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Configuration

To configure LibreTime, you need to edit the /etc/libretime/config.yml file. This page describe the available options to configure your installation.

General

The general section configure anything related to the legacy and API services.

general:
# The public url. This field is REQUIRED
public_url: https://example.com
# The internal API authentication key, this field is REQUIRED
api_key: some_random_generated_secret!

# How many hours ahead Playout should cache scheduled media files, default is 1
cache_ahead_hours: 1

# Authentication adaptor to use for the legacy service, default is local
# Specify a class like LibreTime_Auth_Adaptor_FreeIpa to replace the built-in adaptor
auth: local

In order to apply the changes made in this section, please restart the following services:

libretime-api
libretime-analyzer
libretime-celery
libretime-playout

Database

The database section configure the PostgreSQL connection.

caution

Before editing this section be sure to update the PostgreSQL server with the desired values.

Changing a PostgreSQL user password

You can change the libretime PostgreSQL user password using:

sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER libretime PASSWORD 'new-password';"
database:
# The hostname of the PostgreSQL server, default is localhost
host: localhost
# The port of the PostgreSQL server, default is 5432
port: 5432
# The name of the PostgreSQL database, default is libretime
name: libretime
# The username of the PostgreSQL user, default is libretime
user: libretime
# The password of the PostgreSQL user, default is libretime
password: some_random_generated_secret!

In order to apply the changes made in this section, please restart the following services:

libretime-api

RabbitMQ

The rabbitmq section configure the RabbitMQ connection.

caution

Before editing this section be sure to update the RabbitMQ server with the desired values.

Changing a RabbitMq user password

You can change the libretime RabbitMQ user password using:

sudo rabbitmqctl change_password "libretime" "new-password"
rabbitmq:
# The hostname of the RabbitMQ server, default is localhost
host: localhost
# The port of the RabbitMQ server, default is 5672
port: 5672
# The virtual host of RabbitMQ server, default is /libretime
vhost: /libretime
# The username of the RabbitMQ user, default is libretime
user: libretime
# The password of the RabbitMQ user, default is libretime
password: some_random_generated_secret!

In order to apply the changes made in this section, please restart the following services:

libretime-api
libretime-analyzer
libretime-celery
libretime-playout

Playout

The playout section configure anything related to the playout service.

playout:
# Liquidsoap connection host, default is localhost
liquidsoap_host: localhost
# Liquidsoap connection port, default is 1234
liquidsoap_port: 1234

# The format for recordings, allowed values are ogg,mp3, default is ogg
record_file_format: ogg
# The bitrate for recordings, default is 256
record_bitrate: 256
# The samplerate for recordings, default is 44100
record_samplerate: 44100
# The number of channels for recordings, default is 2
record_channels: 2
# The sample size for recordings, default is 16
record_sample_size: 16

In order to apply the changes made in this section, please restart the following services:

libretime-playout

LDAP

The ldap section provide additional configuration for the authentication mechanism defined in general.auth, please see the custom authentication documentation for more details.

ldap:
# Hostname of LDAP server
hostname: ldap.example.org
# Complete DN of user used to bind to LDAP
binddn: "uid=libretime,cn=sysaccounts,cn=etc,dc=int,dc=example,dc=org"
# Password for binddn user
password: hackme
# Domain part of username
account_domain: INT.EXAMPLE.ORG
# Base search DN
basedn: "cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=int,dc=example,dc=org"
# Name of the uid field for searching. Usually uid, may be cn
filter_field: uid

# Map user types to LDAP groups. Assign user types based on the group of a given user
# Key format is groupmap_*
groupmap_superadmin: "cn=superadmin,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=int,dc=example,dc=org"
groupmap_admin: "cn=admin,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=int,dc=example,dc=org"
groupmap_program_manager: "cn=program_manager,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=int,dc=example,dc=org"
groupmap_host: "cn=host,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=int,dc=example,dc=org"
groupmap_guest: "cn=guest,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=int,dc=example,dc=org"