GOTWEBD.CONF(5)

NAME

gotwebd.conf — gotwebd configuration file

DESCRIPTION

gotwebd.conf is the run-time configuration file for gotwebd(8).

The file format is line-based, with one configuration directive per line. Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark (‘#’), and extend to the end of the current line. Arguments names not beginning with a letter, digit or underscore, as well as reserved words (such as listen, server or user), must be quoted. Arguments containing whitespace should be surrounded by double quotes (").

Macros can be defined that are later expanded in context. Macro names must start with a letter, digit, or underscore, and may contain any of those characters, but may not be reserved words. Macros are not expanded inside quotes. For example:

lan_addr = "192.168.0.1"
listen on $lan_addr port 9090

Paths mentioned in gotwebd.conf must be relative to /var/www, the chroot(2) environment of httpd(8).

GLOBAL CONFIGURATION

The available global configuration directives are as follows:

chroot path: Set the path to the chroot(2) environment of httpd(8). If not specified, it defaults to /var/www, the home directory of the www user.
listen on address port number: Configure an address and port for incoming FastCGI connections. Valid address arguments are hostnames, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. The port argument may be number or a service name defined in services(5). May be specified multiple times to build up a list of listening sockets.
listen on socket path: Configure a UNIX-domain socket for incoming FastCGI connections. May be specified multiple times to build up a list of listening sockets.
prefork number: Run the specified number of server processes. gotwebd(8) runs 3 server processes by default.
user user: Set the user which will run gotwebd(8). If not specified, the user www will be used.

If no listen directive is used, gotwebd(8) will listen on the UNIX-domain socket at /var/www/run/gotweb.sock.

SERVER CONFIGURATION

At least one server context must exist for gotwebd(8) to function. In case no server context is defined in the configuration file, a default server context will be used which uses default parameters for all applicable settings.

A server context is declared with a unique name, followed by server-specific configuration directives inside curly braces:

server name {...}

The first server defined is used if the requested hostname is not matched by any server block.

The available server configuration directives are as follows:

custom_css path

Set the path to a custom Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) to be used. If this option is not specified then the default style sheet ‘gotweb.css’ will be used.

logo path

Set the path to an image file containing a logo to be displayed. Defaults to ‘got.png’.

logo_url url

Set a hyperlink for the logo. Defaults to https://gameoftrees.org.

max_commits_display number

Set the maximum amount of commits and tags displayed per page. Defaults to 25.

max_repos_display number

Set the maximum amount of repositories displayed on the index screen. Defaults to 25. Set to zero to show all the repositories without pagination.

repos_path path

Set the path to the directory which contains Git repositories that the server should publish. Defaults to /got/public under the chroot.

respect_exportok on | off

Set whether to display the repository only if it contains the magic git-daemon-export-ok file. Disabled by default.

show_repo_age on | off

Toggle display of last repository modification date. Enabled by default.

show_repo_cloneurl on | off

Toggle display of clone URLs for a repository. This requires the creation of a cloneurl file inside the repository which contains one URL per line. Enabled by default.

show_repo_description on | off

Toggle display of the repository description. Enabled by default. The description file in the repository should be updated with an appropriate description.

show_repo_owner on | off

Set whether to display the repository owner. Enabled by default. This requires the creation of an owner file in the repository or adding an ‘owner’ field under the [gotweb] or [gitweb] section in the config file inside the repository. For example:

[gotweb]
owner = "Your Name"

The owner file has priority over the config if present.

site_link string

Set the displayed site link name for the index page. Defaults to ‘Repos’.

site_name string

Set the displayed site name title. Defaults to ‘Gotweb’.

site_owner string

Set the displayed site owner. Defaults to ‘Got Owner’.

show_site_owner on | off

Toggle display of the site owner. Enabled by default.

summary_commits_display number

The maximum number of commits to show in the summary page. Defaults to 10.

summary_tags_display number

The maximum number of tags to show in the summary page. Defaults to 3.

FILES

/etc/gotwebd.conf: Default location of the gotwebd.conf configuration file.
/var/www/run/gotweb.sock: Default location for the gotwebd(8) listening socket.

EXAMPLES

A sample configuration:

server "localhost" {
	site_name	"my public repos"
	site_owner	"Flan Hacker"
	site_link	"Flan' Projects"
}

Another example, this time listening on a local port instead of the implicit UNIX socket.