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14.10. libeufin-nexus.conf(5)

14.10.1. Name

libeufin-nexus.conf - LibEuFin Nexus configuration file

14.10.2. Description

The configuration file is line-oriented. Blank lines and whitespace at the beginning and end of a line are ignored. Comments start with # or % in the first column (after any beginning-of-line whitespace) and go to the end of the line.

The file is split into sections. Every section begins with [SECTIONNAME] and contains a number of options of the form OPTION=VALUE. There may be whitespace around the = (equal sign). Section names and options are case-insensitive.

The values, however, are case-sensitive. In particular, boolean values are one of YES or NO. Values can include whitespace by surrounding the entire value with " (double quote). Note, however, that there are no escape characters in such strings; all characters between the double quotes (including other double quotes) are taken verbatim.

Durations must be expressed with a number followed by the time unit. The following time units are supported: ‘s’ (seconds), ‘m’ (minutes), ‘h’ (hours). For example, the value 5m denotes a duration of five minutes.

Values that represent filenames can begin with a /bin/sh-like variable reference. This can be simple, such as $TMPDIR/foo, or complex, such as ${TMPDIR:-${TMP:-/tmp}}/foo. The variables are expanded either using key-values from the [PATHS] section (see below) or from the environment (getenv()). The values from [PATHS] take precedence over those from the environment. If the variable name is found in neither [PATHS] nor the environment, a warning is printed and the value is left unchanged. Variables (including those from the environment) are expanded recursively, so if FOO=$BAR and BAR=buzz then the result is FOO=buzz. Recursion is bounded to at most 128 levels to avoid undefined behavior for mutually recursive expansions like if BAR=$FOO in the example above.

The [PATHS] section is special in that it contains paths that can be referenced using $ in other configuration values that specify filenames. Note that configuration options that are not specifically retrieved by the application as filenames will not see “$”-expressions expanded. To expand $-expressions when using taler-config, you must pass the -f command-line option.

The system automatically pre-populates the [PATHS] section with a few values at run-time (in addition to the values that are in the actual configuration file and automatically overwriting those values if they are present). These automatically generated values refer to installation properties from GNU autoconf. The values are usually dependent on an INSTALL_PREFIX which is determined by the --prefix option given to configure. The canonical values are:

  • LIBEXECDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/taler/libexec/

  • DOCDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/doc/taler/

  • ICONDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/icons/

  • LOCALEDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/locale/

  • PREFIX = $INSTALL_PREFIX/

  • BINDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/

  • LIBDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/taler/

  • DATADIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/taler/

Note that on some platforms, the given paths may differ depending on how the system was compiled or installed, the above are just the canonical locations of the various resources. These automatically generated values are never written to disk.

Files containing default values for many of the options described below are installed under $TALER_PREFIX/share/libeufin-nexus/config.d/. The configuration file given with -c to Taler binaries overrides these defaults.

A configuration file may include another, by using the @INLINE@ directive, for example, in main.conf, you could write @INLINE@ sub.conf to include the entirety of sub.conf at that point in main.conf.

Be extra careful when using taler-config -V VALUE to change configuration values: it will destroy all uses of @INLINE@ and furthermore remove all comments from the configuration file!

14.10.2.1. GLOBAL OPTIONS

Setting the database belongs to the “[nexus-postgres]” section and the following value.

CONFIG

PostgreSQL connection string. Note: this option is NOT used by the ebics-setup subcommand, as it stores the key files directly on the filesystem.

The “[paths]” section is special in that it contains paths that can be referenced using “$” in other configuration values that specify filenames. For Taler, it commonly contains the following paths:

LIBEUFIN_HOME

Home directory of the user, usually “${HOME}”. Can be overwritten by testcases by setting ${LIBEUFIN_TEST_HOME}.

14.10.2.2. EBICS SETUP OPTIONS

The following options are from the “[nexus-ebics]” section and used by the libeufin-nexus ebics-setup command.

CURRENCY

Name of the currency, e.g. “EUR” for Euro.

HOST_BASE_URL

URL of the EBICS server

BANK_DIALECT

Name of the following combination: EBICS version and ISO20022 recommendations that Nexus would honor in the communication with the bank. Currently only the ‘postfinance’ value is supported.

HOST_ID

EBICS specific: name of the EBICS host

USER_ID

EBICS specific: user ID of the EBICS subscriber. This value must be assigned by the bank after having activated a new EBICS subscriber.

PARTNER_ID

EBICS specific: partner ID of the EBICS subscriber. This value must be assigned by the bank after having activated a new EBICS subscriber.

BANK_PUBLIC_KEYS_FILE

Filesystem location where Nexus should store the bank public keys.

CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEYS_FILE

Filesystem location where Nexus should store the subscriber private keys.

IBAN

IBAN of the bank account that is associated with the EBICS subscriber.

BIC

BIC of the bank account that is associated with the EBICS subscriber.

NAME

Legal entity that is associated with the EBICS subscriber.

14.10.2.3. EBICS SUBMIT OPTIONS

The following configuration value(s) belong to the “[nexus-submit]” section.

FREQUENCY

Duration value to instruct the ebics-submit subcommand how much to wait before checking the database again to find new unsubmitted payments.

14.10.2.4. EBICS FETCH OPTIONS

The following configuration value(s) belong to the “[nexus-fetch]” section.

FREQUENCY

Duration value to instruct the ebics-fetch subcommand how often it should download from the bank.

IGNORE_TRANSACTIONS_BEFORE

Ignore all transactions before a certain YYYY-MM-DD date, useful when you want to use an existing account with old transactions that should not be bounced.

14.10.2.5. DATABASE OPTIONS

Setting the database belongs to the “[libeufin-nexusdb-postgres]” section and the following value.

CONFIG

PostgreSQL connection string.

SQL_DIR

Where are the SQL files to setup our tables?

14.10.3. SEE ALSO

libeufin-nexus(1)

14.10.4. BUGS

Report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net/ or by sending electronic mail to <taler@gnu.org>.

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