Configuration
An Otter Wiki is configured in the application via the
Settings menu
as admin user. Alternatively you configure the variables via the
settings.cfg, see below. The docker image respects the environment variables and
configures the settings.cfg accordingly.
Branding
| Variable | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
SITE_NAME |
'Otterwiki' |
The SITE_NAME displayed on every page and email |
SITE_LOGO |
'/Home/a/logo.png' |
Customize navbar logo url (can be a page attachment) |
SITE_DESCRIPTION |
'A minimalistic wiki powered by python, markdown and git.' |
The default description used in <meta> tags |
SITE_ICON |
'/Home/a/favicon-32x32.png' |
Configure via an url to the image that is displayed as favicon (tab icon, URL icon, bookmark icon). This can be an attachment |
Permission configuration
| Variable | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
READ_ACCESS |
'ANONYMOUS' |
Read access to wiki pages and attachments |
WRITE_ACCESS |
'REGISTERED' |
Write access to wiki pages |
ATTACHMENT_ACCESS |
'APPROVED' |
Write acccess to attachments |
AUTO_APPROVAL |
False |
With AUTO_APPROVAL=True users are approved on registration |
EMAIL_NEEDS_CONFIRMATION |
True |
With EMAIL_NEEDS_CONFIRMATION=True users have to confirm their email address |
NOTIFY_ADMINS_ON_REGISTER |
True |
Notify admins if a new user is registered |
There are four types of users in the Otterwiki: ANONYMOUS are non logged in users.
Users that registered via email and are logged in are REGISTERED, users approved via
the settings menu by an admin are APPROVED. In addition to the APPROVED flag the ADMIN
flag can be set. Users with the ADMIN flag can edit (and approve) other users. The first registered user is flagged as admin.
Mail configuration
An Otter Wiki is using Flask-Mail.
| Variable | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER |
'otterwiki@example.com' |
The sender address of all mails |
MAIL_SERVER |
'smtp.googlemail.com' |
The smtp server address |
MAIL_PORT |
465 |
The smtp server port |
MAIL_USERNAME |
'USERNAME' |
Username for the mail account |
MAIL_PASSWORD |
'PASSWORD' |
Password for the mail account |
MAIL_USE_TLS |
False |
Use TLS encrytion |
MAIL_USE_SSL |
True |
Use SSL encryption |
Advanced configuration
This applies only when you create the settings.cfg manually. Create your
settings.cfg based upon the settings.cfg.skeleton and set the
variables fitting to your environment.
| Variable | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
SECRET_KEY |
'CHANGE ME' |
Choose a random string that is used to encrypt user session data |
REPOSITORY |
'/path/to/the/repository/root' |
The absolute path to the repository storing the wiki pages |
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI |
'sqlite:////path/to/the/sqlite/file' |
The absolute path to the database storing the user credentials |
For the SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI see https://flask-sqlalchemy.palletsprojects.com/en/2.x/config/#connection-uri-format.
Reverse Proxy and IPs
Running the docker container behind a reverse proxy will show only the IP of the reverse proxy in the log files. With setting REAL_IP_FROM to the ip address of the reverse proxy, the IPs of the connection clients will be logged.
| Variable | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
REAL_IP_FROM |
'10.0.0.0/8' |
Configure nginx to respect real_ip_header, see http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_realip_module.html |