# Profiles and Databases

## Profiles

Every setting in OpsLog is **per-profile**: station identity, CAT, lookup, QSL
defaults, awards display, antennas, and which logbook to use. Create one profile
per callsign / station / event.

Switch or manage profiles in Settings. The active profile decides which logbook
your QSOs go to.

## Config vs. logbook — two different stores

| Store | What | Where |
|-------|------|-------|
| **Config** | settings, profiles, rigs/antennas, cluster nodes, lookup cache, award lists, QSL templates | always the **local SQLite** file under `data/` |
| **Logbook** | your QSOs | where the active profile points — local SQLite **or** shared MySQL |

Keeping config local means the UI is instant even when the logbook is a far-away
MySQL server.

## Shared MySQL logbook (multi-operator)

Point a profile's logbook at a **MySQL** database so several operators run **one
log** — e.g. a multi-op special-event call. Configure the host / database /
credentials in the profile's database settings.

This is also what powers [[Multi-Operator Live Status]] (each instance heartbeats
its activity into a `live_status` table).

## Backups

Optional **database + ADIF backup at shutdown** (Settings → Backup). Regardless,
copying the `data/` folder backs up your config and local logbook. See
[[Settings and Data]].
