Fireshare Configurables

Configuring Fireshare is done through both Environment Variables and a generated Config.json file. Configurations that require the application to restart in order to take effect are done through Environment Variables. Where is configurations that can be changed on the fly are done so via a config.json file.

ENV VARIABLE

VARIABLE	Default
ADMIN_USERNAME	admin	The username used to log into the admin account.
ADMIN_PASSWORD	admin	The password used to log into the admin account.
SECRET_KEY		The secret used to generate your session cookies.
MINUTES_BETWEEN_VIDEO_SCANS	5	The time in minutes Fireshare waits before running the scheduled video scans.
DOMAIN		The domain your fireshare instance is hosted at. Required for Open Graph previews to work correctly with shared links in social media sites and apps. (do not include http:// or https:// in the url) example: v.fireshare.net
THUMBNAIL_VIDEO_LOCATION	0	The location video thumbnails are generated. A value between 0-100 where 50 would be the frame in the middle of the video file and 0 would be the first frame of the video.
PUID	1000	The user id that the docker user should use.
PGID	1000	The group id that the docker user should use.

config.json

The config.json is located at your volume map for the /data directory. Changing these values does not require an application restart.

This config.json file can also be edited from the Settings page in the web application.

"app_config": {
  "video_defaults": {
    "private": true <-------------------------------# Default newly scanned videos to private
  },
  "allow_public_upload": false, <-------------------# Enable / Disable the url endpoint for public video uploads
  "public_upload_folder_name": "public uploads", <--# The folder that Fireshare will create or use to store public uploads
  "admin_upload_folder_name": "uploads" <-----------# The folder that Fireshare will create or use to store admin uploads
},
"ui_config": {
  "shareable_link_domain": "" <----# Override the domain used when copying links
  "show_public_upload": false, <---# Display the upload card ui element on the public videos page
  "show_admin_upload": true, <-----# Display the upload card ui element on the admin only page (My Videos)
}