Introduction

Configuration files are all in user's directory under ~/.openveo/core

• ~/.openveo/core/conf.json
• ~/.openveo/core/databaseConf.json
• ~/.openveo/core/loggerConf.json
• ~/.openveo/core/serverConf.json

Nb : You must restart OpenVeo servers after modifications.

Configure OpenVeo

Open ~/.openveo/core/conf.json

{
  "passwordHashKey" : "KEY", // Replace KEY by a secret key used to encrypt users passwords
  "anonymousUserId" : "ID" // Replace ID by the anonymous user id
}

Configure database access

Open ~/.openveo/core/databaseConf.json

{
  "type" : "mongodb", // Do not change
  "host" : "localhost", // MongoDB server host
  "port" : 27017, // MongoDB port
  "database" : "DATABASE_NAME", // Replace DATABASE_NAME by the name of the OpenVeo database
  "username" : "DATABASE_USER_NAME", // Replace DATABASE_USER_NAME by the name of the database user
  "password" : "DATABASE_USER_PWD" // Replace DATABASE_USER_PWD  by the password of the database user
}

Configure the logger

Open ~/.openveo/core/loggerConf.json

{
  "app" : {
    "fileName" : "/var/log/openveo/openveo.log", // Path to application log file
    "level" : "info", // Log level
    "maxFileSize" : 1048576, // Maximum log file size (in Bytes)
    "maxFiles" : 2 // Maximum number of files archived
  },
  "ws" : {
    "fileName" : "/var/log/openveo/openveo-ws.log", // Path to the web service log file
    "level" : "info", // Log level
    "maxFileSize" : 1048576, // Maximum log file size (in Bytes)
    "maxFiles" : 2 // Maximum number of files archived
  }
}

Configure the server

Open ~/.openveo/core/serverConf.json

{
  "app" : {
    "port" : PORT, // Replace PORT by the HTTP server port to use (e.g. 3000)
    "sessionSecret" : "SECRET" // Replace SECRET by a secret used to secure HTTP sessions
  },
  "ws": {
    "port": WS_POST  // Replace WS_PORT by the HTTP server port to use (e.g. 3001)
  }
}