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Settings and parameters

All configuration options are provided by environment variables.

Leaving the default value is generally a good choice.

For boolean variables, use 1 or true / 0 or false.

Basic variables

NODE_ENV

development

“development” or “production”.

Drives the default value of other configuration variables.

Changes the behavior of some modules. See also express.

Should generally be forced to production in deployments.

HOSTNAME

PUBLIC

true

Default access of newly created scenes.

Does not modify existing scenes. It is still possible to create a publicly accessible scene by changing its permissions even if PUBLIC=0.

BRAND

eCorpus

Name of the instance. Replaces eCorpus in the interface.

PORT

3000

Port used by the service. Change in case of conflict.

SMART_HOST

smtp://localhost

Smart Host à utiliser pour l’envoi d’emails.

Used by modemailer to create a mail transport.

Additional configuration options can be added to the url as query parameters.

# allow self-signed certificates:
smtp://localhost:465?tls.rejectUnauthorized=false

See the full list.

TRUST_PROXY

true

Changes express’s trust-proxy option. See express.

administration variables

FORCE_MIGRATION

false

Force reapply of the last sqlite migration (see doc).

Sometimes useful to repair migration errors, but generates a risk of data loss.

CLEAN_DATABASE

true

Set to false to disable periodic database cleanup.

ROOT_DIR

.

Main directory. Serves as a base for FILES_DIR DIST_DIR and ASSETS_DIR.

MIGRATIONS_DIR

./migrations

TEMPLATES_DIR

./templates

FILES_DIR

$ROOT_DIR/files

Data storage directory of the instance: Database, objects and temporary storage.

DIST_DIR

$ROOT_DIR/dist

build artifacts of the user interface.

ASSETS_DIR

$ROOT_DIR/assets

Static assets

Variables de développement

HOT_RELOAD

$NODE_ENV == "development"

Activates webpack’s HMR.

VERBOSE

false

Verbose mode