Configuration Guide
The configuration of WaTTS consists of one file. The file is located at /etc/watts/watts.conf. One other location is supported for development purposes; in this case please place your configuration file as ~/.config/watts/watts.conf.
The WaTTS is deployed with sane defaults, you only need to touch user-specific changes.
Each setting consists of one simple line of the format, comments are starting with '#'.
# this is a comment and ignoredkey = value
WaTTS provides a simple command to check the configuration file
watts chkconfig
run it after changing the configuration to ensure your configuration file is correct. If everything is fine it will print out a line telling you so:
config is OK
There are different datatypes used in the configuration, a detailed description can be seen in the following table.
Datatype | Description |
'word' | the word itself is the value, without the ' |
host | a valid fully qualified hostname |
port | an integer within the valid range for TCP ports |
boolean | either 'true' or 'false' |
file | an absolute path to a file |
dir | an absolute path to a directory |
duration | a timespan given by an integer and a unit, the unit can be ms, s, m, h |
string | just the string value |
integer | an integer value, i.e. a number |
url | a valid url, use https as much as possible |
comma separated list | values separated by comma |
any | depends on the usage and can't be specified |