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.

Configuration (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 ignored
key = value

Testing your configuration

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

Datatypes

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