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diff --git a/docs/source/siteadmin/configuration.rst b/docs/source/siteadmin/configuration.rst index 3df2c9ef..c2cefa1f 100644 --- a/docs/source/siteadmin/configuration.rst +++ b/docs/source/siteadmin/configuration.rst @@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ When configuring MediaGoblin, there are two files you might want to make local modified versions of, and one extra file that might be helpful to look at. Let's examine these. -mediagoblin.ini - This is the config file for MediaGoblin, the application. If you want to - tweak settings for MediaGoblin, you'll usually tweak them here. +``mediagoblin.ini`` + This is the main config file for MediaGoblin. If you want to tweak any + settings for MediaGoblin, you'll usually do that here. -paste.ini +``mediagoblin.example.ini`` + When you run MediaGoblin for the first time, this default config is copied to + your new ``mediagoblin.ini``. Keep this in mind if you need to refer back to + the original settings. + +``paste.ini`` This is primarily a server configuration file, on the Python side (specifically, on the WSGI side, via `paste deploy <http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/>`_ / `paste script @@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ There's one more file that you certainly won't change unless you're making coding contributions to MediaGoblin, but which can be useful to read and reference: -mediagoblin/config_spec.ini +``mediagoblin/config_spec.ini`` This file is actually a specification for mediagoblin.ini itself, as a config file! It defines types and defaults. Sometimes it's a good place to look for documentation... or to find that hidden @@ -87,8 +92,8 @@ they sound like. - ``email_smtp_use_ssl`` (default is ``False``) - ``email_smtp_force_starttls`` (default is ``False``) -Changing data directory ------------------------ +Changing the data directory +--------------------------- MediaGoblin by default stores your data in wherever ``data_basedir``. This can be changed by changing the value in your ``mediagoblin.ini`` file @@ -120,18 +125,10 @@ All other configuration changes ------------------------------- To be perfectly honest, there are quite a few options and we haven't had -time to document them all. +time to document them all, including Celery configuration. So here's a cop-out section saying that if you get into trouble, hop onto IRC and we'll help you out. Details for the IRC channel is on the `join page`_ of the website. .. _join page: http://mediagoblin.org/join/ - - - - -Celery -====== - -FIXME: List Celery configuration here. |