I'm looking at installing Selfoss, but am a bit wary of doing so without understanding what the items in config.ini are.

Are they documented somewhere? All I can see now on the subject is "Insert database access data in config.ini"

This is what I understand so far - can anyone else fill in the blanks or otherwise clarify?

db_type

Can be "sqlite" or "mysql"

db_file

If using db_type "sqlite", the path to the database

db_host

If using db_type "mysql", the host name of the MySQL database (usually localhost). Ignored if using db_type "sqlite".

db_database

If using db_type "mysql", the name of the database to use (the schema will be created automatically). Ignored if using db_type "sqlite".

db_username

If using db_type "mysql", the user of the database. Ignored if using db_type "sqlite".

db_password

If using db_type "mysql", the pasword to the database. Ignored if using db_type "sqlite".

db_port=3306

If using db_type "mysql", the port the database is running on (usually 3306). Ignored if using db_type "sqlite".

logger_level

Defaults to "ERROR", values are ?, ? and ?. Errors will be sent to ?

items_perpage

The number of news items displayed on a single page before paginating.

items_lifetime

The number of days(?) a news story will be displayed in the feed before being deleted automatically(?)

base_url

??

username

If password-protecting the UI, the username (?)

password

If password-protecting the UI, the password (?), in plain text

salt

If password-protecting the UI, a random string with with to salt the password

public

??

rss_title=News Feed

The title of the feed given in the UI (?)

rss_max_items

The maximum number of items the UI will display

rss_mark_as_read

Enable "mark as read" function in the UI (0 or 1)

readability_key

??