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diff --git a/doc/configuration-format.texi b/doc/configuration-format.texi deleted file mode 100644 index 6453ba601..000000000 --- a/doc/configuration-format.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -@c This file is used both in the exchange and merchant -@c manuals. Edits should be propagated to both Gits! - -@node Configuration format -@section Configuration format -@cindex configuration - -In Taler realm, any component obeys to the same pattern to get configuration -values. According to this pattern, once the component has been installed, the -installation deploys default values in @cite{$@{prefix@}/share/taler/config.d/}, in -@cite{.conf} files. In order to override these defaults, the user can write a custom -@cite{.conf} file and either pass it to the component at execution time, or name it -@cite{taler.conf} and place it under @cite{$HOME/.config/}. - - -A config file is a text file containing @cite{sections}, and each section contains -its @cite{values}. The right format follows: - -@example -[section1] -value1 = string -value2 = 23 - -[section2] -value21 = string -value22 = /path22 -@end example - -Throughout any configuration file, it is possible to use @code{$}-prefixed variables, -like @code{$VAR}, especially when they represent filesystem paths. -It is also possible to provide defaults values for those variables that are unset, -by using the following syntax: @code{$@{VAR:-default@}}. -However, there are two ways a user can set @code{$}-prefixable variables: - -by defining them under a @code{[paths]} section, see example below, - -@example -[paths] -TALER_DEPLOYMENT_SHARED = $@{HOME@}/shared-data -.. -[section-x] -path-x = $@{TALER_DEPLOYMENT_SHARED@}/x -@end example - -or by setting them in the environment: - -@example -$ export VAR=/x -@end example - -The configuration loader will give precedence to variables set under @code{[path]}, -though. - -The utility @code{taler-config}, which gets installed along with the exchange, serves -to get and set configuration values without directly editing the @cite{.conf}. -The option @code{-f} is particularly useful to resolve pathnames, when they use -several levels of @code{$}-expanded variables. See @code{taler-config --help}. - -Note that, in this stage of development, the file @code{$HOME/.config/taler.conf} -can contain sections for @emph{all} the component. For example, both an exchange and -a bank can read values from it. - -The repository @code{git://taler.net/deployment} contains examples of configuration -file used in our demos. See under @code{deployment/config}. - -@cartouche -@quotation Note -Expectably, some components will not work just by using default values, as their -work is often interdependent. For example, a merchant needs to know an exchange -URL, or a database name. -@end quotation -@end cartouche - |