Configuration

ghz-web can be configured using environment variables or a configuration file.

Environment Variables

• GHZ_SERVER_PORT - The port for the http server. Default is 80.
• GHZ_DATABASE_TYPE - The SQL database dialect / type. Default is sqlite3.
• GHZ_DATABASE_CONNECTION - The SQL database connection string. Default is data/ghz.db.
• GHZ_LOG_LEVEL - The log level. One of debug, info, warn, or error. Default is info.
• GHZ_LOG_PATH - By default the logs go to stdout. This option can be used to set the log path for a log file.

Configuration File

A cofiguration file can be specified using -config option. Configuration file can be in YAML, TOML or JSON format.

YAML

---
server:
  port: 3000    # the port for the http server
database:       # the database options
  type: sqlite3
  connection: data/ghz.db
log:
  level: info
  path: /tmp/ghz.log # the path to log file, otherwize stdout is used

TOML

[server]
port = 80   # the port for the http server
[database]  # the database options
type = "sqlite3"
connection = "data/ghz.db"
[log]
level = "info"          # log level
path = "/tmp/ghz.log"   # the path to log file, otherwize stdout is used

JSON

{
  "server": {
    "port": 80
  },
  "database": {
    "type": "sqlite3",
    "connection": "data/ghz.db"
  },
  "log": {
    "level": "info",
    "path": "/tmp/ghz.log"
  }
}

Database

When using postgres without SSL then sslmode=disable must be added to the connection string. When using mysql with host then tcp(host) must be added to the connection string like that dbuser:dbpassword@tcp(dbhost)/ghz.