| # Configuration | |
| ## Installed From Source | |
| If you have built `websurfx` from source then the configuration file will be located under project directory (codebase) at `websurfx/` | |
| > **Note** | |
| > If you have built websurfx with unstable/rolling/edge branch then you can copy the configuration file from `websurfx/config.lua` located under project directory (codebase) to `~/.config/websurfx/` and make the changes there and rerun the websurfx server. _This is only available from unstable/rolling/edge version_. | |
| ## Installed From Package | |
| If you have installed `websurfx` using the package manager of your Linux distro then the default configuration file will be located at `/etc/xdg/websurfx/`. You can copy the default config to `~/.config/websurfx/` and make the changes there and rerun the websurfx server. | |
| Some of the configuration options provided in the file are stated below. These are subdivided into the following categories: | |
| - General | |
| - Server | |
| - Website | |
| - Cache | |
| - Search Engines | |
| # General | |
| - **logging:** An option to enable or disable logs. | |
| - **debug:** An option to enable or disable debug mode. | |
| ## Server | |
| - **port:** Port number on which server should be launched. | |
| - **binding_ip_addr:** IP address on the which server should be launched. | |
| - **production_use:** Whether to use production mode or not (in other words this option should be used if it is to be used to host it on the server to provide a service to a large number of users). If production_use is set to true. There will be a random delay before sending the request to the search engines, this is to prevent DDoSing the upstream search engines from a large number of simultaneous requests. This is newly added option and hence is only available in the **edge version**. | |
| ## Website | |
| - **colorscheme:** The colorscheme name which should be used for the website theme (the name should be in accordance to the colorscheme file name present in `public/static/colorschemes` folder). | |
| > By Default we provide 12 colorschemes to choose from these are: | |
| > | |
| > 1. catppuccin-mocha | |
| > 2. dark-chocolate | |
| > 3. dracula | |
| > 4. gruvbox-dark | |
| > 5. monokai | |
| > 6. nord | |
| > 7. oceanic-next | |
| > 8. one-dark | |
| > 9. solarized-dark | |
| > 10. solarized-light | |
| > 11. tokyo-night | |
| > 12. tomorrow-night | |
| - **theme:** The theme name which should be used for the website (again, the name should be in accordance to the theme file name present in `public/static/themes` folder). | |
| > By Default we provide 1 theme to choose from these are: | |
| > | |
| > 1. simple | |
| ## Cache | |
| - **redis_url:** Redis connection url address on which the client should connect on. | |
| ## Search Engines | |
| - **upstream_search_engines:** Select from the different upstream search engines from which the results should be fetched. | |
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