Application Settings

There are several levels of configuration: Some settings have to be configured through configuration files, others can be set in the rails console and are stored in the database.

Conventions

The application logo has to be stored as app/assets/images/logo.png.

Configuration File

The smtp credentials that allow the application to send emails through an smtp server, are stored in config/secrets.yml. Make sure this file is not part of a public repository, but is transferred separately to your production server.

# config/secrets.yml
# ...
production:
  smtp_server: 'smtp.example.com'
  smtp_user: '[email protected]'
  smtp_password: 'my secret smtp password'
  smtp_domain: 'example.com'
  smtp_from: '[email protected]'

Application Settings In The Database

You can set those, for example, in the production rails console.

# rails console
Setting.app_name = "My Platform"
Setting.preferred_locale = :de
Setting.support_email = "[email protected]"