CodiMD was recently renamed from its former name was HackMD. CodiMD is the free software version of HackMD. It was the original Version of HackMD. The HackMD team initiated CodiMD and provided a solid code base. Due to the need of paying bills, A fork was created and called HackMD EE, which is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product available at [hackmd.io](https://hackmd.io).
We decided to change the name to break the confusion between HackMD and CodiMD, formally known as HackMD CE, as it never was an open core project.
Just to more confusion: We are still friends with HackMD :heart:
*For the whole renaming story, see the [related issue](https://github.com/hackmdio/hackmd/issues/720)*
- npm (and its dependencies, especially [uWebSockets](https://github.com/uWebSockets/uWebSockets#nodejs-developers), [node-gyp](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation))
2. Enter the directory and type `bin/setup`, which will install npm dependencies and create configs. The setup script is written in Bash, you would need bash as a prerequisite.
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We deprecated the older lower case config style and moved on to camel case style. Please have a look at the current `config.json.example` and check the warnings on startup.
*Notice: This is not a breaking change right now but in the future*
| `CMD_ALLOW_ORIGIN` | `localhost, codimd.org` | domain name whitelist (use comma to separate) |
| `CMD_PROTOCOL_USESSL` | `true` or `false` | set to use SSL protocol for resources path (only applied when domain is set) |
| `CMD_URL_ADDPORT` | `true` or `false` | set to add port on callback URL (ports `80` or `443` won't be applied) (only applied when domain is set) |
| `CMD_USECDN` | `true` or `false` | set to use CDN resources or not (default is `true`) |
| `CMD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS` | `true` or `false` | set to allow anonymous usage (default is `true`) |
| `CMD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_EDITS` | `true` or `false` | if `allowAnonymous` is `true`, allow users to select `freely` permission, allowing guests to edit existing notes (default is `false`) |
| `CMD_ALLOW_FREEURL` | `true` or `false` | set to allow new note creation by accessing a nonexistent note URL |
| `CMD_DEFAULT_PERMISSION` | `freely`, `editable`, `limited`, `locked` or `private` | set notes default permission (only applied on signed users) |
| `CMD_DB_URL` | `mysql://localhost:3306/database` | set the database URL |
| `CMD_SESSION_SECRET` | no example | Secret used to sign the session cookie. If non is set, one will randomly generated on startup |
| `CMD_SESSION_LIFE` | `1209600000` | Session life time. (milliseconds) |
| `CMD_FACEBOOK_CLIENTID` | no example | Facebook API client id |
| `CMD_FACEBOOK_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | Facebook API client secret |
| `CMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERKEY` | no example | Twitter API consumer key |
| `CMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERSECRET` | no example | Twitter API consumer secret |
| `CMD_GITHUB_CLIENTID` | no example | GitHub API client id |
| `CMD_GITHUB_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | GitHub API client secret |
| `CMD_GITLAB_SCOPE` | `read_user` or `api` | GitLab API requested scope (default is `api`) (GitLab snippet import/export need `api` scope) |
| `CMD_GITLAB_BASEURL` | no example | GitLab authentication endpoint, set to use other endpoint than GitLab.com (optional) |
| `CMD_GITLAB_CLIENTID` | no example | GitLab API client id |
| `CMD_GITLAB_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | GitLab API client secret |
| `CMD_MATTERMOST_BASEURL` | no example | Mattermost authentication endpoint for versions below 5.0. For Mattermost version 5.0 and above, see [guide](docs/guides/auth/mattermost-self-hosted.md). |
| `CMD_MATTERMOST_CLIENTID` | no example | Mattermost API client id |
| `CMD_MATTERMOST_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | Mattermost API client secret |
| `CMD_DROPBOX_CLIENTID` | no example | Dropbox API client id |
| `CMD_DROPBOX_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | Dropbox API client secret |
| `CMD_GOOGLE_CLIENTID` | no example | Google API client id |
| `CMD_GOOGLE_CLIENTSECRET` | no example | Google API client secret |
| `CMD_LDAP_URL` | `ldap://example.com` | URL of LDAP server |
| `CMD_LDAP_BINDDN` | no example | bindDn for LDAP access |
| `CMD_LDAP_BINDCREDENTIALS` | no example | bindCredentials for LDAP access |
| `CMD_LDAP_SEARCHBASE` | `o=users,dc=example,dc=com` | LDAP directory to begin search from |
| `CMD_LDAP_SEARCHFILTER` | `(uid={{username}})` | LDAP filter to search with |
| `CMD_LDAP_SEARCHATTRIBUTES` | `displayName, mail` | LDAP attributes to search with (use comma to separate) |
| `CMD_LDAP_USERIDFIELD` | `uidNumber` or `uid` or `sAMAccountName` | The LDAP field which is used uniquely identify a user on CodiMD |
| `CMD_LDAP_USERNAMEFIELD` | Fallback to userid | The LDAP field which is used as the username on CodiMD |
| `CMD_LDAP_TLS_CA` | `server-cert.pem, root.pem` | Root CA for LDAP TLS in PEM format (use comma to separate) |
| `CMD_LDAP_PROVIDERNAME` | `My institution` | Optional name to be displayed at login form indicating the LDAP provider |
| `CMD_SAML_IDPSSOURL` | `https://idp.example.com/sso` | authentication endpoint of IdP. for details, see [guide](docs/guides/auth.md#saml-onelogin). |
| `CMD_SAML_IDPCERT` | `/path/to/cert.pem` | certificate file path of IdP in PEM format |
| `CMD_SAML_ISSUER` | no example | identity of the service provider (optional, default: serverurl)" |
| `CMD_SAML_IDENTIFIERFORMAT` | no example | name identifier format (optional, default: `urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress`) |
| `CMD_SAML_GROUPATTRIBUTE` | `memberOf` | attribute name for group list (optional) |
| `CMD_SAML_REQUIREDGROUPS` | `Hackmd-users` | group names that allowed (use vertical bar to separate) (optional) |
| `CMD_SAML_EXTERNALGROUPS` | `Temporary-staff` | group names that not allowed (use vertical bar to separate) (optional) |
| `CMD_SAML_ATTRIBUTE_ID` | `sAMAccountName` | attribute map for `id` (optional, default: NameID of SAML response) |
| `CMD_SAML_ATTRIBUTE_USERNAME` | `mailNickname` | attribute map for `username` (optional, default: NameID of SAML response) |
| `CMD_SAML_ATTRIBUTE_EMAIL` | `mail` | attribute map for `email` (optional, default: NameID of SAML response if `CMD_SAML_IDENTIFIERFORMAT` is default) |
| `CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_URL` | `https://example.com` | where retrieve information about a user after succesful login. Needs to output JSON. (no default value) Refer to the [Mattermost](docs/guides/auth/mattermost-self-hosted.md) or [Nextcloud](docs/guides/auth/nextcloud.md) examples for more details on all of the `CMD_OAUTH2...` options. |
| `CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_USERNAME_ATTR` | `name` | where to find the username in the JSON from the user profile URL. (no default value)|
| `CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_DISPLAY_NAME_ATTR` | `display-name` | where to find the display-name in the JSON from the user profile URL. (no default value) |
| `CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_EMAIL_ATTR` | `email` | where to find the email address in the JSON from the user profile URL. (no default value) |
| `CMD_OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL` | `https://example.com` | sometimes called token endpoint, please refer to the documentation of your OAuth2 provider (no default value) |
| `CMD_OAUTH2_AUTHORIZATION_URL` | `https://example.com` | authorization URL of your provider, please refer to the documentation of your OAuth2 provider (no default value) |
| `CMD_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID` | `afae02fckafd...` | you will get this from your OAuth2 provider when you register CodiMD as OAuth2-client, (no default value) |
| `CMD_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET` | `afae02fckafd...` | you will get this from your OAuth2 provider when you register CodiMD as OAuth2-client, (no default value) |
| `CMD_IMGUR_CLIENTID` | no example | Imgur API client id |
| `CMD_EMAIL` | `true` or `false` | set to allow email signin |
| `CMD_ALLOW_PDF_EXPORT` | `true` or `false` | Enable or disable PDF exports |
| `CMD_ALLOW_EMAIL_REGISTER` | `true` or `false` | set to allow email register (only applied when email is set, default is `true`. Note `bin/manage_users` might help you if registration is `false`.) |
| `CMD_ALLOW_GRAVATAR` | `true` or `false` | set to `false` to disable gravatar as profile picture source on your instance |
| `CMD_IMAGE_UPLOAD_TYPE` | `imgur`, `s3`, `minio` or `filesystem` | Where to upload images. For S3, see our Image Upload Guides for [S3](docs/guides/s3-image-upload.md) or [Minio](docs/guides/minio-image-upload.md) |
| `CMD_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID` | no example | AWS access key id |
| `CMD_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` | no example | AWS secret key |
| `CMD_S3_REGION` | `ap-northeast-1` | AWS S3 region |
| `CMD_S3_BUCKET` | no example | AWS S3 bucket name |
| `CMD_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY` | no example | Minio access key |
| `CMD_MINIO_SECRET_KEY` | no example | Minio secret key |
| `CMD_MINIO_ENDPOINT` | `minio.example.org` | Address of your Minio endpoint/instance |
| `CMD_MINIO_PORT` | `9000` | Port that is used for your Minio instance |
| `CMD_MINIO_SECURE` | `true` | If set to `true` HTTPS is used for Minio |
| `CMD_AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING` | no example | Azure Blob Storage connection string |
| `CMD_AZURE_CONTAINER` | no example | Azure Blob Storage container name (automatically created if non existent) |
| `CMD_HSTS_ENABLE` | ` true` | set to enable [HSTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security) if HTTPS is also enabled (default is ` true`) |
| `CMD_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS` | `true` | set to include subdomains in HSTS (default is `true`) |
| `CMD_HSTS_MAX_AGE` | `31536000` | max duration in seconds to tell clients to keep HSTS status (default is a year) |
| `CMD_HSTS_PRELOAD` | `true` | whether to allow preloading of the site's HSTS status (e.g. into browsers) |
| `CMD_CSP_ENABLE` | `true` | whether to enable Content Security Policy (directives cannot be configured with environment variables) |
| `CMD_CSP_REPORTURI` | `https://<someid>.report-uri.com/r/d/csp/enforce` | Allows to add a URL for CSP reports in case of violations |
| `CMD_SOURCE_URL` | `https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/tree/<current commit>` | Provides the link to the source code of CodiMD on the entry page (Please, make sure you change this when you run a modified version) |
| `hsts` | `{"enable": true, "maxAgeSeconds": 31536000, "includeSubdomains": true, "preload": true}` | [HSTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security) options to use with HTTPS (default is the example value, max age is a year) |
| `csp` | `{"enable": true, "directives": {"scriptSrc": "trustworthy-scripts.example.com"}, "upgradeInsecureRequests": "auto", "addDefaults": true}` | Configures [Content Security Policy](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/csp/). Directives are passed to Helmet - see [their documentation](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/csp/) for more information on the format. Some defaults are added to the configured values so that the application doesn't break. To disable this behaviour, set `addDefaults` to `false`. Further, if `usecdn` is on, some CDN locations are allowed too. By default (`auto`), insecure (HTTP) requests are upgraded to HTTPS via CSP if `useSSL` is on. To change this behaviour, set `upgradeInsecureRequests` to either `true` or `false`. |
| `protocolUseSSL` | `true` or `false` | set to use SSL protocol for resources path (only applied when domain is set) |
| `urlAddPort` | `true` or `false` | set to add port on callback URL (ports `80` or `443` won't be applied) (only applied when domain is set) |
| `useCDN` | `true` or `false` | set to use CDN resources or not (default is `true`) |
| `allowAnonymous` | `true` or `false` | set to allow anonymous usage (default is `true`) |
| `allowAnonymousEdits` | `true` or `false` | if `allowAnonymous` is `true`: allow users to select `freely` permission, allowing guests to edit existing notes (default is `false`) |
| `allowFreeURL` | `true` or `false` | set to allow new note creation by accessing a nonexistent note URL |
| `defaultPermission` | `freely`, `editable`, `limited`, `locked`, `protected` or `private` | set notes default permission (only applied on signed users) |
| `dbURL` | `mysql://localhost:3306/database` | set the db URL; if set, then db config (below) won't be applied |
| `db` | `{ "dialect": "sqlite", "storage": "./db.codimd.sqlite" }` | set the db configs, [see more here](http://sequelize.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api/sequelize/) |
| `allowEmailRegister` | `true` or `false` | set to allow email register (only applied when email is set, default is `true`. Note `bin/manage_users` might help you if registration is `false`.) |
| `imageUploadType` | `imgur`, `s3`, `minio`, `azure` or `filesystem`(default) | Where to upload images. For S3, see our Image Upload Guides for [S3](docs/guides/s3-image-upload.md) or [Minio](docs/guides/minio-image-upload.md)|
| `minio` | `{ "accessKey": "YOUR_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY", "secretKey": "YOUR_MINIO_SECRET_KEY", "endpoint": "YOUR_MINIO_HOST", port: 9000, secure: true }` | When `imageUploadType` is set to `minio`, you need to set this key. Also checkout our [Minio Image Upload Guide](docs/guides/minio-image-upload.md) |
| `s3` | `{ "accessKeyId": "YOUR_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "secretAccessKey": "YOUR_S3_ACCESS_KEY", "region": "YOUR_S3_REGION" }` | When `imageuploadtype` be set to `s3`, you would also need to setup this key, check our [S3 Image Upload Guide](docs/guides/s3-image-upload.md) |
| `sourceURL` | `https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/tree/<current commit>` | Provides the link to the source code of CodiMD on the entry page (Please, make sure you change this when you run a modified version) |
