Site configuration

/config.ini

All site configuration is done through the config.ini file in the root of the project. This impacts a number of modules across the web application. Configuration options and an example configuration are below.

Config Properties

database

Property	Description
connections	(integer) number of connections in the connection pool
db	(string) name of the database to use
host	(string) mongodb server host name
user	(string) username to use when accessing tables
passwd	(string) the password used to log into the mongodb server

server

Property	Description
port	(integer) the port number to run the server on
mode	(string) either "development" or "production"
verbose	(boolean) enable or disable verbose logging

logs

Property	Description
logdir	(string) path to the directory where log files should be stored

mail

Property	Description
host	(string) SMTP server host name
port	(integer) SMTP port
auth	(boolean) indicates if authorization via login is required to send mail
user	(string) username to use to log into mail server
passwd	(string) password to use to log into mail server

session

Property	Description
secret	(string) the session secret; should be randomly generated

jwt

Property	Description
aud	(string) The expected value for the aud claim in the JSON Web Tokens
iss	(string) A string that is the valid issuer for the token
publicKey	(string) This is the path to RSA public key used to verify signatures, for the authentication system within the site
privateKey	(string this key must match the publicKey. This is the path to RSA private key used to sign tokens within the site

google

Property	Description
aud	(string) The expected value for the aud claim in the JSON Web Tokens
iss	([string]) An array of strings that contain the valid issuers for the token
keyURL	(string) the URL where the JSON Web Key can be retrieved from to verify the JWT signature
publicKey	(string) optional, if this is present then the keyURL will not be used. This is the path to RSA public key used to verify signatures
privateKey	(string) optional, this key must match the publicKey. This is the path to RSA private key used to sign tokens

Example config.ini

[database]
connections = 500
db = socis_app
host = localhost
user = root
passwd = mongoDbRootPassword

[server]
port = 3000
mode = development
verbose = false

[logs]
logdir = /tmp/socis_logs

[mail]
host = smtp.example.com
port = 25
auth = false
user = false
passwd = false

[session]
secret = keyboard cat

[jwt]
aud=socis.ca
iss=socis.ca
publicKey=authentication/public.pem
privateKey=authentication/private.rsa

[google]
keyURL=https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/certs
iss[]=accounts.google.com
iss[]=https://accounts.google.com
aud=<google client id>