.TH TALER.CONF 5 "Apr 22, 2015" "GNU Taler"

.SH NAME
taler.conf \- Taler configuration file.

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B DIRNAME/taler.conf

.SH DESCRIPTION

The basic structure of the configuration file is the following.  The file is split into sections.  Every section begins with "[SECTIONNAME]" and contains a number of options of the form "OPTION=VALUE".  Empty lines and lines beginning with a "#" are treated as comments.  

.SH MINT OPTIONS

The following options are from the "[mint]" section and used by most mint tools:

.IP CURRENCY
    Name of the currency, i.e. "EUR" for Euro.
.IP WIREFORMAT
    Format used for wire transfers to the merchant, i.e. "SEPA".
.IP DB
    How to access the database, i.e. "postgres:///taler"
.IP PORT
    Port on which the HTTP server listens, i.e. 8080.
.IP MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY
    Crockford Base32-encoded master public key, public version of the mint\'s long\-time offline signing key.

.SH COIN OPTIONS

The following options must be in sections starting with "[coin_]" and are used by taler\-mint\-keyup to create denomination keys:

.IP VALUE
    Value of the coin, i.e. "EUR:1.50" for 1 Euro and 50 Cents (per coin).
.IP DURATION_OVERLAP
    How much should validity periods for these coins overlap?
.IP DURATION_WITHDRAW
    How long should the same key be used for clients to withdraw coins of this value?
.IP DURATION_SPEND
    How long do clients have to spend these coins?
.IP FEE_WITHDRAW
    What fee is charged for withdrawl?
.IP FEE_DEPOSIT
    What fee is charged for depositing?
.IP FEE_REFRESH
    What fee is charged for refreshing?
.IP RSA_KEYSIZE
    What is the RSA keysize modulos (in bits)?

.SH KEY OPTIONS

The following options are from the "[mint_keys]" section and used by most taler\-mint\-keyup to create keys:

.IP SIGNKEY_DURATION
    For how long is a signing key valid?
.IP LEGAL_DURATION
    For how long are signatures with signing keys legally valid?
.IP LOOKAHEAD_SIGN
    How long do we generate denomination and signing keys ahead of time?
.IP LOOKAHEAD_PROVIDE
    How long into the future do we provide signing and denomination keys to clients?


.SH BUGS
Report bugs by using Mantis <https://gnunet.org/bugs/> or by sending electronic mail to <taler@gnu.org>

.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBtaler\-mint\-httpd\fP(1), \fBtaler\-mint\-keyup\fP(1), \fBtaler\-mint\-reservemod\fP(1), \fBtaler\-mint\-dbinit\fP(1)