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+-- Drop the tables if they exist (to avoid errors if re-running the script)
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS sessions;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS users;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS user_actions;
+
+-- Create the sessions table
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    created DATETIME,
+    expiration DATETIME,
+    userid INTEGER,
+    sessionkey TEXT,
+    FOREIGN KEY (userid) REFERENCES users(id) -- Foreign key to the users table
+);
+
+-- Create the users table
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    created DATETIME,
+    username TEXT UNIQUE,
+    passwordhash TEXT,
+    scopes TEXT,
+    email TEXT UNIQUE,
+    first_name TEXT,
+    last_name TEXT,
+    is_active BOOLEAN DEFAULT 1, -- Example of another useful field
+    last_login DATETIME
+);
+
+-- Create the user_actions table to log actions made by users
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user_actions (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    userid INTEGER,
+    timestamp DATETIME,
+    path TEXT,
+    status_code INTEGER,
+    FOREIGN KEY (userid) REFERENCES users(id) -- Foreign key to users
+);
+
+-- create admin user with password admin (hashed)
+INSERT INTO users (created, username, passwordhash, scopes, email, first_name, last_name) VALUES (datetime('now'), 'sudo-admin', '8c6976e5b5410415bde908bd4dee15dfb167a9c873fc4bb8a81f6f2ab448a918', 'admin', 'admin@example.com', 'Admin', 'User');
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