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21 .Nd gotwebd configuration file
24 is the run-time configuration file for
27 The file format is line-based, with one configuration directive per line.
28 Any lines beginning with a
30 are treated as comments and ignored.
32 Macros can be defined that are later expanded in context.
33 Macro names must start with a letter, digit, or underscore, and may
34 contain any of those characters, but may not be reserved words.
35 Macros are not expanded inside quotes.
37 .Bd -literal -offset indent
38 lan_addr = "192.168.0.1"
39 listen on $lan_addr port 9090
50 .Sh GLOBAL CONFIGURATION
51 The available global configuration directives are as follows:
61 .It Ic prefork Ar number
62 Run the specified number of server processes.
64 runs 3 server processes by default.
65 .It Ic unix_socket_name Ar path
66 Set the path to the default unix socket.
68 .Pa /var/www/run/gotweb.sock .
70 .Sh SERVER CONFIGURATION
71 At least one server context must exist for
74 In case no server context is defined in the configuration file, a default
75 server context will be used, which listens on a unix socket at
76 .Pa /var/www/run/gotweb.sock
77 and uses default parameters for all applicable settings.
79 A server context is declared with a unique
81 followed by server-specific configuration directives inside curly braces:
83 .Ic server Ar name Brq ...
85 The first server defined is used if the requested hostname is not
86 matched by any server block.
88 The available server configuration directives are as follows:
90 .It Ic custom_css Ar path
91 Set the path to a custom Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) to be used.
92 If this option is not specified then the default style sheet
95 .It Ic listen on Ar address Ic port Ar number
96 Configure an address and port for incoming FastCGI connections.
99 arguments are hostnames, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
102 argument may be number or a service name defined in
105 May be specified multiple times to build up a list of listening sockets.
106 However, a given combination of address and port may only be used by
108 .It Ic listen on socket Ar path
109 Set the path to the unix socket used by the server.
111 Set the path to an image file containing a logo to be displayed.
114 .It Ic logo_url Ar url
115 Set a hyperlink for the logo.
117 .Lk https://gameoftrees.org .
118 .It Ic max_commits_display Ar number
119 Set the maximum amount of commits and tags displayed per page.
121 .It Ic max_repos_display Ar number
122 Set the maximum amount of repositories displayed on the index screen.
124 Set to zero to show all the repositories without pagination.
125 .It Ic repos_path Ar path
126 Set the path to the directory which contains Git repositories that
127 the server should publish.
129 .Pa /run/gotwebd.sock
131 .It Ic respect_exportok Ar on | off
132 Set whether to display the repository only if it contains the magic
133 .Pa git-daemon-export-ok
136 .It Ic show_repo_age Ar on | off
137 Toggle display of last repository modification date.
139 .It Ic show_repo_cloneurl Ar on | off
140 Toggle display of clone URLs for a repository.
141 This requires the creation of a
143 file inside the repository which contains one URL per line.
145 .It Ic show_repo_description Ar on | off
146 Toggle display of the repository description.
150 file in the repository should be updated with an appropriate description.
151 .It Ic show_repo_owner Ar on | off
152 Set whether to display the repository owner.
154 Displaying the owner requires owner information to be added to the
156 file in the repository.
158 will parse owner information from either a [gotweb] or a [gitweb] section.
160 .Bd -literal -offset indent
164 .It Ic site_link Ar string
165 Set the displayed site link name for the index page.
168 .It Ic site_name Ar string
169 Set the displayed site name title.
172 .It Ic site_owner Ar string
173 Set the displayed site owner.
176 .It Ic show_site_owner Ar on | off
177 Toggle display of the site owner.
179 .It Ic summary_commits_display Ar number
180 The maximum number of commits to show in the summary page.
182 .It Ic summary_tags_display Ar number
183 The maximum number of tags to show in the summary page.
187 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
188 .It Pa /etc/gotwebd.conf
189 Default location of the
194 A sample configuration:
195 .Bd -literal -offset indent
197 site_name "my public repos"
198 site_owner "Flan Hacker"
199 site_link "Flan' Projects"
203 Another example, this time listening on a local port instead of the
207 .Bd -literal -offset indent
209 listen on 127.0.0.1 port 9000
210 listen on ::1 port 9000