Shaarli configuration

Foreword

Do not edit configuration options in index.php! Your changes would be lost.

Once your Shaarli instance is installed, the file data/config.json.php is generated: * it contains all settings in JSON format, and can be edited to customize values * it defines which plugins are enabled * its values override those defined in index.php * it is wrap in a PHP comment to prevent anyone accessing it, regardless of server configuration

File and directory permissions

The server process running Shaarli must have:

read access to the following resources:
- PHP scripts: index.php, application/*.php, plugins/*.php
- 3rd party PHP and Javascript libraries: inc/*.php, inc/*.js
- static assets:
  - CSS stylesheets: inc/*.css
  - images/*
- RainTPL templates: tpl/*.html
read, write and execution access to the following directories:
- cache - thumbnail cache
- data - link data store, configuration options
- pagecache - Atom/RSS feed cache
- tmp - RainTPL page cache

On a Linux distribution:

the web server user will likely be www or http (for Apache2)
it will be a member of a group of the same name: www:www, http:http
to give it access to Shaarli, either:
- unzip Shaarli in the default web server location (usually /var/www/) and set the web server user as the owner
- put users in the same group as the web server, and set the appropriate access rights
if you have a domain / subdomain to serve Shaarli, configure the server accordingly

Configuration

In data/config.json.php.

Credentials

These settings should not be edited

login: Login username.
hash: Generated password hash.
salt: Password salt.

General

title: Shaarli's instance title.
header_link: Link to the homepage.
links_per_page: Number of shaares displayed per page.
timezone: See the list of supported timezones.
enabled_plugins: List of enabled plugins.
default_note_title: Default title of a new note.
retrieve_description (boolean): If set to true, for every new links Shaarli will try to retrieve the description and keywords from the HTML meta tags.

Security

session_protection_disabled: Disable session cookie hijacking protection (not recommended). It might be useful if your IP adress often changes.
ban_after: Failed login attempts before being IP banned.
ban_duration: IP ban duration in seconds.
open_shaarli: Anyone can add a new link while logged out if enabled.
trusted_proxies: List of trusted IP which won't be banned after failed login attemps. Useful if Shaarli is behind a reverse proxy.
allowed_protocols: List of allowed protocols in shaare URLs or markdown-rendered descriptions. Useful if you want to store javascript: links (bookmarklets) in Shaarli (default: ["ftp", "ftps", "magnet"]).

Resources

data_dir: Data directory.
datastore: Shaarli's links database file path.
history: Shaarli's operation history file path.
updates: File path for the ran updates file.
log: Log file path.
update_check: Last update check file path.
raintpl_tpl: Templates directory.
raintpl_tmp: Template engine cache directory.
thumbnails_cache: Thumbnails cache directory.
page_cache: Shaarli's internal cache directory.
ban_file: Banned IP file path.

Translation

language: translation language (also see Translations)
- auto (default): The translation language is chosen from the browser locale. It means that the language can be different for 2 different visitors depending on their locale.
- en: Use the English translation.
- fr: Use the French translation.
mode:
- auto or php (default): Use the PHP implementation of gettext (slower)
- gettext: Use PHP builtin gettext extension (faster, but requires php-gettext to be installed and to reload the web server on update)
extension: Translation extensions for custom themes or plugins. Must be an associative array: translation domain => translation path.

Updates

check_updates: Enable or disable update check to the git repository.
check_updates_branch: Git branch used to check updates (e.g. stable or master).
check_updates_interval: Look for new version every N seconds (default: every day).

Privacy

default_private_links: Check the private checkbox by default for every new link.
hide_public_links: All links are hidden while logged out.
force_login: if hide_public_links and this are set to true, all anonymous users are redirected to the login page.
hide_timestamps: Timestamps are hidden.
remember_user_default: Default state of the login page's remember me checkbox
- true: checked by default, false: unchecked by default

Feed

rss_permalinks: Enable this to redirect RSS links to Shaarli's permalinks instead of shaared URL.
show_atom: Display ATOM feed button.

Thumbnail

enable_thumbnails: Enable or disable thumbnail display.
enable_localcache: Enable or disable local cache.

Configuration file example

<?php /*
{
    "credentials": {
        "login": "<login>",
        "hash": "<password hash>",
        "salt": "<password salt>"
    },
    "security": {
        "ban_after": 4,
        "session_protection_disabled": false,
        "ban_duration": 1800,
        "trusted_proxies": [
            "1.2.3.4",
            "5.6.7.8"
        ],
        "allowed_protocols": [
            "ftp",
            "ftps",
            "magnet"
        ]
    },
    "resources": {
        "data_dir": "data",
        "config": "data\/config.php",
        "datastore": "data\/datastore.php",
        "ban_file": "data\/ipbans.php",
        "updates": "data\/updates.txt",
        "log": "data\/log.txt",
        "update_check": "data\/lastupdatecheck.txt",
        "raintpl_tmp": "tmp\/",
        "raintpl_tpl": "tpl\/",
        "thumbnails_cache": "cache",
        "page_cache": "pagecache"
    },
    "general": {
        "check_updates": true,
        "rss_permalinks": true,
        "links_per_page": 20,
        "default_private_links": true,
        "enable_thumbnails": true,
        "enable_localcache": true,
        "check_updates_branch": "stable",
        "check_updates_interval": 86400,
        "enabled_plugins": [
            "markdown",
            "wallabag",
            "archiveorg"
        ],
        "timezone": "Europe\/Paris",
        "title": "My Shaarli",
        "header_link": "?"
    },
    "extras": {
        "show_atom": false,
        "hide_public_links": false,
        "hide_timestamps": false,
        "open_shaarli": false,
    },
    "general": {
        "header_link": "?",
        "links_per_page": 20,
        "enabled_plugins": [
            "markdown",
            "wallabag"
        ],
        "timezone": "Europe\/Paris",
        "title": "My Shaarli"
    },
    "updates": {
        "check_updates": true,
        "check_updates_branch": "stable",
        "check_updates_interval": 86400
    },
    "feed": {
        "rss_permalinks": true,
        "show_atom": false
    },
    "privacy": {
        "default_private_links": true,
        "hide_public_links": false,
        "force_login": false,
        "hide_timestamps": false,
        "remember_user_default": true
    },
    "thumbnail": {
        "enable_thumbnails": true,
        "enable_localcache": true
    },
    "plugins": {
        "WALLABAG_URL": "http://demo.wallabag.org",
        "WALLABAG_VERSION": "1"
    },
    "translation": {
        "language": "fr",
        "mode": "php",
        "extensions": {
            "demo": "plugins/demo_plugin/languages/"
        }
    }
} ?>

Additional configuration

The playvideos plugin may require that you adapt your server's Content Security Policy configuration to work properly.