Static configuration
Comentario command-line and environment configuration
The static, or start-up, configuration of Comentario server can be set using command-line options or environment variables. Both methods are equivalent, with command-line options taking precedence.
Command-line help
Some command-line options have an equivalent setting in the form of an environment variable. You can get a complete list of supported options and variables by running:
./comentario -h
Usage
comentario [OPTIONS]
Options
Below is a list of available command-line options, with their environment equivalents.
| Option | Description | Environment variable | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|
-h, --help | Show help message (option summary) and exit | ||
--cleanup-timeout=VALUE | Grace period for which to wait before killing idle connections | 10s | |
--graceful-timeout=VALUE | Grace period for which to wait before shutting down the server | 15s | |
--max-header-size=VALUE | Maximum number of bytes to read for request header (not request body) | 1MiB | |
--socket-path=VALUE | The unix socket to listen on | /var/run/comentario.sock | |
--host=VALUE | The IP to listen on | $HOST | localhost |
--port=VALUE | The port to listen on | $PORT | Random port number |
--listen-limit=VALUE | Limits the number of outstanding requests | ||
--keep-alive=VALUE | Sets the TCP keep-alive timeouts on accepted connections | 3m | |
--read-timeout=VALUE | Maximum duration before timing out read of the request | 30s | |
--write-timeout=VALUE | Maximum duration before timing out write of the response | 60s | |
-v, --verbose | Verbose logging (use -vv for debug logging) | ||
--base-url=VALUE | Server’s own base URL | $BASE_URL | http://localhost:8080 |
--base-docs-url=VALUE | Base documentation URL | $BASE_DOCS_URL | https://docs.comentario.app |
--cdn-url=VALUE | Static file CDN URL | $CDN_URL | The base URL |
--email-from=VALUE | ‘From’ address in sent emails | $EMAIL_FROM | noreply@localhost |
--db-idle-conns=VALUE | Max. number of idle DB connections | $DB_MAX_IDLE_CONNS | 50 |
--enable-swagger-ui | Enable Swagger UI at /api/docs | ||
--static-path=VALUE | Path to static files | $STATIC_PATH | . |
--db-migration-path=VALUE | Path to DB migration files | $DB_MIGRATION_PATH | . |
--db-debug | Enable database debug logging | ||
--template-path=VALUE | Path to template files | $TEMPLATE_PATH | . |
--secrets=VALUE | Path to YAML file with secrets | $SECRETS_FILE | secrets.yaml |
--superuser=VALUE | UUID or email of a user to become a superuser | $SUPERUSER | |
--log-full-ips | Log IP addresses in full | LOG_FULL_IPS | |
--home-content-url=VALUE | URL of a HTML page to display on homepage | HOME_CONTENT_URL | |
--gitlab-url=VALUE | Custom GitLab URL for authentication | $GITLAB_URL | |
--e2e | Start server in end-to-end testing mode |