From: Felix Ableitner <me@nutomic.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 16:40:55 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Implement config (fixes #351)
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Implement config (fixes #351)
---

diff --git a/server/Cargo.lock b/server/Cargo.lock
index b94d6ca1..997fcce6 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/server/Cargo.lock
@@ -335,6 +335,14 @@ name = "adler32"
 version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr 0.1.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -537,6 +545,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
+name = "config"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nom 4.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rust-ini 0.13.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.97 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde-hjson 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_json 1.0.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "toml 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "yaml-rust 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "copyless"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -692,6 +715,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "migrations_macros 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
+name = "docopt"
+version = "0.6.86"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "regex 0.1.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rustc-serialize 0.3.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "strsim 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dotenv"
 version = "0.14.1"
@@ -702,6 +736,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dtoa"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dtoa"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -951,6 +990,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
+name = "hjson"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "docopt 0.6.86 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde-hjson 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_json 0.8.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hostname"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -1028,6 +1078,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "winreg 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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@@ -1061,6 +1116,11 @@ name = "language-tags"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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 name = "lazy_static"
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@@ -1080,11 +1140,13 @@ dependencies = [
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  "bcrypt 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "config 0.9.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "diesel 1.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "diesel_migrations 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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  "env_logger 0.6.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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  "jsonwebtoken 6.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1135,6 +1197,15 @@ name = "libc"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linked-hash-map"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+ "serde_test 0.8.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+
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@@ -1186,6 +1257,14 @@ name = "matches"
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+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+
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@@ -1339,6 +1418,14 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.1.43"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
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@@ -1748,6 +1835,18 @@ name = "redox_syscall"
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+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "0.1.80"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+ "utf8-ranges 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+
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@@ -1760,6 +1859,11 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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@@ -1820,6 +1924,11 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "rust-ini"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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@@ -1899,6 +2008,11 @@ name = "semver-parser"
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+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "0.8.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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@@ -1907,6 +2021,18 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "serde-hjson"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+
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@@ -1917,6 +2043,17 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+
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@@ -1928,6 +2065,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 1.0.97 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
+name = "serde_test"
+version = "0.8.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde 0.8.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+
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@@ -2006,6 +2151,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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@@ -2097,6 +2247,23 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "thread-id"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+ "libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -2242,6 +2409,14 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.4.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+
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+[[package]]
+name = "utf8-ranges"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 3d2d8a63..77c90882 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ lettre_email = "0.9.2"
 rust-crypto = "^0.2"
 rss = "1.8.0"
 htmlescape = "0.3.1"
+config = "0.9.3"
+hjson = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/server/config/defaults.hjson b/server/config/defaults.hjson
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36d6d6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/config/defaults.hjson
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  database: {
+      user: "lemmy"
+      password: "password"
+      host: "localhost"
+      port: 5432
+      database: "lemmy"
+    }
+  hostname: "rrr"
+  bind: "0.0.0.0"
+  port: 8536
+  jwt_secret: "changeme"
+  rate_limit: {
+    message: 30,
+    message_per_second: 60,
+    post: 6,
+    post_per_second: 600,
+    register: 3,
+    register_per_second: 3600,
+  }
+#  email: {
+#    smtp_server: ""
+#    smtp_login: ""
+#    smtp_password: ""
+#    smtp_from_address: ""
+#  }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/api/mod.rs b/server/src/api/mod.rs
index 97a11900..07712e87 100644
--- a/server/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::db::user_mention::*;
 use crate::db::user_mention_view::*;
 use crate::db::user_view::*;
 use crate::db::*;
-use crate::{extract_usernames, has_slurs, naive_from_unix, naive_now, remove_slurs, Settings};
+use crate::{extract_usernames, has_slurs, naive_from_unix, naive_now, remove_slurs};
 use failure::Error;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
diff --git a/server/src/api/user.rs b/server/src/api/user.rs
index df38dc99..9a343427 100644
--- a/server/src/api/user.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/user.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
+use crate::settings::Settings;
 use crate::{generate_random_string, send_email};
 use bcrypt::verify;
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ impl Perform<LoginResponse> for Oper<Register> {
     // Register the new user
     let user_form = UserForm {
       name: data.username.to_owned(),
-      fedi_name: Settings::get().hostname.into(),
+      fedi_name: Settings::get().hostname.to_owned(),
       email: data.email.to_owned(),
       password_encrypted: data.password.to_owned(),
       preferred_username: None,
diff --git a/server/src/db/mod.rs b/server/src/db/mod.rs
index a7961f12..5d3a0920 100644
--- a/server/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::Settings;
+use crate::settings::Settings;
 use diesel::dsl::*;
 use diesel::result::Error;
 use diesel::*;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl<T> MaybeOptional<T> for Option<T> {
 }
 
 pub fn establish_connection() -> PgConnection {
-  let db_url = Settings::get().db_url;
+  let db_url = Settings::get().get_database_url();
   PgConnection::establish(&db_url).expect(&format!("Error connecting to {}", db_url))
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/feeds.rs b/server/src/feeds.rs
index a16116d4..5337edcf 100644
--- a/server/src/feeds.rs
+++ b/server/src/feeds.rs
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ fn create_post_items(posts: Vec<PostView>) -> Vec<Item> {
         "/c/{} <a href=\"{}\">(link)</a>",
         p.community_name, community_url
       ))
-      .domain(Settings::get().hostname)
+      .domain(Settings::get().hostname.to_owned())
       .build();
     i.categories(vec![category.unwrap()]);
 
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index b560edf4..c23c97d2 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ pub mod db;
 pub mod feeds;
 pub mod nodeinfo;
 pub mod schema;
+pub mod settings;
 pub mod version;
 pub mod websocket;
 
+use crate::settings::Settings;
 use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDateTime, Utc};
-use dotenv::dotenv;
 use lettre::smtp::authentication::{Credentials, Mechanism};
 use lettre::smtp::extension::ClientId;
 use lettre::smtp::ConnectionReuseParameters;
@@ -41,87 +42,6 @@ use lettre_email::Email;
 use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 use regex::Regex;
-use std::env;
-use std::net::IpAddr;
-
-pub struct Settings {
-  pub db_url: String,
-  pub hostname: String,
-  pub bind: IpAddr,
-  pub port: u16,
-  pub jwt_secret: String,
-  pub rate_limit_message: i32,
-  pub rate_limit_message_per_second: i32,
-  pub rate_limit_post: i32,
-  pub rate_limit_post_per_second: i32,
-  pub rate_limit_register: i32,
-  pub rate_limit_register_per_second: i32,
-  pub email_config: Option<EmailConfig>,
-}
-
-pub struct EmailConfig {
-  smtp_server: String,
-  smtp_login: String,
-  smtp_password: String,
-  smtp_from_address: String,
-}
-
-impl Settings {
-  pub fn get() -> Self {
-    dotenv().ok();
-
-    let email_config =
-      if env::var("SMTP_SERVER").is_ok() && !env::var("SMTP_SERVER").unwrap().eq("") {
-        Some(EmailConfig {
-          smtp_server: env::var("SMTP_SERVER").expect("SMTP_SERVER must be set"),
-          smtp_login: env::var("SMTP_LOGIN").expect("SMTP_LOGIN must be set"),
-          smtp_password: env::var("SMTP_PASSWORD").expect("SMTP_PASSWORD must be set"),
-          smtp_from_address: env::var("SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS").expect("SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS must be set"),
-        })
-      } else {
-        None
-      };
-
-    Settings {
-      db_url: env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("DATABASE_URL must be set"),
-      hostname: env::var("HOSTNAME").unwrap_or("rrr".to_string()),
-      bind: env::var("BIND")
-        .unwrap_or("0.0.0.0".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      port: env::var("PORT")
-        .unwrap_or("8536".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      jwt_secret: env::var("JWT_SECRET").unwrap_or("changeme".to_string()),
-      rate_limit_message: env::var("RATE_LIMIT_MESSAGE")
-        .unwrap_or("30".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      rate_limit_message_per_second: env::var("RATE_LIMIT_MESSAGE_PER_SECOND")
-        .unwrap_or("60".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      rate_limit_post: env::var("RATE_LIMIT_POST")
-        .unwrap_or("3".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      rate_limit_post_per_second: env::var("RATE_LIMIT_POST_PER_SECOND")
-        .unwrap_or("600".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      rate_limit_register: env::var("RATE_LIMIT_REGISTER")
-        .unwrap_or("1".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      rate_limit_register_per_second: env::var("RATE_LIMIT_REGISTER_PER_SECOND")
-        .unwrap_or("3600".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .unwrap(),
-      email_config,
-    }
-  }
-}
 
 pub fn to_datetime_utc(ndt: NaiveDateTime) -> DateTime<Utc> {
   DateTime::<Utc>::from_utc(ndt, Utc)
@@ -171,13 +91,13 @@ pub fn send_email(
   to_username: &str,
   html: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
-  let email_config = Settings::get().email_config.ok_or("no_email_setup")?;
+  let email_config = Settings::get().email.as_ref().ok_or("no_email_setup")?;
 
   let email = Email::builder()
     .to((to_email, to_username))
     .from((
       email_config.smtp_login.to_owned(),
-      email_config.smtp_from_address,
+      email_config.smtp_from_address.to_owned(),
     ))
     .subject(subject)
     .html(html)
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index d19ef777..2d657a61 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use lemmy_server::apub;
 use lemmy_server::db::establish_connection;
 use lemmy_server::feeds;
 use lemmy_server::nodeinfo;
+use lemmy_server::settings::Settings;
 use lemmy_server::websocket::server::*;
-use lemmy_server::Settings;
 use std::env;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
diff --git a/server/src/settings.rs b/server/src/settings.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77497631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/settings.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+extern crate lazy_static;
+use config::{Config, ConfigError, Environment, File};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::env;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+
+static CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULTS: &str = "config/defaults.hjson";
+static CONFIG_FILE_COSTUMIZED: &str = "config/custom.hjson";
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Settings {
+  pub database: Database,
+  pub hostname: String,
+  pub bind: IpAddr,
+  pub port: u16,
+  pub jwt_secret: String,
+  pub rate_limit: RateLimitConfig,
+  pub email: Option<EmailConfig>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct RateLimitConfig {
+  pub message: i32,
+  pub message_per_second: i32,
+  pub post: i32,
+  pub post_per_second: i32,
+  pub register: i32,
+  pub register_per_second: i32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct EmailConfig {
+  pub smtp_server: String,
+  pub smtp_login: String,
+  pub smtp_password: String,
+  pub smtp_from_address: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Database {
+  pub user: String,
+  pub password: String,
+  pub host: String,
+  pub port: i32,
+  pub database: String,
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+  static ref SETTINGS: Settings = {
+    return match Settings::init() {
+      Ok(c) => c,
+      Err(e) => panic!("{}", e),
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+impl Settings {
+  
+  /// Reads config from the files and environment.
+  /// First, defaults are loaded from CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULTS, then these values can be overwritten
+  /// from CONFIG_FILE_COSTUMIZED (optional). Finally, values from the environment
+  /// (with prefix LEMMY) are added to the config.
+  fn init() -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
+    let mut s = Config::new();
+
+    // Start off by merging in the "default" configuration file
+    s.merge(File::with_name(CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULTS))?;
+
+    // TODO: we could also automatically load dev/prod configs based on environment
+    // https://github.com/mehcode/config-rs/blob/master/examples/hierarchical-env/src/settings.rs#L49
+    s.merge(File::with_name(CONFIG_FILE_COSTUMIZED).required(false))?;
+
+    // Add in settings from the environment (with a prefix of LEMMY)
+    // Eg.. `LEMMY_DEBUG=1 ./target/app` would set the `debug` key
+    s.merge(Environment::with_prefix("LEMMY"))?;
+
+    return s.try_into();
+  }
+
+  /// Returns the config as a struct.
+  pub fn get() -> &'static Self {
+    &SETTINGS
+  }
+
+  /// Returns the postgres connection url. If LEMMY_DATABASE_URL is set, that is used,
+  /// otherwise the connection url is generated from the config.
+  pub fn get_database_url(&self) -> String {
+    match env::var("LEMMY_DATABASE_URL") {
+      Ok(url) => url,
+      Err(_) => format!(
+        "postgres://{}:{}@{}:{}/{}",
+        self.database.user,
+        self.database.password,
+        self.database.host,
+        self.database.port,
+        self.database.database
+      ),
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub fn api_endpoint(&self) -> String {
+    format!("{}/api/v1", self.hostname)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/websocket/server.rs b/server/src/websocket/server.rs
index 86a929c9..56fff275 100644
--- a/server/src/websocket/server.rs
+++ b/server/src/websocket/server.rs
@@ -152,24 +152,24 @@ impl ChatServer {
   fn check_rate_limit_register(&mut self, id: usize) -> Result<(), Error> {
     self.check_rate_limit_full(
       id,
-      Settings::get().rate_limit_register,
-      Settings::get().rate_limit_register_per_second,
+      Settings::get().rate_limit.register,
+      Settings::get().rate_limit.register_per_second,
     )
   }
 
   fn check_rate_limit_post(&mut self, id: usize) -> Result<(), Error> {
     self.check_rate_limit_full(
       id,
-      Settings::get().rate_limit_post,
-      Settings::get().rate_limit_post_per_second,
+      Settings::get().rate_limit.post,
+      Settings::get().rate_limit.post_per_second,
     )
   }
 
   fn check_rate_limit_message(&mut self, id: usize) -> Result<(), Error> {
     self.check_rate_limit_full(
       id,
-      Settings::get().rate_limit_message,
-      Settings::get().rate_limit_message_per_second,
+      Settings::get().rate_limit.message,
+      Settings::get().rate_limit.message_per_second,
     )
   }