mCaptcha/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
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# Configuration
mcaptcha is highly configurable.
Configuration is applied/merged in the following order:
1. path to configuration file passed in via `MCAPTCHA_CONFIG`
2. `./config/default.toml`
3. `/etc/mcaptcha/config.toml`
4. environment variables.
## Setup
### Environment variables:
Setting environment variables are optional. The configuration files have
all the necessary parameters listed. By setting environment variables,
you will be overriding the values set in the configuration files.
#### Database:
| Name | Value |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `MCAPTCHA_DATEBASE_PASSWORD` | Postgres password |
| `MCAPTCHA_DATEBASE_NAME` | Postgres database name |
| `MCAPTCHA_DATEBASE_PORT` | Postgres port |
| `MCAPTCHA_DATEBASE_HOSTNAME` | Postgres hostmane |
| `MCAPTCHA_DATEBASE_USERNAME` | Postgres username |
| `MCAPTCHA_DATEBASE_POOL` | Postgres database connection pool size |
| `DATABSE_URL` (overrides above vars) | databse URL in `postgres://user:pass@host:port/dbname` format |
#### Redis:
| Name | Value |
| --------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `MCAPTCHA_REDIS_URL` | Redis URL |
| `MCAPTCHA_REDIS_POOL` | Redis connection pool size |
#### Server:
| Name | Value |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `MCAPTCHA_SERVER_PORT` | The port on which you want mcaptcha to listen to |
| `PORT`(overrides `MCAPTCHA_SERVER_PORT`) | The port on which you want mcaptcha to listen to |
| `MCAPTCHA_SERVER_IP` | The IP address on which you want mcaptcha to listen to |
| `MCAPTCHA_SERVER_DOMAIN` | Domain under which mcaptcha will be\* |
| `MCAPTCHA_SERVER_COOKIE_SECRET` | Cookie secret, must be long and random |
| `MCAPTCHA_SERVER_ALLOW_REGISTRATION` | `bool` that controls | | registration |
\* Authentication doesn't work without `MCAPTCHA_DOMAIN` set to the correct
domain
### Configuration file location:
| Name | Value |
| ----------------- | ------------------- |
| `MCAPTCHA_CONFIG` | Path to config file |
### Proof of work:
| Name | Value |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `MCAPTCHA_POW_SALT` | Salt has to be long and random |
| `MCAPTCHA_POW_GC` | Garbage collection duration in seconds, requires tuning but 30 is a good starting point |
### SMTP
| Name | Value |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `MCAPTCHA_SMTP_FROM` | email address from which the email will be sent |
| `MCAPTCHA_SMTP_REPLY_TO` | email address to which reply can be sent |
| `MCAPTCHA_URL` | SMTP server URL |
| `MCAPTCHA_SMTP_PORT` | SMTP server port |
| `MCAPTCHA_SMTP_USERNAME` | SMTP username |
| `MCAPTCHA_SMTP_PASSWORD` | SMTP password |