Configuration File

When Gaseous-Server is started for the first time, it creates a configuration file at ~/.gaseous-server/config.json if it doesn't exist. Some values can be filled in using environment variables (such as in the case of using docker).

DatabaseConfiguration

Attribute	Environment Variable	Default Value
HostName	dbhost	localhost
UserName	dbuser	gaseous
Password	dbpass	gaseous
DatabaseName	dbname	gaseous
Port	dbport	3306

MetadataConfiguration

Attribute	Environment Variable	Possible Values	Default Value
MetadataSource	metadatasource	IGDB	IGDB
SignatureSource	signaturesource	LocalOnly Hasheous	LocalOnly
MaxLibraryScanWorkers	maxlibraryscanworkers		4
HasheousHost	hasheoushost		https://hasheous.org/

Notes

MetadataSource is reserved for future use - currently only IGDB is available
SignatureSource governs where Gaseous will look for ROM hash signatures (typically from DATs):
- LocalOnly (default): sets Gaseous to only look in the local database for DATs. You will need to import the DATs yourself (see: https://github.com/gaseous-project/gaseous-server/wiki/Signatures#local-signatures)
- Hasheous: sets Gaseous to also refer to the Hasheous service when attempting to match a signature (see: https://github.com/gaseous-project/gaseous-server/wiki/Signatures#hasheous, and the Hasheous project: https://github.com/gaseous-project/hasheous)
MaxLibraryScanWorkers: sets the number of maximum number of workers that Gaseous will use when performing a Library Scan. Each library is allocated one worker to scan it's content. Setting this too high may cause:
- server performance issues, and/or
- the IGDB API to throttle your connection (IGDB only allows 4 API calls per second)
HasheousHost: sets the host that Gaseous will use for the Hasheous service (see: https://github.com/gaseous-project/gaseous-server/wiki/Signatures#hasheous)

IGDBConfiguration

Attribute	Environment Variable
ClientId	igdbclientid
Secret.	igdbclientsecret

See https://github.com/gaseous-project/gaseous-server/wiki/Metadata#igdb for information on configuring these attributes.

Example config.json

{
  "DatabaseConfiguration": {
    "HostName": "localhost",
    "UserName": "gaseous",
    "Password": "gaseous",
    "DatabaseName": "gaseous",
    "Port": 3306
  },
  "MetadataConfiguration": {
    "MetadataSource": "IGDB",
    "SignatureSource": "LocalOnly",
    "MaxLibraryScanWorkers": 4,
    "HasheousHost": "https://hasheous.org/"
  },
  "IGDBConfiguration": {
    "ClientId": "<clientid>",
    "Secret": "<secret>"
  },
  "LoggingConfiguration": {
    "DebugLogging": false,
    "LogRetention": 7,
    "AlwaysLogToDisk": false
  }
}