From: Kenneth Koski Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 21:28:09 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Update configuration documentation X-Git-Url: http://these/git/%7B%60/feeds/inbox/%22%7B%7D/%22?a=commitdiff_plain;h=09498d8bb385cf39d032e999fcee34b7f33602da;p=lemmy.git Update configuration documentation --- diff --git a/docs/src/administration_configuration.md b/docs/src/administration_configuration.md index 0e730d33..cfda34f7 100644 --- a/docs/src/administration_configuration.md +++ b/docs/src/administration_configuration.md @@ -1,22 +1,17 @@ # Configuration -The configuration is based on the file -[defaults.hjson](https://yerbamate.dev/LemmyNet/lemmy/src/branch/main/config/defaults.hjson). -This file also contains documentation for all the available options. To override the defaults, you -can copy the options you want to change into your local `config.hjson` file. +The configuration is based on the file [defaults.hjson](https://yerbamate.dev/LemmyNet/lemmy/src/branch/main/config/defaults.hjson). This file also contains documentation for all the available options. To override the defaults, you can copy the options you want to change into your local `config.hjson` file. -To use a different `config.hjson` location than the current directory, set the environment variable `LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION`. Make sure you copy the `defaults.hjson` if you do this, otherwise you will be missing settings. +The `defaults.hjson` and `config.hjson` files are located at `config/defaults.hjson` and`config/config.hjson`, respectively. To change these default locations, you can set these two environment variables: -Additionally, you can override any config files with environment variables. These have the same -name as the config options, and are prefixed with `LEMMY_`. For example, you can override the -`database.password` with `LEMMY_DATABASE__POOL_SIZE=10`. + LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION # config.hjson + LEMMY_CONFIG_DEFAULTS_LOCATION # defaults.hjson -An additional option `LEMMY_DATABASE_URL` is available, which can be used with a PostgreSQL -connection string like `postgres://lemmy:password@lemmy_db:5432/lemmy`, passing all connection -details at once. +Additionally, you can override any config files with environment variables. These have the same name as the config options, and are prefixed with `LEMMY_`. For example, you can override the `database.password` with `LEMMY_DATABASE__POOL_SIZE=10`. -If the Docker container is not used, manually create the database specified above by running the -following commands: +An additional option `LEMMY_DATABASE_URL` is available, which can be used with a PostgreSQL connection string like `postgres://lemmy:password@lemmy_db:5432/lemmy`, passing all connection details at once. + +If the Docker container is not used, manually create the database specified above by running the following commands: ```bash cd server