Musare/.wiki/Configuration.md

Configuration

Backend

Location: backend/config/default.json

Property	Description
mode	Should be either development or production.
migration	Should be set to true if you need to update DB documents to a newer version after an update. Should be false at all other times.
secret	Set to something unique and secure - used by express's session module.
domain	Should be the url where the site will be accessible from, usually http://localhost for non-Docker.
serverDomain	Should be the url where the backend will be accessible from, usually http://localhost/backend for docker or http://localhost:8080 for non-Docker.
serverPort	Should be the port where the backend will listen on, should always be 8080 for Docker, and is recommended for non-Docker.
registrationDisabled	If set to true, users can't register accounts.
apis.youtube.key	Can be obtained by setting up a YouTube API Key. You need to use the YouTube Data API v3, and create an API key.
apis.recaptcha	Can be obtained by setting up a ReCaptcha Site (v3), or you can disable it.
apis.github	Can be obtained by setting up a GitHub OAuth Application. You need to fill in some values to create the OAuth application. The homepage is the homepage of frontend. The authorization callback url is the backend url with /auth/github/authorize/callback added at the end. For example http://localhost/backend/auth/github/authorize/callback.
apis.discogs	Can be obtained by setting up a Discogs application, or you can disable it.
smtp	Can be obtained by setting up an SMTP server, or you can disable it.
redis.url	Should be left alone for Docker, and changed to redis://localhost:6379/0 for non-Docker.
redis.password	Should be the Redis password you either put in your startRedis.cmd file for Windows, or .env for docker.
mongo.url	Needs to have the proper password for the MongoDB musare user, and for non-Docker you need to replace @musare:27017 with @localhost:27017.
cookie.domain	The ip or address you use to access the site, without protocols (http/https), so for example localhost.
cookie.secure	Should be true for SSL connections, and false for normal http connections.
skipConfigVersionCheck	Skips checking if the config version is outdated or not. Should almost always be set to false.
skipDbDocumentsVersionCheck	Skips checking if there are any DB documents outdated or not. Should almost always be set to false.
configVersion	Version of the config. Every time the template changes, you should change your config accordingly and update the configVersion.

Frontend

Location: frontend/dist/config/default.json

Property	Description
apiDomain	Should be the url where the backend will be accessible from, usually http://localhost/backend for docker or http://localhost:8080 for non-Docker.
websocketsDomain	Should be the same as the apiDomain, except using the ws:// protocol instead of http:// and with /ws at the end.
frontendDomain	Should be the url where the frontend will be accessible from, usually http://localhost for docker or http://localhost:80 for non-Docker.
frontendPort	Should be the port where the frontend will be accessible from, should always be port 81 for Docker, and is recommended to be port 80 for non-Docker.
recaptcha.key	Can be obtained by setting up a ReCaptcha Site (v3).
recaptcha.enabled	Keep at false to keep disabled.
cookie.domain	Should be the ip or address you use to access the site, without protocols (http/https), so for example localhost.
cookie.secure	Should be true for SSL connections, and false for normal http connections.
siteSettings.logo	Path to the logo image, by default it is /assets/wordmark.png.
siteSettings.siteName	Should be the name of the site.
siteSettings.github	URL of GitHub repository, defaults to https://github.com/Musare/MusareNode.
skipConfigVersionCheck	Skips checking if the config version is outdated or not. Should almost always be set to false.
configVersion	Version of the config. Every time the template changes, you should change your config accordingly and update the configVersion.

Docker Environment

Location: .env

Property	Description
Ports	Will be how you access the services on your machine, or what ports you will need to specify in your nginx files when using proxy_pass.
COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME	Should be a unique name for this installation, especially if you have multiple instances of Musare on the same machine.
FRONTEND_MODE	Should be either dev or prod (self-explanatory).
MONGO_ROOT_PASSWORD	Password of the root/admin user of MongoDB
MONGO_USER_USERNAME	Password for the "musare" user (what the backend uses) of MongoDB