Configuration

The application can be configured using environment variables

PostgreSQL

The connection to the postgres database is handled by node-postgres, it uses the default postgres environment variables, all available variables can are listed in the official documentation

env var		default
PGHOST	database host connection parameter
PGPORT	database port connection parameter
PGUSER	database user connection parameter
PGPASSWORD	database password connection param
PGDATABASE	name of the database	gitseeker

Initial Admin Account

If both environment variables are supplied and no user with the given ADMIN_USER exists yet, a new user with admin priviledges will be created and stored in the database.

env var		default
ADMIN_USER	Name of the new admin
ADMIN_PASS	Password for the new admin user

TIP

As explained above, the two environment variables will be ignored after the user has been created and do not need to be supplied after that

Security

env var		default
BCRYPT_ROUNDS	Number of bcrypt rounds for password hashing	8
APP_SECRET	JTW token secret	s3cr3tplzch4nge
INVITE_EXPIRY	Expiry time for register invite links in hours	10
SESSION_LIFETIME	Session lifetime expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span vercel/ms	24h
SESSION_LIFETIME_REMEMBER	Remember-me cookie lifetime expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span vercel/ms	60 days

Application

env var		default
CTAGS_ENABLED	Enable scoring based on ctags symbols	true
MAX_RESULTS	Maximum amount of results and matches	500
COLLAPSE_THRESHOLD	Collapse code fragments between two matches in the same line if they are longer than COLLAPSE_THRESHOLD characters	100
APP_URL	Base URL of the application, primarily used for invite links
APP_PORT	Webserver Port	8080
LOG_LEVEL	Only log messages with a level of LOG_LEVEL or higher (debug < http < socket < info < warn < error)	info
LOG_RETENTION	How many log files should be kept	14d
FILE_MAXSIZE	Filesize in bytes. Files bigger than this are skipped by the indexer	1048576