-h2. Set up configuration files
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-The API server package uses configuration files that you write to @/etc/arvados/api@ and ensures they're consistently deployed. Create this directory and copy the example configuration files to it:
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-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo mkdir -p /etc/arvados/api</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">sudo chmod 700 /etc/arvados/api</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">cd /var/www/arvados-api/current</span>
-/var/www/arvados-api/current$ <span class="userinput">sudo cp config/database.yml.example /etc/arvados/api/database.yml</span>
-/var/www/arvados-api/current$ <span class="userinput">sudo cp config/application.yml.example /etc/arvados/api/application.yml</span>
-</code></pre>
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-h2. Configure the database connection
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-Edit @/etc/arvados/api/database.yml@ and replace the @xxxxxxxx@ database password placeholders with the PostgreSQL password you generated above.
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-h2(#configure_application). Configure the API server
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-Edit @/etc/arvados/api/application.yml@ to configure the settings described in the following sections. The deployment script will consistently deploy this to the API server's configuration directory. The API server reads both @application.yml@ and its own @config/application.default.yml@ file. The settings in @application.yml@ take precedence over the defaults that are defined in @config/application.default.yml@. The @config/application.yml.example@ file is not read by the API server and is provided as a starting template only.
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-@config/application.default.yml@ documents additional configuration settings not listed here. You can "view the current source version":https://arvados.org/projects/arvados/repository/revisions/master/entry/services/api/config/application.default.yml for reference.
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-Only put local configuration in @application.yml@. Do not edit @application.default.yml@.
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-h3(#uuid_prefix). uuid_prefix
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-Define your @uuid_prefix@ in @application.yml@ by setting the @uuid_prefix@ field in the section for your environment. This prefix is used for all database identifiers to identify the record as originating from this site. It must be exactly 5 lowercase ASCII letters and digits.
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-Example @application.yml@:
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-<pre><code> uuid_prefix: <span class="userinput">zzzzz</span></code></pre>
-</notextile>
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-h3. secret_token