Save modifications on config/.env

[petitminion]

Hello,

Regularly the changes I do to config/.env file are deleted ans restored to default. My server upgrade automatically so it may be that.. How can I change setting persistently ?

thx !

[yalh76]

with last version of the package, .env is still restored to default but you will find in the upgrade logs all the modification made on your previous .env.
It to be sure your funkwhale has a good .env

[matthias4217]

Could we have an option to do otherwise ? I'm hosting my music on an external storage, and would prefer to be able to have it set permanently. I understand Yunohost apps are made to be easy to install, but being able to adjust settings is valuable.

One solution I can see (which might not be a good solution) would be to have a .custom.env, with all the user config, which would not be overwritten, and a .default.env, with the stable config. During upgrades, I think we could simply do a

cat .default.env > .env
cat .custom.env >> .env

I understand this means taking the risk of an upgrade failing because of a bad user-made .env, so maybe this solution does not fit the Yunohost philosophy. Alternatively, being able to set some settings (external S3 storage for instance) during the installation or after could be nice, but this would probably lead to the same issue.

Anyway, this app works fine as it is, so thank you for your work !

[yalh76]

The solution would be to integrate a config panel: https://yunohost.org/en/packaging_apps_config_panel

If someone want to do a PR ;)

[Thovi98]

What are the specific modifications of the .env file you want to keep?

[matthias4217]

I’d like to use object storage. There may be other interesting options too, but I don’t remember the possibilities well enough.

[Thovi98]

Okay I don’t really understand what’s object storage to be honest. So I don’t think I will be able to help here…

[benborges]

Okay I don’t really understand what’s object storage to be honest. So I don’t think I will be able to help here…

In the context of Funkwhale, Object Storage relate to the env part that is used to configure an external storage, such as S3 or Minio to store the music files. it's a bit of a must-have for Funkwhale/Yunohost since MP3/Flac/MP4 can take a lot of space, so it's better to externalize it in some way.