configuration.yml

Configuration parameters should be specified in this file.

Some settings will be overridden by environment variables in docker-compose.yml. However this is intended for a simple setup and for testing. configuration.yml is needed for more specific settings.

This an example configuration file with just the essential settings, which must then be removed from the gallery: environment: section of docker-compose.yml to take effect. (But do not remove TZ!)

# Example configuration for PicInch Gallery server.
#  - Edit and rename to configuration.yml
#  - Take care to keep indentation unchanged when editing. Do not use tabs.

# The same password as set for MYSQL_PASSWORD in docker-compose.yml.
db-password: <server-password>

# Website mode
options: <club|solo|main-comp>

# The following is needed for certificate registration with Let's Encrypt
domains:
  - our-domain.com
  - www.our-domain.com

# Address to be notified of problems with certificates
certificate-email: you@example.com

# Administrator, to be added to the database
admin-name: admin@example.com
admin-password: <your-password>

Set the following items as needed. Default values are as shown immediately after the item name.

Database

A database connection is requested with DSN db-user:db-password@db-source?parseTime=true . A MariaDB or MySQL database is required.

db-source tcp(picinch_db:3306)/picinch Leave as default to use the database set up by the example docker-compose.yml.

db-user server

db-password <server-password>

Domains

domains List of domains for which Let’s Encrypt certificates will be requested on first access.

The website must be reachable for each specified domain via a DNS entry.
The domains are listed one per line, each preceded by " - " as shown in the example above.
The first domain listed will be identified as canonical in page headers.
If no domains are specified, the website can be accessed as an insecure HTTP server.

This is intended for testing and is not recommended for production.

certificate-email Address given to Let’s Encrypt, for notification of problems with certificates.

Administrator

Specifies the username and password for an PicInch administrator if the username does not exist in the database. These items may be removed after setup if desired.

admin-name E.g. me@mydomain.com.

admin-password <your-password>

Maximum image sizes

Photos uploaded are resized to fit these dimensions.

image-width 1600 stored image width

image-height 1200 stored image height

max-audio-visual 16 maximum unprocessed audio-visual file size, in megabytes

thumbnail-width 278 thumbnail width

thumbnail-height 208 thumbnail height

max-upload 64 maximum image or audio-visual upload, in megabytes

Total limits

highlights-page 12 highlights shown on home page, and on user’s page

highlights-topic 32 total slides highlights slideshow

parent-highlights 16 highlights available for parent website

events-page 1 mumber of upcoming events per diary shown on home page (0 for none)

slideshows-page 16 slideshows shown on home page

Per-user limits

highlights-user 2 highlights shown on home page

slides-show 50 slides shown in a slideshow

slides-topic 8 slides shown in a topic contribution

slideshows-club 2 club slideshows on home page

slideshows-public 1 public slideshows on home page

Operational settings

allowed-queries fbclid ignored query names in URL. Other queries trigger an IP ban.

ban-bad-files false apply IP ban to requests for missing media files.

geo-block list of blocked countries, specified by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. For example, KP and RU, set as a YML list.

max-cache-age 1h browser Cache-Control max-age

max-unvalidated-age 48h maximum time for a competition entry to be validated.

max-upload-age 8h time limit to save a slideshow update, after uploading images. Units m(inutes) or h(ours).

thumbnail-refresh 1h refresh interval for topic thumbnails. Units m(inutes) or h(ours).

timeout-download 2m maximum time for a file download

timeout-upload 5m maximum time for a file upload

timeout-web 20s maximum time for web request, same for response

usage-anon 1 anonymisation of user IDs: 0 = daily, 1 = immediate.

video-snapshot 3s time within video for snapshot thumbnail. Units s(econds), -ve for no snapshots.

Time zone

The local time zone TZ must be specified as an environment variable in docker-compose.yml, not in this file.

Website variants

Options to change the operation of the website.

date-format 2 January displayed date format, using the Go reference time 01/02 03:04:05PM '06.

home-switch switches the home page to a specified template, for example, disabled to show disabled.page.tmpl when the website is offline.

misc-name misc path in URL for miscellaneous files, as in example.com/misc/file.

options club set to solo to configure PicInch as an image-oriented website for a single owner, and set to main-comp for a standalone host for a public photo competition.

video-types list of acceptable video file types, such as .mp4 and .mov, set as a YML list.

For testing

http-addr :8000 site HTTP address

https-addr :4000 site HTTPS address