crossix 2020.1.1

Application ([app])

General behavior of the application.

Options:

mode

str, the application mode. Use dev for local development and prod otherwise.

debug

bool, whether to enable debug. Valid values: on, off

secret_key

str, REQUIRED in prod mode. A secret key for Django security hooks

Site ([site])

Hosting and URLs.

Options:

name

str, the name of your site (crossix, mypaster, …).

base_url

str, where your site is hosted. A trailing slash is required.

assets_url

str, the URL where assets (CSS, JS, …) are served. May be a relative URL.

admin_mail

str, the email where the admin should be notified.

allowed_hosts

str list, comma-separated list of valid Host: HTTP headers. See Django docs for details.

Database ([db])

Required; these define where snippets will be stored. Valid options are:

engine

str, the engine to choose. Must be one of sqlite, mysql, postgresql; default is sqlite.

name

str, the name of the database, or its path for sqlite. Defaults to /var/lib/crossix/db.sqlite.

host

str, the host of the database server.

port

int, the port of the database server.

user

str, the login to use to connect to the database server.

password

str, the password for the database

Examples:

; A Postgresql configuration; uses default psql port.
[db]
engine = postgresql
name = crossix
host = psql42.local

; A sample sqlite configuration.
[db]
engine = sqlite
name = /data/replicated/crossix/db.sqlite

Uploads ([uploads])

Options related to private file uploads.

dir

path, storage folder for uploads. Must be writable by the WSGI process.

Example: /var/www/crossix/uploads

serve

str, the file serving mode. crossix relies on django-sendfile to enhance performance and protection.

Valid options: simple, nginx, xsendfile, mod_wsgi.

internal_url

str, the internal URL used by django-sendfile to serve the files.