Configuration Using Config file
You can choose to configure CodiMD with either a config file or with
environment variables. The config file is processed
in lib/config/index.js - so this is the first
place to look if anything is missing not obvious from this document. The
default values are defined in lib/config/default.js,
in case you wonder if you even need to override it.
Environment variables take precedence over configurations from the config files.
To get started, it is a good idea to take the config.json.example and copy it
to config.json before filling in your own details.
Node.JS
| variables |
example values |
description |
debug |
true or false |
set debug mode, show more logs |
CodiMD basics
| variables |
example values |
description |
db |
{ "dialect": "sqlite", "storage": "./db.codimd.sqlite" } |
set the db configs, see more here |
dbURL |
mysql://localhost:3306/database |
Set the db in URL style. If set, then the relevant db config entries will be overridden. |
forbiddenNoteIDs |
['robots.txt'] |
disallow creation of notes, even if allowFreeUrl is true |
loglevel |
info |
Defines what kind of logs are provided to stdout. Available options: debug, verbose, info, warn, error |
imageUploadType |
imgur, s3, minio, azure, lutim or filesystem(default) |
Where to upload images. For S3, see our Image Upload Guides for S3 or MinIO |
sourceURL |
https://github.com/codimd/server/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) |
staticCacheTime |
1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 |
static file cache time |
tooBusyLag |
70 |
CPU time for one event loop tick until node throttles connections. (milliseconds) |
heartbeatInterval |
5000 |
socket.io heartbeat interval |
heartbeatTimeout |
10000 |
socket.io heartbeat timeout |
documentMaxLength |
100000 |
note max length |
CodiMD paths stuff
these are rarely used for various reasons.
| variables |
example values |
description |
defaultNotePath |
./public/default.md |
default note file path1, empty notes will be created with this template. |
dhParamPath |
./cert/dhparam.pem |
SSL dhparam path1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
sslCAPath |
['./cert/COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt'] |
SSL ca chain1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
sslCertPath |
./cert/codimd_io.crt |
SSL cert path1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
sslKeyPath |
./cert/client.key |
SSL key path1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
tmpPath |
./tmp/ |
temp directory path1 |
docsPath |
./public/docs |
docs directory path1 |
viewPath |
./public/views |
template directory path1 |
uploadsPath |
./public/uploads |
uploads directory1 - needs to be persistent when you use imageUploadType filesystem |
CodiMD Location
| variables |
example values |
description |
domain |
localhost |
domain name |
urlPath |
codimd |
sub URL path, like www.example.com/<urlpath> |
host |
localhost |
interface/ip to listen on |
port |
80 |
port to listen on |
path |
/var/run/codimd.sock |
path to UNIX domain socket to listen on (if specified, host and port are ignored) |
protocolUseSSL |
true or false |
set to use SSL protocol for resources path (only applied when domain is set) |
useSSL |
true or false |
set to use SSL server (if true, will auto turn on protocolUseSSL) |
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) |
allowOrigin |
['localhost'] |
domain name whitelist |
CSP and HSTS
| variables |
example values |
description |
hsts |
{"enable": true, "maxAgeSeconds": 31536000, "includeSubdomains": true, "preload": true} |
HSTS 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. Directives are passed to Helmet - see their documentation 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. |
Privacy and External Requests
| variables |
example values |
description |
allowGravatar |
true or false |
set to false to disable Libravatar as profile picture source on your instance. Libravatar is a federated open-source alternative to Gravatar. |
useCDN |
true or false |
set to use CDN resources or not (default is false) |
Users and Privileges
| variables |
example values |
description |
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. This is the behavior familiar from Etherpad. |
defaultPermission |
freely, editable, limited, locked, protected or private |
Set notes default permission (only applied on signed-in users). |
sessionName |
connect.sid |
Cookie session name. |
sessionLife |
14 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 (14 days) |
Cookie session life time in milliseconds. |
sessionSecret |
secret |
Cookie session secret. If none is set, one will randomly generated on each startup, meaning all your users will be logged out. |
Login methods
Email (local account)
| variables |
example values |
description |
email |
true or false |
Set to allow email sign-in. The default is true. |
allowEmailRegister |
true or false |
Set to allow registration of new accounts using an email address. If set to false, you can still create accounts using the command line - see bin/manage_users for details (In production mode, remember to run it with NODE_ENV set as production in the enviroment). This setting has no effect if email is false. The default for allowEmailRegister is true. |
Dropbox Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
dropbox |
{clientID: ..., clientSecret: ...} |
An object containing the client ID and the client secret obtained by the Dropbox developer tools |
Facebook Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
facebook |
{clientID: ..., clientSecret: ...} |
An object containing the client ID and the client secret obtained by the Facebook app console |
GitHub Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
github |
{clientID: ..., clientSecret: ...} |
An object containing the client ID and the client secret obtained by the GitHub developer page. For more details have a look at the GitHub auth guide. |
GitLab Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
gitlab |
{baseURL: ..., scope: ..., version: ..., clientID: ..., clientSecret: ...} |
An object containing your GitLab application data. Refer to the GitLab guide for more details! |
Google Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
google |
{clientID: ..., clientSecret: ..., hostedDomain: ...} |
An object containing the client ID and the client secret obtained by the Google API console |
LDAP Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
ldap |
{providerName: ..., url: ..., bindDn: ..., bindCredentials: ..., searchBase: ..., searchFilter: ..., searchAttributes: ..., usernameField: ..., useridField: ..., tlsca: ...} |
An object detailing the LDAP connection. Refer to the LDAP-AD guide for more details! |
OAuth2 Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
oauth2 |
{baseURL: ..., userProfileURL: ..., userProfileUsernameAttr: ..., userProfileDisplayNameAttr: ..., userProfileEmailAttr: ..., tokenURL: ..., authorizationURL: ..., clientID: ..., clientSecret: ...} |
An object detailing your OAuth2 provider. Refer to the Mattermost or Nextcloud examples for more details! |
SAML Login
| variables |
example values |
description |
saml |
{idpSsoUrl: ..., idpCert: ..., issuer: ..., identifierFormat: ..., disableRequestedAuthnContext: ..., groupAttribute: ..., externalGroups: [], requiredGroups: [], attribute: {id: ..., username: ..., email: ...}} |
An object detailing your SAML provider. Refer to the OneLogin and SAML guides for more details! |
| variables |
example values |
description |
twitter |
{consumerKey: ..., consumerSecret: ...} |
An object containing the consumer key and secret obtained by the Twitter developer tools. For more details have a look at the Twitter auth guide |
Upload Storage
Most of these have never been documented for the config.json, feel free to expand these
Amazon S3
| variables |
example values |
description |
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 |
s3bucket |
YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME |
bucket name when imageUploadType is set to s3 or minio |
Azure Blob Storage
Imgur
MinIO
| variables |
example values |
description |
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 check out our Minio Image Upload Guide |
Lutim
| variables |
example values |
description |
lutim |
{"url": "YOUR_LUTIM_URL"} |
When imageUploadType is set to lutim, you can setup the lutim url |
1: relative paths are based on CodiMD's base directory
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