feat(services/config): Add ability to set Trilium configuration variables via ENV variables

config-sample.ini

@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ keyPath=
 # once set, expressjs will use the X-Forwarded-For header set by the rev. proxy to determinate the real IPs of clients.
 # expressjs shortcuts are supported: loopback(127.0.0.1/8, ::1/128), linklocal(169.254.0.0/16, fe80::/10), uniquelocal(10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16, fc00::/7)
 trustedReverseProxy=false
+
+[Sync]
+#syncServerHost=
+#syncServerTimeout=
+#syncServerProxy=

docker_healthcheck.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import http from "http";
-import ini from "ini";
-import fs from "fs";
-import dataDir from "./src/services/data_dir.js";
-const config = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataDir.CONFIG_INI_PATH, "utf-8"));
+import config from "./src/services/config.js";
 
 if (config.Network.https) {
     // built-in TLS (terminated by trilium) is not supported yet, PRs are welcome

src/services/config.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import path from "path";
 import resourceDir from "./resource_dir.js";
+import { envToBoolean } from "./utils.js";
 
 const configSampleFilePath = path.resolve(resourceDir.RESOURCE_DIR, "config-sample.ini");
 
@@ -14,6 +15,79 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir.CONFIG_INI_PATH)) {
     fs.writeFileSync(dataDir.CONFIG_INI_PATH, configSample);
 }
 
-const config = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataDir.CONFIG_INI_PATH, "utf-8"));
+const iniConfig = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataDir.CONFIG_INI_PATH, "utf-8"));
+
+export interface TriliumConfig {
+    General: {
+        instanceName: string;
+        noAuthentication: boolean;
+        noBackup: boolean;
+        noDesktopIcon: boolean;
+    };
+    Network: {
+        host: string;
+        port: string;
+        https: boolean;
+        certPath: string;
+        keyPath: string;
+        trustedReverseProxy: boolean | string;
+    };
+    Sync: {
+        syncServerHost: string;
+        syncServerTimeout: string;
+        syncProxy: string;
+    };
+}
+
+//prettier-ignore
+const config: TriliumConfig = {
+
+    General: {
+        instanceName:
+            process.env.TRILIUM_GENERAL_INSTANCENAME || iniConfig.General.instanceName || "",
+
+        noAuthentication: 
+            envToBoolean(process.env.TRILIUM_GENERAL_NOAUTHENTICATION) || iniConfig.General.noAuthentication || false,
+
+        noBackup: 
+            envToBoolean(process.env.TRILIUM_GENERAL_NOBACKUP) || iniConfig.General.noBackup || false,
+
+        noDesktopIcon: 
+            envToBoolean(process.env.TRILIUM_GENERAL_NODESKTOPICON) || iniConfig.General.noDesktopIcon || false
+    },
+
+    Network: {
+        host:
+            process.env.TRILIUM_NETWORK_HOST || iniConfig.Network.host || "0.0.0.0",
+
+        port:
+            process.env.TRILIUM_NETWORK_PORT || iniConfig.Network.port || "3000",
+
+        https: 
+            envToBoolean(process.env.TRILIUM_NETWORK_HTTPS) || iniConfig.Network.https || false,
+
+        certPath: 
+            process.env.TRILIUM_NETWORK_CERTPATH || iniConfig.Network.certPath || "",
+
+        keyPath: 
+            process.env.TRILIUM_NETWORK_KEYPATH  || iniConfig.Network.keyPath || "",
+
+        trustedReverseProxy:
+            process.env.TRILIUM_NETWORK_TRUSTEDREVERSEPROXY || iniConfig.Network.trustedReverseProxy || false
+    },
+
+    Sync: {
+        syncServerHost:
+            process.env.TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST || iniConfig?.Sync?.syncServerHost || "",
+
+        syncServerTimeout:
+            process.env.TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_TIMEOUT || iniConfig?.Sync?.syncServerTimeout || "120000",
+
+        syncProxy:
+            // additionally checking in iniConfig for inconsistently named syncProxy for backwards compatibility
+            process.env.TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_PROXY || iniConfig?.Sync?.syncProxy || iniConfig?.Sync?.syncServerProxy || ""
+    }
+
+};
 
 export default config;

src/services/scheduler.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function getRunAtHours(note: BNote): number[] {
 }
 
 function runNotesWithLabel(runAttrValue: string) {
-    const instanceName = config.General ? config.General.instanceName : null;
+    const instanceName = config.General.instanceName;
     const currentHours = new Date().getHours();
     const notes = attributeService.getNotesWithLabel("run", runAttrValue);
 

src/services/sync_options.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
 import optionService from "./options.js";
-import type { OptionNames } from "./options_interface.js";
 import config from "./config.js";
 
 /*
@@ -11,14 +10,14 @@ import config from "./config.js";
  * to live sync server.
  */
 
-function get(name: OptionNames) {
-    return (config["Sync"] && config["Sync"][name]) || optionService.getOption(name);
+function get(name: keyof typeof config.Sync) {
+  return (config["Sync"] && config["Sync"][name]) || optionService.getOption(name);
 }
 
 export default {
     // env variable is the easiest way to guarantee we won't overwrite prod data during development
     // after copying prod document/data directory
-    getSyncServerHost: () => process.env.TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST || get("syncServerHost"),
+    getSyncServerHost: () => get("syncServerHost"),
     isSyncSetup: () => {
         const syncServerHost = get("syncServerHost");
 

src/services/utils.ts

@@ -295,6 +295,18 @@ export function isString(x: any) {
     return Object.prototype.toString.call(x) === "[object String]";
 }
 
+// try to turn 'true' and 'false' strings from process.env variables into boolean values or undefined
+export function envToBoolean(val: string | undefined) {
+    if (val === undefined || typeof val !== "string") return undefined;
+
+    const valLc = val.toLowerCase().trim();
+
+    if (valLc === "true") return true;
+    if (valLc === "false") return false;
+
+    return undefined;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the directory for resources. On Electron builds this corresponds to the `resources` subdirectory inside the distributable package.
  * On development builds, this simply refers to the root directory of the application.
@@ -352,5 +364,6 @@ export default {
     isString,
     getResourceDir,
     isMac,
-    isWindows
+    isWindows,
+    envToBoolean
 };