Configuration options

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The following items and now configurable at runtime.

Command Switch/Environment variable - Description

• app_dir/XBVR_APPDIR - base XBVR directory
• cache_dir/XBVR_CACHEDIR - tempoary cache for scrapers
• imgproxy_dir/XBVR_IMAGEPROXYDIR - internal image proxy location
• search_dir/XBVR_SEARCHDIR - Search Index location
• preview_dir/XBVR_VIDEOPREVIEWDIR - Video preview files
• scripts_heatmap_dir/XBVR_SCRIPTHEATMAPDIR - Heatmap images
• database_url/DATABASE_URL (existing) - database connection string
• web_port/XBVR_WS_ADDR - Web Page port, note using this will update the setting in the db
• ws_addr/XBVR_WEB_PORT - Web Service port 9998

These changes are primarily of use to help with Development environments. However, they may be useful to other users e.g. overriding the default directory location, can help manage space, e.g., on Windows the default location is the system drive. Overriding individual directories can also allow sharing directories between multiple instances, eg developers could override the Video Preview directory to share a single preview directory between multiple development instances.

The Web Service port is now configurable to allow multiple instances of XBVR on a platform, eg Windows, not really required if using Dockers. Overriding the default APPDIR also helps run multiple instances.

All switches are Optional. Run Command take priority over Environment variables, which take priority over database settings (where applicable)
Example run command: c:\xbvr\xbvr.exe -app_dir "D:\xbvr_dev1" -web_port 9980 -ws_addr 0.0.0.0:9981 -database_url "mysql://root:password@192.168.1.1:3306/xbvr_dev1?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local"