtrækker Tabeller fra en PDF og konverterer dem til CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Tabeludtrækning,udtræk,konvertér
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Ugyldig Anmodning
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Adgang Nægtet
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Ugyldigt Token Svar
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Ugyldigt Id Token
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=Bruger er deaktiveret, login er i øjeblikket blokeret med dette brugernavn. Kontakt venligst administratoren.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Du er allerede logget ind på
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=enheder. Log ud af disse enheder og prøv igen.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Brugerdefineret Ekstra Polstring
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Konvertér PDF til PDF-Billede (Bruges til at fjerne tekst bag boksen)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Indsend

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Vis Javascript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Reparér
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Gråtone
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Sort og Hvid (Kan miste data!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Konvertér
 pdfToImage.info=Python er ikke installeret. Påkrævet for WebP-konvertering.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(f.eks. 1,2,8 eller 4,7,12-16 eller 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Splitter PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_de_DE.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_de_DE.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Seiten
 loading=Laden...
 addToDoc=In Dokument hinzufügen
 reset=Zurücksetzen
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Datenschutz
 legal.terms=AGB
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Datenbanksicherung erfolgreich
 database.fileNotFound=Datei nicht gefunden
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=Datei darf nicht null oder leer sein
 database.failedImportFile=Dateiimport fehlgeschlagen
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Ihre Sitzung ist abgelaufen. Bitte laden Sie die Seite neu und versuchen Sie es erneut.
 session.refreshPage=Seite aktualisieren
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Automatisch zensieren/schwärzen
 home.autoRedact.desc=Automatisches Zensieren (Schwärzen) von Text in einer PDF-Datei basierend auf dem eingegebenen Text
 autoRedact.tags=zensieren,schwärzen

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=Tabelle extrahieren
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Tabelle aus PDF in CSV extrahieren
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,tabelle,extrahieren
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=ungültige Anfrage
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Zugriff abgelehnt
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Ungültige Token-Antwort
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Ungültiges ID-Token
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=Keine Relying-Party-Registrierung gefunden
 login.userIsDisabled=Benutzer ist deaktiviert, die Anmeldung ist mit diesem Benutzernamen derzeit gesperrt. Bitte wenden Sie sich an den Administrator.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Sie sind bereits an
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=Geräten angemeldet. Bitte melden Sie sich dort ab und versuchen es dann erneut.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Zensierten Bereich vergrößern
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=PDF in PDF-Bild konvertieren (zum Entfernen von Text hinter dem Kasten)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Zensieren

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Javascript anzeigen
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=Erste Seite
 sign.last=Letzte Seite
 sign.next=Nächste Seite
 sign.previous=Vorherige Seite
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Reparieren
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Graustufen
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Schwarzweiß (Datenverlust möglich!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Umwandeln
 pdfToImage.info=Python ist nicht installiert. Erforderlich für die WebP-Konvertierung.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(z.B. 1,2,8 oder 4,7,12-16 oder 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=PDF teilen
 fileChooser.click=Klicken
 fileChooser.or=oder
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Datei(en) hierhin Ziehen & Fallenlassen

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_el_GR.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_el_GR.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Σελίδες
 loading=Φόρτωση...
 addToDoc=Πρόσθεση στο Εκπομπώματο
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Πολιτική Προνομίους
 legal.terms=Φράσεις Υποχρεωτικότητας
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=File not Found
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=Το αρχείο δεν μπορεί να είναι τυχόν ή κενό.
 database.failedImportFile=Failed Import File
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Η σεζώνη σας υπάρξει παραγωγή. Πατήστε για να ανανεώσετε το πλήρωμα και δοκιμάστε ξανά.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Αυτόματο Μαύρισμα Κειμένου
 home.autoRedact.desc=Αυτόματη επεξεργασία (Μαύρισμα) κείμενου σε PDF με βάση το κείμενο εισαγωγής
 autoRedact.tags=ξεκράζω,φυλακίζω,εικόνο-κουπές,κρατήστε ασφαλείς,δημιουργήστε

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF σε CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Εξάγει πίνακες από PDF μετατρέποντάς το σε CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,καταθέσεις-τάβλες,αποδιατύπωση,μετατροπή
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Αρχαίως απαιτήσεις πληροφορ
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Πρόσβαση ορισμένες τοποθετήσεις
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Απάντηση άρκετο ρόταμα
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Λιδός όρκου μη αρκετός
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=Ο χρήστης είναι δευτεροβαθμιακά διακωμένος, το σύστημα άλλαξε τον καθώς βρεθεί. Παρακαλείστε τους αρχηγούς να επιβεβαιώσουν τη συμπεριφορά χρήστη.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Είστε ήδη σύνδεδες σε
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=κατοχόι. Παρακαλώ δυσκέντρωση τους και προσπαθήστε ξανά.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Εμπνευσμένη Προσθήκη Ανάκρ
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Μετατροπή PDF σε PDF-Εικόνα (Χρησιμοποιείται για την αφαίρεση κειμένου πίσω από το πλαίσιο)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Υποβολή

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Εμφάνιση Javascript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Επιδιόρθωση
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Κλίμακα του γκρι
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Ασπρόμαυρο (Μπορεί να χαθούν δεδομένα!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Μετατροπή
 pdfToImage.info=Δεν είναι ιστάμενος Python. Είναι απαιτήτων για τη μετατροπή σε WebP.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(π.χ. 1,2,8 ή 4,7,12-16 ή 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Διαλύστε το PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Pages
 loading=Loading...
 addToDoc=Add to Document
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Privacy Policy
 legal.terms=Terms and Conditions
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=File not found
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=File must not be null or empty
 database.failedImportFile=Failed to import file
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Your session has expired. Please refresh the page and try again.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Auto Redact
 home.autoRedact.desc=Auto Redacts(Blacks out) text in a PDF based on input text
 autoRedact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF to CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extracts Tables from a PDF converting it to CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Table Extraction,extract,convert
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Invalid Request
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Access Denied
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Invalid Token Response
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Invalid Id Token
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=User is deactivated, login is currently blocked with this username. Please contact the administrator.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=You are already logged in to
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=devices. Please log out of the devices and try again.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Custom Extra Padding
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Submit

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Show Javascript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Repair
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Greyscale
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Black and White (May lose data!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Convert
 pdfToImage.info=Python is not installed. Required for WebP conversion.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Split PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_en_US.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_en_US.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Pages
 loading=Loading...
 addToDoc=Add to Document
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Privacy Policy
 legal.terms=Terms and Conditions
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=File not Found
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=File must not be null or empty
 database.failedImportFile=Failed Import File
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Your session has expired. Please refresh the page and try again.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Auto Redact
 home.autoRedact.desc=Auto Redacts(Blacks out) text in a PDF based on input text
 autoRedact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF to CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extracts Tables from a PDF converting it to CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Table Extraction,extract,convert
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Invalid Request
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Access Denied
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Invalid Token Response
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Invalid Id Token
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=User is deactivated, login is currently blocked with this username. Please contact the administrator.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=You are already logged in to
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=devices. Please log out of the devices and try again.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Custom Extra Padding
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Submit

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Show Javascript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Repair
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Grayscale
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Black and White (May lose data!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Convert
 pdfToImage.info=Python is not installed. Required for WebP conversion.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Split PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_es_ES.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_es_ES.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Páginas
 loading=Cargando...
 addToDoc=Agregar al Documento
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Política de Privacidad
 legal.terms=Términos y Condiciones
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=Archivo no encontrado
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=El archivo no debe ser nulo o vacío.
 database.failedImportFile=Archivo de importación fallido
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Tu sesión ha caducado. Actualice la página e inténtelo de nuevo.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Auto Redactar
 home.autoRedact.desc=Redactar automáticamente (ocultar) texto en un PDF según el texto introducido
 autoRedact.tags=Redactar,Ocultar,ocultar,negro,subrayador,oculto

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF a CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extraer Tablas de un PDF convirtiéndolas a CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Extraer tabla,extraer,convertir
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Solicitud no válida
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Acceso denegado
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Respuesta de token no válida
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Token de identificación no válido
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=El usuario está desactivado, actualmente el acceso está bloqueado para ese nombre de usuario. Por favor, póngase en contacto con el administrador.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=Ya has iniciado sesión en
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=dispositivos. Cierra sesión en los dispositivos y vuelve a intentarlo.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Extra Padding personalizado
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convertir PDF a imagen PDF (Utilizado para quitar el texto detrás del cajetín)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Enviar

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Mostrar Javascript
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Reparar
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Escala de grises
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Blanco y Negro (¡Puede perder datos!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Convertir
 pdfToImage.info=Python no está instalado. Se requiere para la conversión WebP.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Dividir PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_eu_ES.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_eu_ES.properties
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pages=Pages
 loading=Loading...
 addToDoc=Add to Document
 reset=Reset
+apply=Apply

 legal.privacy=Privacy Policy
 legal.terms=Terms and Conditions
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ database.backupCreated=Database backup successful
 database.fileNotFound=File not Found
 database.fileNullOrEmpty=File must not be null or empty
 database.failedImportFile=Failed Import File
+database.notSupported=This function is not available for your database connection.

 session.expired=Your session has expired. Please refresh the page and try again.
 session.refreshPage=Refresh Page
@@ -474,6 +476,10 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Auto Idatzi
 home.autoRedact.desc=Auto Idatzi testua pdf fitxategian sarrerako testuan oinarritua
 autoRedact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden

+home.redact.title=Manual Redaction
+home.redact.desc=Redacts a PDF based on selected text, drawn shapes and/or selected page(s)
+redact.tags=Redact,Hide,black out,black,marker,hidden,manual
+
 home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF to CSV
 home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extracts Tables from a PDF converting it to CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Table Extraction,extract,convert
@@ -561,6 +567,7 @@ login.oauth2invalidRequest=Invalid Request
 login.oauth2AccessDenied=Access Denied
 login.oauth2InvalidTokenResponse=Invalid Token Response
 login.oauth2InvalidIdToken=Invalid Id Token
+login.relyingPartyRegistrationNotFound=No relying party registration found
 login.userIsDisabled=User is deactivated, login is currently blocked with this username. Please contact the administrator.
 login.alreadyLoggedIn=You are already logged in to
 login.alreadyLoggedIn2=devices. Please log out of the devices and try again.
@@ -578,6 +585,31 @@ autoRedact.customPaddingLabel=Custom Extra Padding
 autoRedact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Bihurtu PDF fitxategi bat PDF-Irudi-ra (kaxaren atzean testua ezabatzeko erabilia)
 autoRedact.submitButton=Bidali

+#redact
+redact.title=Manual Redaction
+redact.header=Manual Redaction
+redact.submit=Redact
+redact.textBasedRedaction=Text based Redaction
+redact.pageBasedRedaction=Page-based Redaction
+redact.convertPDFToImageLabel=Convert PDF to PDF-Image (Used to remove text behind the box)
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.title=Pages
+redact.pageRedactionNumbers.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+redact.redactionColor.title=Redaction Color
+redact.export=Export
+redact.upload=Upload
+redact.boxRedaction=Box draw redaction
+redact.zoom=Zoom
+redact.zoomIn=Zoom in
+redact.zoomOut=Zoom out
+redact.nextPage=Next Page
+redact.previousPage=Previous Page
+redact.toggleSidebar=Toggle Sidebar
+redact.showThumbnails=Show Thumbnails
+redact.showDocumentOutline=Show Document Outline (double-click to expand/collapse all items)
+redact.showAttatchments=Show Attachments
+redact.showLayers=Show Layers (double-click to reset all layers to the default state)
+redact.colourPicker=Colour Picker
+redact.findCurrentOutlineItem=Find current outline item

 #showJS
 showJS.title=Javascript erakutsi
@@ -830,6 +862,8 @@ sign.first=First page
 sign.last=Last page
 sign.next=Next page
 sign.previous=Previous page
+sign.maintainRatio=Toggle maintain aspect ratio
+

 #repair
 repair.title=Konpondu
@@ -1041,6 +1075,7 @@ pdfToImage.grey=Gris-eskala
 pdfToImage.blackwhite=Zuria eta Beltza (Datuak galdu ditzake!)
 pdfToImage.submit=Bihurtu
 pdfToImage.info=Python is not installed. Required for WebP conversion.
+pdfToImage.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)


 #addPassword
@@ -1284,6 +1319,8 @@ splitByChapters.submit=Split PDF
 fileChooser.click=Click
 fileChooser.or=or
 fileChooser.dragAndDrop=Drag & Drop
+fileChooser.dragAndDropPDF=Drag & Drop PDF file
+fileChooser.dragAndDropImage=Drag & Drop Image file
 fileChooser.hoveredDragAndDrop=Drag & Drop file(s) here

 #release notes
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More