Settings Service Configuration

Introduction

The Infinite Scale Settings service provides functionality for other services to register new settings as well as storing and retrieving the respective settings' values.

Default Values

  • Settings listens on port 9190 by default.

Settings Managed

The settings service is currently used for managing the:

  • users' profile settings like the language and the email notification settings,

  • possible user roles and their respective permissions,

  • assignment of roles to users.

As an example, user profile settings that can be changed in the Web UI must be persistent.

The settings service supports two different backends for persisting the data. The backend can be set via the SETTINGS_STORE_TYPE environment variable. Supported values are:

  • metadata: The default. This backend persists the settings data via the storage-system service.

  • filesystem: This backend persists the settings data in a directory on the local filesystem. The directory can be configured with SETTINGS_DATA_PATH. This backend is not suitable for running multiple intances of the settings service in a scale-out deployment and should be therefore considered deprecated.

Settings Management

Infinite Scale services can register settings bundles with the settings service.

Settings Usage

Services can set or query Infinite Scale setting values of a user from settings bundles.

Service Accounts

The settings service needs to know the IDs of service accounts but it doesn’t need their secrets. Currently only one service account can be configured which has the admin role. This can be set with the SETTINGS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID_ADMIN envvar, but it will also pick up the global OCIS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID envvar. Also see the auth-service service description for additional details.

Default Language

The default language can be defined via the OCIS_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE environment variable. If this variable is not defined, English will be used as default. The value has the ISO 639-1 format ("de", "en", etc.) and is limited to the list of supported languages. This setting can be used to set the default language for notification and invitation emails.

The OCIS_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE setting impacts the notification and userlog services and the WebUI. Note that translations must exist for all named components to be presented correctly.

  • If OCIS_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE is not set, the expected behavior is:

    • The notification and userlog services and the Web UI use English by default, until a user sets another language in the Web UI via Account  Language.

    • If a user sets another language in the Web UI in Account  Language, then the notification and userlog services and Web UI use the language defined by the user. If no translation is found, it falls back to English.

  • If OCIS_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE is set, the expected behavior is:

    • The notification and userlog services and the Web UI use OCIS_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE by default, until a user sets another language in the Web UI via Account  Language.

    • If a user sets another language in the Web UI in Account  Language, the notification and userlog services and Web UI use the language defined by the user. If no translation is found, it falls back to OCIS_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE and then to English.

Custom Roles

It is possible to replace the default Infinite Scale roles (admin, user) with custom roles that contain custom permissions. One can set SETTINGS_BUNDLES_PATH to the path of a json file containing the new role definition.

Role Example (shortned):
[
    {
        "id": "38071a68-456a-4553-846a-fa67bf5596cc", // ID of the role. Recommendation is to use a random uuidv4. But any unique string will do.
        "name": "user-light",                         // Internal name of the role. This is used by the system to identify the role. Any string will do here, but it should be unique among the other roles.
        "type": "TYPE_ROLE",                          // Always use `TYPE_ROLE`
        "extension": "ocis-roles",                    // Always use `ocis-roles`
        "displayName": "User Light",                  // DisplayName of the role used in webui
        "settings": [
        ],                                            // Permissions attached to the role. See Details below.
        "resource": {
            "type": "TYPE_SYSTEM"                     // Always use `TYPE_SYSTEM`
        }
    }
]

To create custom roles:

  • Copy the role example to a json file.

  • Change id, name, and displayName according your requirements.

  • Copy the desired permissions from the user-all-permissions example to the settings array of the role.

  • Set the SETTINGS_BUNDLE_PATH environment variable to the path/json-file and (re)start Infinite Scale.

See the full Custom Roles json example in the developer documentation for more details.

Caching

When using SETTINGS_STORE_TYPE=metadata, the settings service caches the results of queries against the storage backend to provide faster responses. The content of this cache is independent of the cache used in the storage-system service as it caches directory listing and settings content stored in files.

The settings service can use a configured store via the global OCIS_CACHE_STORE environment variable.

Note that for each global environment variable, an independent service-based one might be available additionally. For precedences see Environment Variable Notes. Check the configuration section below. Supported stores are:

Store Type Description

memory

Basic in-memory store. Will not survive a restart.
Usually the default for caches. See the store environment variable for which one is used.

nats-js-kv

Stores data using key-value-store feature of NATS JetStream.
Usually the default for stores, see the store environment variable for which one is used.

redis-sentinel

Stores data in a configured Redis Sentinel cluster.

noop

Stores nothing. Useful for testing. Not recommended in production environments.
The settings service can only be scaled if not using the memory store and the stores are configured identically over all instances!
If you have used one of the deprecated stores of a former version, you should reconfigure to use one of the supported ones as the deprecated stores will be removed in a later version.
Store specific notes

  • When using redis-sentinel:
    The Redis master to use is configured via e.g. OCIS_CACHE_STORE_NODES in the form of <sentinel-host>:<sentinel-port>/<redis-master> like 10.10.0.200:26379/mymaster.

  • When using nats-js-kv:

    • It is recommended to set OCIS_CACHE_STORE_NODES to the same value as OCIS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT. That way the cache uses the same nats instance as the event bus. See the Event Bus Configuration for more details.

    • Authentication can be added, if configured, via OCIS_CACHE_AUTH_USERNAME and OCIS_CACHE_AUTH_PASSWORD.

    • It is possible to set OCIS_CACHE_DISABLE_PERSISTENCE to instruct nats to not persist cache data on disc.

Event Bus Configuration

The Infinite Scale event bus can be configured by a set of environment variables.

  • If you are using a binary installation as described in Minimal Bare Metal Deployment or Bare Metal with systemd, the address of the event bus OCIS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT is predefined as localhost address without the need for further configuration, but changeable on demand.

  • In case of an orchestrated installation like with Docker or Kubernetes, the event bus must be an external service for scalability like a Redis Sentinel cluster or a key-value-store NATS JetStream. Both named stores are supported and also used in Caching and Persistence. The store used is not part of the Infinite Scale installation and must be separately provided and configured.

  • Note that from a configuration point of view, caching and persistence are independent of the event bus configuration.

Note that for each global environment variable, a service-based one might be available additionally. For precedences see Environment Variable Notes. Check the configuration section below.

Without the aim of completeness, see the list of environment variables to configure the event bus:

Envvar Description

OCIS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT

The address of the event system.

OCIS_EVENTS_CLUSTER

The clusterID of the event system. Mandatory when using NATS as event system.

OCIS_EVENTS_ENABLE_TLS

Enable TLS for the connection to the events broker.

OCIS_INSECURE

Whether to verify the server TLS certificates.

OCIS_EVENTS_AUTH_USERNAME

The username to authenticate with the events broker.

OCIS_EVENTS_AUTH_PASSWORD

The password to authenticate with the events broker.

Configuration

Environment Variables

The settings service is configured via the following environment variables. Read the Environment Variable Types documentation for important details. Column IV shows with which release the environment variable has been introduced.

  • 7.0.0

Environment variables for the settings service
Name IV Type Default Value Description

OCIS_TRACING_ENABLED
SETTINGS_TRACING_ENABLED

pre5.0

bool

false

Activates tracing.

OCIS_TRACING_TYPE
SETTINGS_TRACING_TYPE

pre5.0

string

The type of tracing. Defaults to '', which is the same as 'jaeger'. Allowed tracing types are 'jaeger' and '' as of now.

OCIS_TRACING_ENDPOINT
SETTINGS_TRACING_ENDPOINT

pre5.0

string

The endpoint of the tracing agent.

OCIS_TRACING_COLLECTOR
SETTINGS_TRACING_COLLECTOR

pre5.0

string

The HTTP endpoint for sending spans directly to a collector, i.e. http://jaeger-collector:14268/api/traces. Only used if the tracing endpoint is unset.

OCIS_LOG_LEVEL
SETTINGS_LOG_LEVEL

pre5.0

string

The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'.

OCIS_LOG_PRETTY
SETTINGS_LOG_PRETTY

pre5.0

bool

false

Activates pretty log output.

OCIS_LOG_COLOR
SETTINGS_LOG_COLOR

pre5.0

bool

false

Activates colorized log output.

OCIS_LOG_FILE
SETTINGS_LOG_FILE

pre5.0

string

The path to the log file. Activates logging to this file if set.

SETTINGS_DEBUG_ADDR

pre5.0

string

127.0.0.1:9194

Bind address of the debug server, where metrics, health, config and debug endpoints will be exposed.

SETTINGS_DEBUG_TOKEN

pre5.0

string

Token to secure the metrics endpoint.

SETTINGS_DEBUG_PPROF

pre5.0

bool

false

Enables pprof, which can be used for profiling.

SETTINGS_DEBUG_ZPAGES

pre5.0

bool

false

Enables zpages, which can be used for collecting and viewing in-memory traces.

SETTINGS_HTTP_ADDR

pre5.0

string

127.0.0.1:9190

The bind address of the HTTP service.

OCIS_HTTP_TLS_ENABLED

pre5.0

bool

false

Activates TLS for the http based services using the server certifcate and key configured via OCIS_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE and OCIS_HTTP_TLS_KEY. If OCIS_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE is not set a temporary server certificate is generated - to be used with PROXY_INSECURE_BACKEND=true.

OCIS_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE

pre5.0

string

Path/File name of the TLS server certificate (in PEM format) for the http services.

OCIS_HTTP_TLS_KEY

pre5.0

string

Path/File name for the TLS certificate key (in PEM format) for the server certificate to use for the http services.

SETTINGS_HTTP_ROOT

pre5.0

string

/

Subdirectory that serves as the root for this HTTP service.

OCIS_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS
SETTINGS_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS

pre5.0

[]string

[*]

A list of allowed CORS origins. See following chapter for more details: Access-Control-Allow-Origin at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin. See the Environment Variable Types description for more details.

OCIS_CORS_ALLOW_METHODS
SETTINGS_CORS_ALLOW_METHODS

pre5.0

[]string

[GET POST PUT PATCH DELETE OPTIONS]

A list of allowed CORS methods. See following chapter for more details: Access-Control-Request-Method at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Method. See the Environment Variable Types description for more details.

OCIS_CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS
SETTINGS_CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS

pre5.0

[]string

[Authorization Origin Content-Type Accept X-Requested-With X-Request-Id]

A list of allowed CORS headers. See following chapter for more details: Access-Control-Request-Headers at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Headers. See the Environment Variable Types description for more details.

OCIS_CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS
SETTINGS_CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS

pre5.0

bool

true

Allow credentials for CORS.See following chapter for more details: Access-Control-Allow-Credentials at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Credentials.

SETTINGS_GRPC_ADDR

pre5.0

string

127.0.0.1:9191

The bind address of the GRPC service.

SETTINGS_STORAGE_GATEWAY_GRPC_ADDR
STORAGE_GATEWAY_GRPC_ADDR

pre5.0

string

com.owncloud.api.storage-system

GRPC address of the STORAGE-SYSTEM service.

SETTINGS_STORAGE_GRPC_ADDR
STORAGE_GRPC_ADDR

pre5.0

string

com.owncloud.api.storage-system

GRPC address of the STORAGE-SYSTEM service.

OCIS_SYSTEM_USER_ID
SETTINGS_SYSTEM_USER_ID

pre5.0

string

ID of the oCIS STORAGE-SYSTEM system user. Admins need to set the ID for the STORAGE-SYSTEM system user in this config option which is then used to reference the user. Any reasonable long string is possible, preferably this would be an UUIDv4 format.

OCIS_SYSTEM_USER_IDP
SETTINGS_SYSTEM_USER_IDP

pre5.0

string

internal

IDP of the oCIS STORAGE-SYSTEM system user.

OCIS_SYSTEM_USER_API_KEY

pre5.0

string

API key for the STORAGE-SYSTEM system user.

OCIS_CACHE_STORE
SETTINGS_CACHE_STORE

pre5.0

string

memory

The type of the cache store. Supported values are: 'memory', 'redis-sentinel', 'nats-js-kv', 'noop'. See the text description for details.

OCIS_CACHE_STORE_NODES
SETTINGS_CACHE_STORE_NODES

pre5.0

[]string

[127.0.0.1:9233]

A list of nodes to access the configured store. This has no effect when 'memory' store is configured. Note that the behaviour how nodes are used is dependent on the library of the configured store. See the Environment Variable Types description for more details.

OCIS_CACHE_DATABASE

pre5.0

string

settings-cache

The database name the configured store should use.

SETTINGS_FILE_CACHE_TABLE

pre5.0

string

settings_files

The database table the store should use for the file cache.

SETTINGS_DIRECTORY_CACHE_TABLE

pre5.0

string

settings_dirs

The database table the store should use for the directory cache.

OCIS_CACHE_TTL
SETTINGS_CACHE_TTL

pre5.0

Duration

10m0s

Default time to live for entries in the cache. Only applied when access tokens has no expiration. See the Environment Variable Types description for more details.

OCIS_CACHE_DISABLE_PERSISTENCE
SETTINGS_CACHE_DISABLE_PERSISTENCE

5.0

bool

false

Disables persistence of the cache. Only applies when store type 'nats-js-kv' is configured. Defaults to false.

OCIS_CACHE_AUTH_USERNAME
SETTINGS_CACHE_AUTH_USERNAME

5.0

string

The username to authenticate with the cache. Only applies when store type 'nats-js-kv' is configured.

OCIS_CACHE_AUTH_PASSWORD
SETTINGS_CACHE_AUTH_PASSWORD

5.0

string

The password to authenticate with the cache. Only applies when store type 'nats-js-kv' is configured.

SETTINGS_BUNDLES_PATH

pre5.0

string

The path to a JSON file with a list of bundles. If not defined, the default bundles will be loaded.

OCIS_ADMIN_USER_ID
SETTINGS_ADMIN_USER_ID

pre5.0

string

ID of the user that should receive admin privileges. Consider that the UUID can be encoded in some LDAP deployment configurations like in .ldif files. These need to be decoded beforehand.

OCIS_JWT_SECRET
SETTINGS_JWT_SECRET

pre5.0

string

The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens.

SETTINGS_SETUP_DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENTS
IDM_CREATE_DEMO_USERS

pre5.0

bool

false

The default role assignments the demo users should be setup.

SETTINGS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_IDS
OCIS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID

5.0

[]string

[service-user-id]

The list of all service account IDs. These will be assigned the hidden 'service-account' role. Note: When using 'OCIS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID' this will contain only one value while 'SETTINGS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_IDS' can have multiple. See the 'auth-service' service description for more details about service accounts.

OCIS_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE

5.0

string

The default language used by services and the WebUI. If not defined, English will be used as default. See the documentation for more details.

YAML Example

  • 7.0.0

# Autogenerated
# Filename: settings-config-example.yaml

tracing:
  enabled: false
  type: ""
  endpoint: ""
  collector: ""
log:
  level: ""
  pretty: false
  color: false
  file: ""
debug:
  addr: 127.0.0.1:9194
  token: ""
  pprof: false
  zpages: false
http:
  addr: 127.0.0.1:9190
  tls:
    enabled: false
    cert: ""
    key: ""
  root: /
  cors:
    allow_origins:
    - '*'
    allow_methods:
    - GET
    - POST
    - PUT
    - PATCH
    - DELETE
    - OPTIONS
    allow_headers:
    - Authorization
    - Origin
    - Content-Type
    - Accept
    - X-Requested-With
    - X-Request-Id
    allow_credentials: true
grpc:
  addr: 127.0.0.1:9191
  tls: null
grpc_client_tls: null
metadata_config:
  gateway_addr: com.owncloud.api.storage-system
  storage_addr: com.owncloud.api.storage-system
  system_user_id: ""
  system_user_idp: internal
  system_user_api_key: ""
  cache:
    store: memory
    addresses:
    - 127.0.0.1:9233
    database: settings-cache
    files_table: settings_files
    directories_table: settings_dirs
    ttl: 10m0s
    disable_persistence: false
    username: ""
    password: ""
bundles_path: ""
admin_user_id: ""
token_manager:
  jwt_secret: ""
set_default_assignments: false
service_account_ids:
- service-user-id
default_language: ""