SCM-Server Configuration
Various configuration options for the SCM-Server
SCM-Manager v3 can be configured in several ways. We recommend using config.yml
to have most of the settings in
one place. However, if required, each option in this configuration can also be set via environment variables.
See the relevant topics below for more information.
Webserver Configuration
The listener host and port of your SCM-Server can directly be edited in the top level of your config.yml
.
If you want your server without a context path (use root path
), you can change this option to be /
.
config.yml
# This is the host adresse, `0.0.0.0` means it listens on every interface
addressBinding: 0.0.0.0
# This is the exposed port for your application
port: 8080
contextPath: /
httpHeaderSize: 16384
Environment variables
Environment Variable | Corresponding config.yml property | Example |
---|---|---|
SCM_ADDRESS_BINDING | addressBinding | export SCM_ADDRESS_BINDING=0.0.0.0 |
SCM_PORT | port | export SCM_PORT=8080 |
SCM_CONTEXT_PATH | contextPath | export SCM_CONTEXT_PATH=/ |
SCM_HTTP_HEADER_SIZE | httpHeaderSize | export SCM_HTTP_HEADER_SIZE=16384 |
SSL
In order to use https with SCM-Server, you need a keystore with a certificate and the corresponding secret key. In the following we will use openssl to create a self-signed certificate for demonstration purposes.
Warning: Do not use self-signed certificates in production, this is only for demonstration purposes.
openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -keyout tls.key -out tls.crt
This command will ask a few questions about metadata for generated certificate:
- PEM pass phrase: This is a password to protect the scret key
- Country Name (2 letter code)
- State or Province Name (full name)
- Locality Name (eg, city)
- Organization Name (eg, company)
- Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)
- Common Name (eg, fully qualified host name)
- Email Address
Make sure that the common name matches the fqdn, which you are using to access SCM-Manager.
Browsers
In order to use a self-signed certificate the certificate must be imported into you browser.
Configure Git
To use git with a self-signed certificate, we have to add the certificate path to the configuration.
git config http.sslCAInfo /complete/path/to/tls.crt
Configure Mercurial
To use mercurial with a self-signed certificate, we have to add the certificate path to the configuration.
[web]
cacerts = /complete/path/to/cert.pem
Create keystore
Create a keystore in pkcs12 format. This command can be used with the self-signed certificate from above or with a valid certificate from an authority.
openssl pkcs12 -inkey tls.key -in tls.crt -export -out keystore.pkcs12
If your secret key is protected with a passphrase, you must enter this first. You must then enter an export password to protect your keystore.
Server configuration
Adjust your config.yml
to apply your prepared keystore with configured certificate or set them via environment variables.
config.yml
https:
# If the key store path is not set, the https config will be ignored entirely.
# This must be set to your created keystore from above.
keyStorePath: /conf/keystore.pkcs12
# The password of your keystore.
keyStorePassword: secret
# The type of your keystore. Use pkcs12 or jks for java keystore.
keyStoreType: PKCS12
# The port of your https connector
sslPort: 443
# Automatically redirects incoming http requests to this https connector
redirectHttpToHttps: true
Environment variables
Environment Variable | Corresponding config.yml property | Example |
---|---|---|
SCM_HTTPS_KEY_STORE_PATH | https.keyStorePath | export SCM_HTTPS_KEY_STORE_PATH=/conf/keystore.pkcs12 |
SCM_HTTPS_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD | https.keyStorePassword | export SCM_HTTPS_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD=secret |
SCM_HTTPS_KEY_STORE_TYPE | https.keyStoreType | export SCM_HTTPS_KEY_STORE_TYPE=PKCS12 |
SCM_HTTPS_SSL_PORT | https.sslPort | export SCM_HTTPS_PORT=443 |
SCM_HTTPS_REDIRECT_HTTP_TO_HTTPS | https.redirectHttpToHttps | export SCM_HTTPS_REDIRECT_HTTP_TO_HTTPS=true |
Change directories
The default directories are platform-specific and therefore could be different if you try scm-server on different
operational systems. Paths starting with /
are absolute to your file system. If you use relative paths without a
starting /
, your configured path will be located relative to your base directory of your scm-server (
like /opt/scm-server
on unix-based packages).
For technical reasons the tempDir is located at the top level of your config.yml
. All other path-based config options
are located under webapp
.
config.yml
tempDir: /tmp
webapp:
homeDir: ./scm-home
workDir: /etc/scm/work
Environment variables
Environment Variable | Corresponding config.yml property | Example |
---|---|---|
SCM_TEMP_DIR | tempDir | export SCM_TEMP_DIR=/tmp |
SCM_WEBAPP_HOMEDIR | webapp.homeDir | export SCM_WEBAPP_HOMEDIR=./scm-home |
SCM_WEBAPP_WORKDIR | webapp.workDir | export SCM_WEBAPP_WORKDIR=/etc/scm/work |
Reverse proxy
If your SCM-Manager instance is behind a reverse proxy like NGINX, you most likely will have to enable X-Forward-Headers. These HTTP headers are being appended to the requests which are redirected by your reverse proxy server. Without this option set, your SCM-Server may run into connection issues. This option is disabled by default, because without a reverse proxy it could cause security issues.
Many reverse proxies will also cache response streams. This can lead to timeouts, especially when working with large
repositories. To avoid this, you might want to increase the idleTimeout
to a higher value, depending on the size of
your repositories (you might want to start with 300000
, that would be five minutes).
config.yml
forwardHeadersEnabled: true
idleTimeout: 300000
Environment variables
Environment Variable | Corresponding config.yml property | Example |
---|---|---|
SCM_FORWARD_HEADERS_ENABLED | forwardHeadersEnabled | export SCM_FORWARD_HEADERS_ENABLED=true |
SCM_IDLE_TIMEOUT | idleTimeout | export SCM_IDLE_TIMEOUT=300000 |
Webapp
The webapp configuration consists of anything that is not webserver or logging related.
Most of the available options should be set to the recommended values of your default config.yml
file.
You can also override these options with environment variables.
config.yml
webapp:
## Sets explicit working directory for internal processes, empty means default java temp dir
workDir:
## Home directory "scm-home" which is also set for classpath
homeDir: /var/lib/scm
cache:
dataFile:
enabled: true
store:
enabled: true
# name of initial admin user (this is normally set over the ui on the first start)
initialUser: scmadmin
# password of initial admin user (this is normally set over the ui on the first start)
initialPassword: scmadmin
# if true skip the creation of initial admin user completely
skipAdminCreation: false
## Warning: Enabling this option can lead to security issue.
endlessJwt: false
## Number of async threads
asyncThreads: 4
## Max seconds to abort async execution
maxAsyncAbortSeconds: 60
## Amount of central work queue workers
centralWorkQueue:
workers: 4
## Strategy for the working copy pool implementation [sonia.scm.repository.work.NoneCachingWorkingCopyPool, sonia.scm.repository.work.SimpleCachingWorkingCopyPool]
workingCopyPoolStrategy: sonia.scm.repository.work.SimpleCachingWorkingCopyPool
## Amount of "cached" working copies
workingCopyPoolSize: 5
Environment variables
Environment Variable | Corresponding config.yml property | Example |
---|---|---|
SCM_WEBAPP_WORKDIR | webapp.workDir | export SCM_WEBAPP_WORKDIR=/tmp/scm-work |
SCM_WEBAPP_HOMEDIR | webapp.homeDir | export SCM_WEBAPP_HOMEDIR=/var/lib/scm |
SCM_WEBAPP_CACHE_DATAFILE_ENABLED | webapp.cache.datafile.enabled | export SCM_WEBAPP_CACHE_DATAFILE_ENABLED=true |
SCM_WEBAPP_CACHE_STORE_ENABLED | webapp.cache.store.enabled | export SCM_WEBAPP_CACHE_STORE_ENABLED=true |
SCM_WEBAPP_ENDLESSJWT | webapp.endlessJwt | export SCM_WEBAPP_ENDLESSJWT=false |
SCM_WEBAPP_ASYNCTHREADS | webapp.asyncThreads | export SCM_WEBAPP_ASYNCTHREADS=4 |
SCM_WEBAPP_MAXASYNCABORTSECONDS | webapp.maxAsyncAbortSeconds | export SCM_WEBAPP_MAXASYNCABORTSECONDS=60 |
SCM_WEBAPP_CENTRALWORKQUEUE_WORKERS | webapp.centralWorkQueue.workers | export SCM_WEBAPP_CENTRALWORKQUEUE_WORKERS=4 |
SCM_WEBAPP_WORKINGCOPYPOOLSTRATEGY | webapp.workingCopyPoolStrategy | export SCM_WEBAPP_WORKINGCOPYPOOLSTRATEGY=sonia.scm.repository.work.SimpleCachingWorkingCopyPool |
SCM_WEBAPP_WORKINGCOPYPOOLSIZE | webapp.workingCopyPoolSize | export SCM_WEBAPP_WORKINGCOPYPOOLSIZE=5 |
SCM_WEBAPP_INITIALUSER | webapp.initialUser | export SCM_WEBAPP_INITIALUSER=scmadmin |
SCM_WEBAPP_INITIALPASSWORD | webapp.initialPassword | export SCM_WEBAPP_INITIALPASSWORD=scmadmin |
SCM_WEBAPP_SKIPADMINCREATION | webapp.skipAdminCreation | export SCM_WEBAPP_SKIPADMINCREATION=true |