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+# not actually YAML but lets pretend:
+# -*- mode: yaml -*-
+# vim: ft=yaml:
+
+
+## this config-file does not make any sense at all, and will not work anywhere
+##
+## it is a nearly-complete example of every config option and how each can be used,
+## but will NOT be maintained, it's just to get a feel for how the config works
+##
+## this file was initially generated by and based on:
+## cat copyparty/__main__.py | awk -F\" -vp1=$(printf %090d 0) '/arse.SUPPRE/{next}/add_argument_group/{printf"\n ###%s\\\n ###// %s \\\\%s\n",p1,$2,p1};{m=""}/metavar=/{m=": "$4}/add_argument\(/{h=$0;sub(/.*, help="/,"",h);sub(/"\)$/,"",h);k=$2;sub(/^-+/,"",k);printf"\n # %s\n %s%s\n",h,k,m}' | sed -r 's/^( ###\/\/ .{88})0+/\1\\/;s/([^#]{40}) +/\1/;s/\\033\[[^m]*[0-9]m//g;s/ \(volflag=([^)]+)\)$/\n # π also available as volflag "\1"/' | xsel -ib
+## grep -A9001 ^flagcats copyparty/cfg.py | grep -B9001 ^flagdescs | awk -F\" -vp1=$(printf %090d 0) '/^ "/{printf"\n ###%s\\\n ###// %s \\\\%s\n",p1,$2,p1};/^ [^ ]/{k=$0;h=$0;sub(/^ +./,"",k);sub(/.: .*/,"",k);sub(/[^:]+: ./,"",h);sub(/.,$/,"",h);sub(/=/,": ",k);printf"\n # %s\n %s\n",h,k}' | sed -r 's/^( ###\/\/ .{88})0+/\1\\/;s/([^#]{40}) +/\1/' | xsel -ib
+
+
+[global]
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// general options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # REPEATABLE: add a config file; add multiple by repeating the option
+ c: /etc/some.conf
+ c: /etc/another.conf
+
+ # max num clients; will not accept more http/https connections at this point
+ nc: 1024
+
+ # max num cpu cores, 0=all, 1=default=recommended
+ j: 4
+
+ # enable the ?dots url parameter / client option which allows clients to see dotfiles / hidden files
+ # π also available as volflag "dots"
+ ed
+
+ # how to handle url-form POSTs; see --help-urlform
+ urlform: save,get
+
+ # server terminal title, for example [$ip-10.1.2.] or [$ip-]
+ wintitle: $ip-10.1.2.
+
+ # server name (displayed topleft in browser and in mDNS)
+ name: mogra
+
+ # REPEATABLE: map file EXTension to MIMEtype, for example [jpg=image/jpeg]
+ mime: qoi=image/x-qoi
+ mime: adf=application/x-amiga-disk-format
+
+ # list default mimetype mapping and exit
+ mimes
+
+ # do expensive analysis to improve accuracy of returned mimetypes; will make file-downloads, rss, and webdav slower
+ # π also available as volflag "rmagic"
+ rmagic
+
+ # show licenses and exit
+ license
+
+ # show versions and exit
+ version
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// qr options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # show http:// QR-code on startup
+ qr
+
+ # show https:// QR-code on startup
+ qrs
+
+ # location to include in the url, for example [priv/?pw=hunter2]
+ qrl: uploads/?pw=okletsgo # hint
+
+ # select IP which starts with PREFIX; [.] to force default IP when mDNS URL would have been used instead
+ qri: 192.168. # hint
+
+ # foreground; try [0] if the qr-code is unreadable
+ qr-fg: 46 # hint; default=0=black
+
+ # background (white=255)
+ qr-bg: 92 # hint; default=229=parchment
+
+ # padding (spec says 4 or more, but 1 is usually fine)
+ qrp: 2 # hint
+
+ # [1]=1x, [2]=2x, [0]=auto (try [2] on broken fonts)
+ qrz: 2 # hint
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// filesystem options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # if a file cannot be deleted because it is busy, continue trying for T seconds, retry every R seconds; disable with 0/0
+ # π also available as volflag "rm_retry"
+ rm-retry: 15/0.1 # default on windows; 0 on unix
+
+ # if a file cannot be renamed because it is busy, continue trying for T seconds, retry every R seconds; disable with 0/0
+ # π also available as volflag "mv_retry"
+ mv-retry: 15/0.1 # default on windows; 0 on unix
+
+ # file I/O buffer-size; if your volumes are on a network drive, try increasing to 524288 or even 4194304 (and let me know if that improves your performance)
+ iobuf: 262144 # default
+
+ # rebuild mountpoint cache every SEC to keep track of sparse-files support; keep low on servers with removable media
+ mtab-age: 60 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// share-url options \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # toplevel virtual folder for shared files/folders, for example [/share]
+ shr: /shares # hint; default is unset
+
+ # database to store shares in
+ shr-db: $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/shares.db # default (and yes, $ENV will expand in configs)
+
+ # comma-separated list of users allowed to view/delete any share
+ shr-adm: ame,same # hint
+
+ # shares can be revived by their owner if they expired less than MIN minutes ago; [60]=hour, [1440]=day, [10080]=week
+ shr-rt: 1440 # default
+
+ # debug
+ shr-v
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// upload options \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # dotfile incomplete uploads, hiding them from clients unless -ed
+ dotpart
+
+ # when avoiding filename collisions by appending the uploader's ip to the filename: append the plaintext ip instead of salting and hashing the ip
+ plain-ip
+
+ # filename for nameless uploads (when uploader doesn't provide a name); default is [put-UNIXTIME-IP.bin] (the .6f means six decimal places)
+ # π also available as volflag "put_name"
+ put-name: put-{now.6f}-{cip}.bin # default
+
+ # default checksum-hasher for PUT/WebDAV uploads: no / md5 / sha1 / sha256 / sha512 / b2 / blake2 / b2s / blake2s
+ # π also available as volflag "put_ck"
+ put-ck: sha512 # default
+
+ # default checksum-hasher for bup/basic-uploader: no / md5 / sha1 / sha256 / sha512 / b2 / blake2 / b2s / blake2s
+ # π also available as volflag "bup_ck"
+ bup-ck: sha512 # default
+
+ # grace period where uploads can be deleted by the uploader, even without delete permissions; 0=disabled, default=12h
+ unpost: 43200 # default (12h)
+
+ # clients can abort incomplete uploads by using the unpost tab (requires -e2d). [0] = never allowed (disable feature), [1] = allow if client has the same IP as the upload AND is using the same account, [2] = just check the IP, [3] = just check account-name
+ # π also available as volflag "u2abort"
+ u2abort: 1 # default
+
+ # file write grace period (any client can write to a blank file last-modified more recently than SEC seconds ago)
+ blank-wt: 300 # default
+
+ # max number of uploads to keep in memory when running without -e2d; roughly 1 MiB RAM per 600
+ reg-cap: 38400 # default
+
+ # disable file-handle pooling -- instead, repeatedly close and reopen files during upload (bad idea to enable this on windows and/or cow filesystems)
+ no-fpool
+
+ # force file-handle pooling, even when it might be dangerous (multiprocessing, filesystems lacking sparse-files support, ...)
+ use-fpool
+
+ # unix file permissions to use when creating files; default is probably 644 (OS-decided), see --help-chmod. Examples: [644] = owner-RW + all-R, [755] = owner-RWX + all-RX, [777] = full-yolo
+ # π also available as volflag "chmod_f"
+ chmod-f: 644 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # unix file permissions to use when creating directories; see --help-chmod. Examples: [755] = owner-RW + all-R, [777] = full-yolo
+ # π also available as volflag "chmod_d"
+ chmod-d: 755 # default
+
+ # unix user-id to chown new files/folders to; default = -1 = do-not-change
+ # π also available as volflag "uid"
+ uid: 1000 # hint
+
+ # unix group-id to chown new files/folders to; default = -1 = do-not-change
+ # π also available as volflag "gid"
+ gid: 573 # hint
+
+ # enable symlink-based upload deduplication
+ # π also available as volflag "dedup"
+ dedup
+
+ # how careful to be when deduplicating files; [1] = just verify the filesize, [50] = verify file contents have not been altered
+ # π also available as volflag "safededup"
+ safe-dedup: 50 # default
+
+ # enable hardlink-based dedup; will fallback on symlinks when that is impossible (across filesystems)
+ # π also available as volflag "hardlink"
+ hardlink
+
+ # do not fallback to symlinks when a hardlink cannot be made
+ # π also available as volflag "hardlinkonly"
+ hardlink-only
+
+ # enable reflink-based dedup; will fallback on full copies when that is impossible (non-CoW filesystem)
+ # π also available as volflag "reflink"
+ reflink
+
+ # reject duplicate files during upload; only matches within the same volume
+ # π also available as volflag "nodupe"
+ no-dupe
+
+ # do not use existing data on disk to satisfy dupe uploads; reduces server HDD reads in exchange for much more network load
+ # π also available as volflag "noclone"
+ no-clone
+
+ # disable snapshots -- forget unfinished uploads on shutdown; don't create .hist/up2k.snap files -- abandoned/interrupted uploads must be cleaned up manually
+ no-snap
+
+ # write upload state to ./hist/up2k.snap every SEC seconds; allows resuming incomplete uploads after a server crash
+ snap-wri: 300 # default
+
+ # forget unfinished uploads after MIN minutes; impossible to resume them after that (360=6h, 1440=24h)
+ snap-drop: 1440 # default
+
+ # how to timestamp uploaded files; [c]=client-last-modified, [u]=upload-time, [fc]=force-c, [fu]=force-u
+ # π also available as volflag "u2ts"
+ u2ts: c # default
+
+ # force randomized filenames, --nrand chars long
+ # π also available as volflag "rand"
+ rand
+
+ # randomized filenames length
+ # π also available as volflag "nrand"
+ nrand: 9 # default
+
+ # enable filetype detection on nameless uploads
+ # π also available as volflag "magic"
+ magic
+
+ # ensure GiB free disk space by rejecting upload requests; assumes gigabytes unless a unit suffix is given: [256m], [4], [2T]
+ # π also available as volflag "df"
+ df: 4 # hint; default=0
+
+ # windows-only: minimum size of incoming uploads through up2k before they are made into sparse files
+ sparse: 4 # default
+
+ # configure turbo-mode in up2k client; [-1] = forbidden/always-off, [0] = default-off and warn if enabled, [1] = default-off, [2] = on, [3] = on and disable datecheck
+ turbo: 0 # default
+
+ # when to use a wasm-hasher instead of the browser's builtin; faster on chrome, but buggy in older chrome versions. [0] = only when necessary (non-https), [1] = always (all browsers), [2] = always on chrome/firefox, [3] = always on chrome, [N] = chrome-version N and newer (recommendation: 137)
+ nosubtle: 0 # default
+
+ # web-client: number of file chunks to upload in parallel; 1 or 2 is good when latency is low (same-country), 2~4 for android-clients, 2~6 for cross-atlantic. Max is 6 in most browsers. Big values increase network-speed but may reduce HDD-speed
+ u2j: 2 # default
+
+ # web-client: default upload chunksize (MiB); sets min,default,max in the settings gui. Each HTTP POST will aim for default, and never exceed max. Cloudflare max is 96. Big values are good for cross-atlantic but may increase HDD fragmentation on some FS. Disable this optimization with [1,1,1]
+ u2sz: 1,64,96 # default
+
+ # web-client: default setting for when to replace/overwrite existing files; [0]=never, [1]=if-client-newer, [2]=always
+ # π also available as volflag "u2ow"
+ u2ow: 0 # default
+
+ # upload order; [s]=smallest-first, [n]=alphabetical, [fs]=force-s, [fn]=force-n -- alphabetical is a bit slower on fiber/LAN but makes it easier to eyeball if everything went fine
+ u2sort: s # default
+
+ # write POST reports to textfiles in working-directory
+ write-uplog
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// network options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # IPs and/or unix-sockets to listen on, COMMA-SEPARATED LIST (see --help-bind). Default: all IPv4 and IPv6
+ i: 192.168.0.1,::1,unix:770:www:/dev/shm/party.sock # hint; default=::
+
+ # ports to listen on (comma/range); ignored for unix-sockets
+ p: 3923,4001-4005 # hint; default=3923
+
+ # include link-local IPv4/IPv6 in mDNS replies, even if the NIC has routable IPs (breaks some mDNS clients)
+ ll
+
+ # which ip to associate clients with; [0]=tcp, [1]=origin (first x-fwd, unsafe), [2]=outermost-proxy, [3]=second-proxy, [-1]=closest-proxy
+ rproxy: 1 # default
+
+ # if reverse-proxied, which http header to read the client's real ip from
+ xff-hdr: x-forwarded-for # default
+
+ # list of trusted reverse-proxy CIDRs (comma-separated); only accept the real-ip header (--xff-hdr) and IdP headers if the incoming connection is from an IP within either of these subnets. Specify [lan] to allow all LAN / private / non-internet IPs. Can be disabled with [any] if you are behind cloudflare (or similar) and are using --xff-hdr=cf-connecting-ip (or similar)
+ xff-src: 127.0.0.0/8, ::1/128 # default
+
+ # only accept connections from IP-addresses inside CIDR (comma-separated); examples: [lan] or [10.89.0.0/16, 192.168.33.0/24]
+ ipa: 10.89.0.0/16, 192.168.33.0/24 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # if reverse-proxying on a location instead of a dedicated domain/subdomain, provide the base location here; example: [/foo/bar]
+ rp-loc: /files # hint; default is unset
+
+ # set reuseaddr on listening sockets on windows; allows rapid restart of copyparty at the expense of being able to accidentally start multiple instances
+ reuseaddr
+
+ # allow listening on IPs which do not yet exist, for example if the network interfaces haven't finished going up. Only makes sense for IPs other than '0.0.0.0', '127.0.0.1', '::', and '::1'. May require running as root (unless net.ipv6.ip_nonlocal_bind)
+ freebind
+
+ # write list of listening-on ip:port to textfile at PATH when http-servers have started
+ wr-h-eps: /dev/shm/listening-on.txt # hint; default is unset
+
+ # write list of accessible-on ip:port to textfile at PATH when http-servers have started
+ wr-h-aon: /dev/shm/accessible-on.txt # hint; default is unset
+
+ # socket timeout (read request header)
+ s-thead: 120 # default
+
+ # socket timeout (read/write request/response bodies). Use 60 on fast servers (default is extremely safe). Disable with 0 if reverse-proxied for a 2% speed boost
+ s-tbody: 128 # default
+
+ # socket read size in bytes (indirectly affects filesystem writes; recommendation: keep equal-to or lower-than --iobuf)
+ s-rd-sz: 262144 # default
+
+ # socket write size in bytes
+ s-wr-sz: 262144 # default
+
+ # debug: socket write delay in seconds
+ s-wr-slp: 0 # default
+
+ # debug: response delay in seconds
+ rsp-slp: 0 # default
+
+ # debug: response delay, random duration 0..SEC
+ rsp-jtr: 0 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// SSL/TLS options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disable ssl/tls -- force plaintext
+ http-only
+
+ # disable plaintext -- force tls
+ https-only
+
+ # path to file containing a concatenation of TLS key and certificate chain
+ cert: $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/cert.pem # default
+
+ # set allowed ssl/tls versions; [help] shows available versions; default is what your python version considers safe
+ ssl-ver: ssl3,tls10 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # set allowed ssl/tls ciphers; [help] shows available ciphers
+ ciphers: xtea,rot13 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # dump some tls info
+ ssl-dbg
+
+ # log master secrets for later decryption in wireshark
+ ssl-log: /mnt/stash/gotem.log # hint; default is unset
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// TLS certificate generator options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disable automatic certificate creation
+ no-crt
+
+ # comma-separated list of FQDNs (domains) to add into the certificate
+ crt-ns: example.com,fileshare.nasa.gov
+
+ # do not add wildcard entries for each --crt-ns
+ crt-exact
+
+ # do not add autodetected IP addresses into cert
+ crt-noip
+
+ # do not add 127.0.0.1 / localhost into cert
+ crt-nolo
+
+ # do not add mDNS names / hostname into cert
+ crt-nohn
+
+ # where to save the CA cert
+ crt-dir: $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/ # default
+
+ # ca-certificate expiration time in days
+ crt-cdays: 3650 # default
+
+ # server-cert expiration time in days
+ crt-sdays: 365 # default
+
+ # CA/server-cert common-name
+ crt-cn: partyco # default
+
+ # override CA name
+ crt-cnc: --crt-cn # default = copy the above
+
+ # override server-cert name
+ crt-cns: --crt-cnc # default = copy the above
+
+ # backdate in hours
+ crt-back: 72 # default
+
+ # algorithm and keysize; one of these: ecdsa-256 rsa-4096 rsa-2048
+ crt-alg: ecdsa-256 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// IdP / identity provider / user authentication options \\00000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # bypass the copyparty authentication checks if the request-header HN contains a username to associate the request with (for use with authentik/oauth/...)
+ # ββWARNING: if you enable this, make sure clients are unable to specify this header themselves; must be washed away and replaced by a reverse-proxy
+ idp-h-usr: idp-username # hint; default is unset
+
+ # assume the request-header HN contains the groupname of the requesting user; can be referenced in config files for group-based access control
+ idp-h-grp: idp-groups # hint; default is unset
+
+ # optional but recommended safeguard; your reverse-proxy will insert a secret header named HN into all requests, and the other IdP headers will be ignored if this header is not present
+ idp-h-key: supersecretmagicword # hint; default is unset
+
+ # if there are multiple groups in --idp-h-grp, they are separated by one of the characters in RE
+ idp-gsep: |:;+, # default
+
+ # where to store the known IdP users/groups (if you run multiple copyparty instances, make sure they use different DBs)
+ idp-db: $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/idp.db # default
+
+ # how to use --idp-db; [0] = entirely disable, [1] = write-only (effectively disabled), [2] = remember users, [3] = remember users and groups.
+ # ββNOTE: Will remember and restore the IdP-volumes of all users for all eternity if set to 2 or 3, even when user is deleted from your IdP
+ idp-store: 1 # default
+
+ # comma-separated list of users allowed to use /?idp (the cache management UI)
+ idp-adm: ben,jerry # hint; default is unset
+
+ # generate a session-token for IdP users which is written to cookie cppws (or cppwd if plaintext), to reduce the load on the IdP server, lifetime S seconds.
+ # ββnote: The expiration time is a client hint only; the actual lifetime of the session-token is infinite (until next restart with --ses-db wiped)
+ idp-cookie: 600 # hint; default=0=disabled
+
+ # disable basic-authentication support; do not accept passwords from the 'Authenticate' header at all. NOTE: This breaks support for the android app
+ no-bauth
+
+ # keeps basic-authentication enabled, but only as a last-resort; if a cookie is also provided then the cookie wins
+ bauth-last
+
+ # where to store the sessions database (if you run multiple copyparty instances, make sure they use different DBs)
+ ses-db: $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/sessions.db # default
+
+ # session key length; default is 120 bits ((20//4)*4*6)
+ ses-len: 20
+
+ # disable sessions; use plaintext passwords in cookies
+ no-ses
+
+ # REPEATABLE: users with IP matching CIDR are auto-authenticated as username USR; example: [172.16.24.0/24=dave]
+ ipu: CIDR=USR # placeholder
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// user-changeable passwords options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # allow users to change their own passwords
+ chpw
+
+ # REPEATABLE: do not allow password-changes for this comma-separated list of usernames
+ chpw-no: ole,dole,doffen # hint; default is unset
+
+ # where to store the passwords database (if you run multiple copyparty instances, make sure they use different DBs)
+ chpw-db: $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/chpw.json
+
+ # minimum password length
+ chpw-len: 8 # default
+
+ # verbosity of summary on config load [0] = nothing at all, [1] = number of users, [2] = list users with default-pw, [3] = list all users
+ chpw-v: 2 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// Zeroconf options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable all zeroconf backends (mdns, ssdp)
+ z
+
+ # enable zeroconf ONLY on the comma-separated list of subnets and/or interface names/indexes
+ # ββexample: eth0, wlo1, virhost0, 192.168.123.0/24, fd00:fda::/96
+ z-on: NETS # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # disable zeroconf on the comma-separated list of subnets and/or interface names/indexes
+ z-off: NETS # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # check for network changes every SEC seconds (0=disable)
+ z-chk: 10 # default
+
+ # verbose all zeroconf backends
+ zv
+
+ # rejoin multicast groups every SEC seconds (workaround for some switches/routers which cause mDNS to suddenly stop working after some time); try [300] or [180]
+ # ββnote: can be due to firewalls; make sure UDP port 5353 is open in both directions (on clients too)
+ mc-hop: 0 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// Zeroconf-mDNS options; also see --help-zm \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # announce the enabled protocols over mDNS (multicast DNS-SD) -- compatible with KDE, gnome, macOS, ...
+ zm
+
+ # enable mDNS ONLY on the comma-separated list of subnets and/or interface names/indexes
+ zm-on: NETS # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # disable mDNS on the comma-separated list of subnets and/or interface names/indexes
+ zm-off: NETS # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # IPv4 only -- try this if some clients can't connect
+ zm4
+
+ # IPv6 only
+ zm6
+
+ # verbose mdns
+ zmv
+
+ # verboser mdns
+ zmvv
+
+ # mute parser errors (invalid incoming MDNS packets)
+ zm-no-pe
+
+ # disable workaround for avahi-bug #379 (corruption in Avahi's mDNS reflection feature)
+ zm-nwa-1
+
+ # list of services to announce -- d=webdav h=http f=ftp s=smb -- lowercase=plaintext uppercase=TLS -- default: all enabled services except http/https (Ddfs if --ftp and --smb is set, Dd otherwise)
+ zms: dhf # probably default
+
+ # link a specific folder for webdav shares
+ zm-ld: /public/stuff # hint; default is unset (webroot)
+
+ # link a specific folder for http shares
+ zm-lh: /public/stuff # hint; default is unset (webroot)
+
+ # link a specific folder for ftp shares
+ zm-lf: /public/stuff # hint; default is unset (webroot)
+
+ # link a specific folder for smb shares
+ zm-ls: /public/stuff # hint; default is unset (webroot)
+
+ # merge NICs which share subnets; assume that same subnet means same network
+ zm-mnic
+
+ # merge subnets on each NIC -- always enabled for ipv6 -- reduces network load, but gnome-gvfs clients may stop working, and clients cannot be in subnets that the server is not
+ zm-msub
+
+ # disable NSEC replies -- try this if some clients don't see copyparty
+ zm-noneg
+
+ # send unsolicited announce every SEC; useful if clients have IPs in a subnet which doesn't overlap with the server, or to avoid some firewall issues
+ zm-spam: 0 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// Zeroconf-SSDP options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # announce the enabled protocols over SSDP -- compatible with Windows
+ zs
+
+ # enable SSDP ONLY on the comma-separated list of subnets and/or interface names/indexes
+ zs-on: NETS # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # disable SSDP on the comma-separated list of subnets and/or interface names/indexes
+ zs-off: NETS # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # verbose SSDP
+ zsv
+
+ # location to include in the url (or a complete external URL), for example [priv/?pw=hunter2] (goes directly to /priv/ with password hunter2) or [?hc=priv&pw=hunter2] (shows mounting options for /priv/ with password)
+ zsl: /?hc # default
+
+ # USN (device identifier) to announce
+ zsid: UUID # placeholder; default is an autogenerated UUID
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// FTP options (TCP only) \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable FTP server on PORT, for example 3921
+ ftp: 3921 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # enable FTPS server on PORT, for example 3990
+ ftps: 3990 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # verbose
+ ftpv
+
+ # only listen on IPv4
+ ftp4
+
+ # only accept connections from IP-addresses inside CIDR (comma-separated); specify [any] to disable inheriting --ipa. Examples: [lan] or [10.89.0.0/16, 192.168.33.0/24]
+ ftp-ipa: CIDR # placeholder
+
+ # if target file exists, reject upload instead of overwrite
+ ftp-no-ow
+
+ # grace period for resuming interrupted uploads (any client can write to any file last-modified more recently than SEC seconds ago)
+ ftp-wt: 7 # default
+
+ # the NAT address to use for passive connections
+ ftp-nat: 192.168.1.13 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # the range of TCP ports to use for passive connections, for example 12000-13000
+ ftp-pr: 12000-12099 # hint; default is unset
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// WebDAV options \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable full write support, even if client may not be webdav. WARNING: This has side-effects -- PUT-operations will now OVERWRITE existing files, rather than inventing new filenames to avoid loss of data. You might want to instead set this as a volflag where needed. By not setting this flag, uploaded files can get written to a filename which the client does not expect (which might be okay, depending on client)
+ daw
+
+ # allow depth:infinite requests (recursive file listing); extremely server-heavy but required for spec compliance -- luckily few clients rely on this
+ dav-inf
+
+ # disable apple-garbage filter -- allow macos to create junk files (._* and .DS_Store, .Spotlight-*, .fseventsd, .Trashes, .AppleDouble, __MACOS)
+ dav-mac
+
+ # show symlink-destination's lastmodified instead of the link itself; always enabled for recursive listings
+ # π also available as volflag "davrt"
+ dav-rt
+
+ # force auth for all folders (required by davfs2 when only some folders are world-readable)
+ # π also available as volflag "davauth"
+ dav-auth
+
+ # regex of tricky user-agents which expect 401 from GET requests; disable with [no] or blank
+ dav-ua1: kioworker/ # default (KDE)
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// TFTP options (UDP only) \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable TFTP server on PORT, for example 69 or 3969
+ tftp: 3969 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # only listen on IPv4
+ tftp4
+
+ # verbose
+ tftpv
+
+ # verboser
+ tftpvv
+
+ # debug: disable optimizations
+ tftp-no-fast
+
+ # return a directory listing if a file with this name is requested and it does not exist; defaults matches .ls, dir, .dir.txt, ls.txt, ...
+ tftp-lsf: \.?(dir|ls)(\.txt)? # default
+
+ # if someone tries to download a directory, return an error instead of showing its directory listing
+ tftp-nols
+
+ # only accept connections from IP-addresses inside CIDR (comma-separated); specify [any] to disable inheriting --ipa. Examples: [lan] or [10.89.0.0/16, 192.168.33.0/24]
+ tftp-ipa: CIDR # placeholder
+
+ # the range of UDP ports to use for data transfer, for example 12000-13000
+ tftp-pr: 12100-12199 # hint; default is unset
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// SMB/CIFS options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable smb (read-only) -- this requires running copyparty as root on linux and macos unless --smb-port is set above 1024 and your OS does port-forwarding from 445 to that.
+ # ββWARNING: this protocol is DANGEROUS and buggy! Never expose to the internet!
+ smb
+
+ # enable write support (please dont)
+ smbw
+
+ # disable SMBv2, only enable SMBv1 (CIFS)
+ smb1
+
+ # port to listen on -- if you change this value, you must NAT from TCP:445 to this port using iptables or similar
+ smb-port: 445 # default
+
+ # truncate directory listings to 64kB (~400 files); avoids impacket-0.11 bug, fixes impacket-0.12 performance
+ smb-nwa-1
+
+ # disable impacket workaround for filecopy globs
+ smb-nwa-2
+
+ # small performance boost: disable per-account permissions, enables account coalescing instead (if one user has write/delete-access, then everyone does)
+ smba
+
+ # verbose
+ smbv
+
+ # verboser
+ smbvv
+
+ # verbosest
+ smbvvv
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// handlers (see --help-handlers) \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # REPEATABLE: handle 404s by executing PY file
+ on404: ~/bin/on404.py # hint; default is unset
+ on404: ~/bin/on404season2.py
+
+ # REPEATABLE: handle 403s by executing PY file
+ on403: ~/bin/on403.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # recompile handlers on each request -- expensive but convenient when hacking on stuff
+ hot-handlers
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// event hooks (see --help-hooks) \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD before a file upload starts
+ xbu: ~/bin/execute-before-upload.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD after a file upload finishes
+ xau: ~/bin/execute-after-upload.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD after all uploads finish and volume is idle
+ xiu: ~/bin/execute-idle-upload.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD before a file copy
+ xbc: ~/bin/execute-before-copy.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD after a file copy
+ xac: ~/bin/execute-after-copy.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD before a file move/rename
+ xbr: ~/bin/execute-before-rename.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD after a file move/rename
+ xar: ~/bin/execute-after-rename.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD before a file delete
+ xbd: ~/bin/execute-before-delete.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD after a file delete
+ xad: ~/bin/execute-after-delete.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD on message
+ xm: ~/bin/execute-on-message.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # REPEATABLE: execute CMD if someone gets banned (pw/404/403/url)
+ xban: ~/bin/execute-on-ban.py # hint; default is unset
+
+ # verbose hooks
+ hook-v
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// grafana/prometheus metrics endpoint \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable openmetrics at /.cpr/metrics for admin accounts
+ stats
+
+ # disable disk-space metrics (used/free space)
+ nos-hdd
+
+ # disable volume size metrics (num files, total bytes, vmaxb/vmaxn)
+ nos-vol
+
+ # disable volume state metrics (indexing, analyzing, activity)
+ nos-vst
+
+ # disable dupe-files metrics (good idea; very slow)
+ nos-dup
+
+ # disable unfinished-uploads metrics
+ nos-unf
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// yolo options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disable csrf protections; let other domains/sites impersonate you through cross-site requests
+ allow-csrf
+
+ # allow cookies from other domains (if you follow a link from another website into your server, you will arrive logged-in); this reduces protection against CSRF
+ cookie-lax
+
+ # permit ?move=[...] and ?delete as GET
+ getmod
+
+ # allow users with write-only access to upload logues and readmes without adding the _wo_ filename prefix
+ # π also available as volflag "wo_up_readme"
+ wo-up-readme
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// opt-outs \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # never write anything to disk (debug/benchmark)
+ nw
+
+ # do not disable quick-edit-mode on windows (it is disabled to avoid accidental text selection in the terminal window, as this would pause execution)
+ keep-qem
+
+ # disable webdav support
+ no-dav
+
+ # disable delete operations
+ no-del
+
+ # disable move/rename operations
+ no-mv
+
+ # disable copy operations
+ no-cp
+
+ # no title hostname; don't show --name in
+ nth
+
+ # no info hostname -- don't show in UI
+ nih
+
+ # no info disk-usage -- don't show in UI
+ nid
+
+ # no powered-by-copyparty branding in UI
+ nb
+
+ # reject download-as-zip if more than N files in total; optionally takes a unit suffix: [256], [9K], [4G]
+ # π also available as volflag "zipmaxn"
+ zipmaxn: N # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # reject download-as-zip if total download size exceeds SZ bytes; optionally takes a unit suffix: [256M], [4G], [2T]
+ # π also available as volflag "zipmaxs"
+ zipmaxs: SZ # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # custom errormessage when download size exceeds max
+ # π also available as volflag "zipmaxt"
+ zipmaxt: TXT # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # authenticated users bypass the zip size limit
+ # π also available as volflag "zipmaxu"
+ zipmaxu
+
+ # who can download as zip/tar? [0]=nobody, [1]=admins, [2]=authenticated-with-read-access, [3]=everyone-with-read-access (volflag=zip_who)
+ # ββWARNING: if a nested volume has a more restrictive value than a parent volume, then this will be ignored if the download is initiated from the parent, more lenient volume
+ zip-who: 3 # default
+
+ # regex of user-agents to reject from download-as-zip/tar; disable with [no] or blank
+ ua-nozip: Barkrowler|bingbot|BLEXBot|Googlebot|GoogleOther|GPTBot|PetalBot|SeekportBot|SemrushBot|YandexBot # default
+
+ # disable download as zip/tar; same as --zip-who=0
+ no-zip
+
+ # disable download as compressed tar (?tar=gz, ?tar=bz2, ?tar=xz, ?tar=gz:9, ...)
+ no-tarcmp
+
+ # do not allow clients (or server config) to schedule an upload to be deleted after a given time
+ no-lifetime
+
+ # disable race-the-beam (lockstep download of files which are currently being uploaded)
+ # π also available as volflag "nopipe"
+ no-pipe
+
+ # disable streaming a growing files with ?tail
+ # π also available as volflag "notail"
+ no-tail
+
+ # do not write uploader-IP into the database; will also disable unpost, you may want --forget-ip instead
+ # π also available as volflag "no_db_ip"
+ no-db-ip
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// safety options \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # increase safety: Disable thumbnails / potentially dangerous software (ffmpeg/pillow/vips), hide partial uploads, avoid crawlers.
+ # ββAlias of --dotpart --no-thumb --no-mtag-ff --no-robots --force-js
+ s
+
+ # further increase safety: Prevent js-injection, accidental move/delete, broken symlinks, webdav, 404 on 403, ban on excessive 404s.
+ # ββAlias of -s --unpost=0 --no-del --no-mv --hardlink --vague-403 -nih
+ ss
+
+ # further increase safety: Enable logging to disk, scan for dangerous symlinks.
+ # ββAlias of -ss --no-dav --no-logues --no-readme -lo=cpp-%Y-%m%d-%H%M%S.txt.xz --ls=**,*,ln,p,r
+ sss
+
+ # do a sanity/safety check of all volumes on startup; arguments USER,VOL,FLAGS (see --help-ls); example [**,*,ln,p,r]
+ ls: **,*,ln,p,r # hint; default is unset
+
+ # never follow symlinks leaving the volume root, unless the link is into another volume where the user has similar access
+ # π also available as volflag "xvol"
+ xvol
+
+ # stay within the filesystem of the volume root; do not descend into other devices (symlink or bind-mount to another HDD, ...)
+ # π also available as volflag "xdev"
+ xdev
+
+ # disallow moving dotfiles; makes it impossible to move folders containing dotfiles
+ no-dot-mv
+
+ # disallow renaming dotfiles; makes it impossible to turn something into a dotfile
+ no-dot-ren
+
+ # disable rendering .prologue/.epilogue.html into directory listings
+ no-logues
+
+ # disable rendering readme/preadme.md into directory listings
+ no-readme
+
+ # send 404 instead of 403 (security through ambiguity, very enterprise)
+ vague-403
+
+ # don't send folder listings as HTML, force clients to use the embedded json instead -- slight protection against misbehaving search engines which ignore --no-robots
+ force-js
+
+ # adds http and html headers asking search engines to not index anything
+ # π also available as volflag "norobots"
+ no-robots
+
+ # logout clients after H hours of inactivity; [0.0028]=10sec, [0.1]=6min, [24]=day, [168]=week, [720]=month, [8760]=year)
+ logout: 8086 # default
+
+ # more than N wrong passwords in W minutes = ban for B minutes; disable with [no]
+ ban-pw: 9,60,1440 # default
+
+ # more than N password-changes in W minutes = ban for B minutes; disable with [no]
+ ban-pwc: 5,60,1440 # default
+
+ # hitting more than N 404's in W minutes = ban for B minutes; only affects users who cannot see directory listings because their access is either g/G/h
+ ban-404: 50,60,1440 # default
+
+ # hitting more than N 403's in W minutes = ban for B minutes; [1440]=day, [10080]=week, [43200]=month
+ ban-403: 9,2,1440 # default
+
+ # hitting more than N 422's in W minutes = ban for B minutes (invalid requests, attempted exploits ++)
+ ban-422: 9,2,1440 # default
+
+ # hitting more than N sus URL's in W minutes = ban for B minutes; applies only to permissions g/G/h (decent replacement for --ban-404 if that can't be used)
+ ban-url: 9,2,1440 # default
+
+ # URLs which are considered sus / eligible for banning; disable with blank or [no]
+ sus-urls: \.php$|(^|/)wp-(admin|content|includes)/ # default
+
+ # harmless URLs ignored from 404-bans; disable with blank or [no]
+ nonsus-urls: ^(favicon\.ico|robots\.txt)$|^apple-touch-icon|^\.well-known # default
+
+ # if a client is banned, reject its connection as soon as possible; not a good idea to enable when proxied behind cloudflare since it could ban your reverse-proxy
+ early-ban
+
+ # if a client maxes out the server connection limit, downgrade it from connection:keep-alive to connection:close for MIN minutes (and also kill its active connections) -- disable with 0
+ aclose: 10 # default
+
+ # if a client maxes out the server connection limit without sending headers, ban it for B minutes; disable with [0]
+ loris: 60 # default
+
+ # Access-Control-Allow-Origin; list of origins (domains/IPs without port) to accept requests from; [https://1.2.3.4]. Default [*] allows requests from all sites but removes cookies and http-auth; only ?pw=hunter2 survives
+ acao: * # default
+
+ # Access-Control-Allow-Methods; list of methods to accept from offsite ('*' behaves like --acao's description)
+ acam: GET,HEAD # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// salting options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # account-pw hashing algorithm; one of these, best to worst: argon2 scrypt sha2 none (each optionally followed by alg-specific comma-sep. config)
+ ah-alg: argon2 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # account-pw salt; ignored if --ah-alg is none (default)
+ ah-salt: shangalabangala # hint; default is autogenerated and stored in $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/
+
+ # generate hashed password for PW, or read passwords from STDIN if PW is [-]
+ ah-gen: PW # placeholder
+
+ # launch an interactive shell which hashes passwords without ever storing or displaying the original passwords
+ ah-cli
+
+ # per-file accesskey salt; used to generate unpredictable URLs for hidden files
+ fk-salt: shangalabangala # hint; default is autogenerated and stored in $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/
+
+ # per-directory accesskey salt; used to generate unpredictable URLs to share folders with users who only have the 'get' permission
+ dk-salt: shangalabangala # hint; default is autogenerated and stored in $XDG_CONFIG_PATH/.copyparty/
+
+ # up2k file-hash salt; serves no purpose, no reason to change this (but delete all databases if you do)
+ warksalt: hunter2 # default
+
+ # on startup, print the effective value of --ah-salt (the autogenerated value in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME unless otherwise specified)
+ show-ah-salt
+
+ # on startup, print the effective value of --fk-salt (the autogenerated value in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME unless otherwise specified)
+ show-fk-salt
+
+ # on startup, print the effective value of --dk-salt (the autogenerated value in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME unless otherwise specified)
+ show-dk-salt
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// shutdown options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # continue running even if it's impossible to listen on some of the requested endpoints
+ ign-ebind
+
+ # continue running even if it's impossible to receive connections at all
+ ign-ebind-all
+
+ # shutdown after WHEN has finished; [cfg] config parsing, [idx] volscan + multimedia indexing
+ exit: WHEN # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// logging options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # quiet; disable most STDOUT messages
+ q
+
+ # logfile, example: cpp-%Y-%m%d-%H%M%S.txt.xz (NB: some errors may appear on STDOUT only)
+ lo: PATH # placeholder
+
+ # disable colors; same as environment-variable NO_COLOR
+ no-ansi
+
+ # force colors; overrides environment-variable NO_COLOR
+ ansi
+
+ # don't flush the logfile after each write; tiny bit faster
+ no-logflush
+
+ # do not list volumes and permissions on startup
+ no-voldump
+
+ # do not use local timezone; assume the TZ env-var is UTC (tiny bit faster)
+ log-utc
+
+ # timestamp resolution / number of timestamp decimals
+ log-tdec: 3 # default
+
+ # log failed login attempt passwords: 0=terse, 1=plaintext, 2=hashed
+ log-badpwd: 1 # default
+
+ # debug: print tcp-server msgs
+ log-conn
+
+ # debug: print http-server threadpool scaling
+ log-htp
+
+ # print request HEADER; [*]=all
+ ihead: user-agent # hint; default is unset
+
+ # print response HEADER; [*]=all
+ ohead: set-cooke # hint; default is unset
+
+ # dont log URLs matching regex RE
+ lf-url: ^/\.cpr/|[?&]th=[wjp]|/\.(_|ql_|DS_Store$|localized$) # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// admin panel options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disable ?reload=cfg (reload users/volumes/volflags from config file)
+ no-reload
+
+ # disable ?scan (volume reindexing)
+ no-rescan
+
+ # disable ?stack (list all stacks)
+ no-stack
+
+ # disable ?ru (list of recent uploads)
+ no-ups-page
+
+ # don't show list of incoming files in controlpanel
+ no-up-list
+
+ # who can see active downloads in the controlpanel? [0]=nobody, [1]=admins, [2]=everyone
+ dl-list: 2 # default
+
+ # who can see recent uploads on the ?ru page? [0]=nobody, [1]=admins, [2]=everyone
+ # π also available as volflag "ups_who"
+ ups-who: 2 # default
+
+ # let everyone see upload timestamps on the ?ru page, not just admins
+ ups-when
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// thumbnail options \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disable all thumbnails
+ # π also available as volflag "dthumb"
+ no-thumb
+
+ # disable video thumbnails
+ # π also available as volflag "dvthumb"
+ no-vthumb
+
+ # disable audio thumbnails (spectrograms)
+ # π also available as volflag "dathumb"
+ no-athumb
+
+ # thumbnail res
+ # π also available as volflag "thsize"
+ th-size: 320x256 # default
+
+ # num cpu cores to use for generating thumbnails
+ th-mt: 4 # hint; default is autodetect
+
+ # conversion timeout in seconds
+ # π also available as volflag "convt"
+ th-convt: 60 # default
+
+ # max memory usage (GiB) permitted by thumbnailer; not very accurate
+ th-ram-max: 3 # hint; default is 60% of free ram at startup (some conditions apply)
+
+ # crop thumbnails to 4:3 or keep dynamic height; client can override in UI unless force. [y]=crop, [n]=nocrop, [fy]=force-y, [fn]=force-n
+ # π also available as volflag "crop"
+ th-crop: y # default
+
+ # show thumbs at 3x resolution; client can override in UI unless force. [y]=yes, [n]=no, [fy]=force-yes, [fn]=force-no
+ # π also available as volflag "th3x"
+ th-x3: n # default
+
+ # image decoders, in order of preference
+ th-dec: vips,pil,ff # default
+
+ # disable jpg output
+ th-no-jpg
+
+ # disable webp output
+ th-no-webp
+
+ # force jpg output for video thumbs (avoids issues on some FFmpeg builds)
+ th-ff-jpg
+
+ # use swresample instead of soxr for audio thumbs (faster, lower accuracy, avoids issues on some FFmpeg builds)
+ th-ff-swr
+
+ # activity labeling cooldown -- avoids doing keepalive pokes (updating the mtime) on thumbnail folders more often than SEC seconds
+ th-poke: 300 # default
+
+ # cleanup interval; 0=disabled
+ th-clean: 43200 # default
+
+ # max folder age -- folders which haven't been poked for longer than --th-poke seconds will get deleted every --th-clean seconds
+ th-maxage: 604800 # default
+
+ # folder thumbnails to stat/look for; enabling -e2d will make these case-insensitive, and try them as dotfiles (.folder.jpg), and also automatically select thumbnails for all folders that contain pics, even if none match this pattern
+ th-covers: folder.png,folder.jpg,cover.png,cover.jpg # default
+
+ # image formats to decode using pillow
+ th-r-pil: a,very,long,list,of,file,extensions # hint
+
+ # image formats to decode using pyvips
+ th-r-vips: a,very,long,list,of,file,extensions # hint
+
+ # image formats to decode using ffmpeg
+ th-r-ffi: a,very,long,list,of,file,extensions # hint
+
+ # video formats to decode using ffmpeg
+ th-r-ffv: a,very,long,list,of,file,extensions # hint
+
+ # audio formats to decode using ffmpeg
+ th-r-ffa: a,very,long,list,of,file,extensions # hint
+
+ # audio formats which provoke https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10797 (huge ram usage for s3xmodit spectrograms)
+ th-spec-cnv: a,very,long,list,of,file,extensions # hint
+
+ # audio/image formats to decompress before passing to ffmpeg
+ au-unpk: mdz=mod.zip, mdgz=mod.gz, mdxz=mod.xz, and so on
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// transcoding options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # target bitrate for transcoding to opus; set 0 to disable
+ q-opus: 128 # default
+
+ # target quality for transcoding to mp3, for example [192k] (CBR) or [q0] (CQ/CRF, q0=maxquality, q9=smallest); set 0 to disable
+ q-mp3: q2 # default
+
+ # allow transcoding to wav (lossless, uncompressed)
+ allow-wav
+
+ # allow transcoding to flac (lossless, compressed)
+ allow-flac
+
+ # disable transcoding to caf-opus (affects iOS v12~v17), will use mp3 instead
+ no-caf
+
+ # disable transcoding to webm-opus (iOS v18 and later), will use mp3 instead
+ no-owa
+
+ # disable audio transcoding
+ no-acode
+
+ # disable batch audio transcoding by folder download (zip/tar)
+ no-bacode
+
+ # delete cached transcode output after SEC seconds
+ ac-maxage: 86400 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// tailing options (realtime streaming of a growing file) \\0000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # who can tail? [0]=nobody, [1]=admins, [2]=authenticated-with-read-access, [3]=everyone-with-read-access
+ # π also available as volflag "tail_who"
+ tail-who: 2 # default
+
+ # do not allow starting a new tail if more than N active downloads
+ tail-cmax: 64 # default
+
+ # terminate connection after SEC seconds; [0]=never
+ # π also available as volflag "tail_tmax"
+ tail-tmax: 0 # default
+
+ # check for new data every SEC seconds
+ # π also available as volflag "tail_rate"
+ tail-rate: 0.2 # default
+
+ # send a zerobyte if connection is idle for SEC seconds to prevent disconnect
+ tail-ka: 3 # default
+
+ # check if file was replaced (new fd) if idle for SEC seconds
+ # π also available as volflag "tail_fd"
+ tail-fd: 1 # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// RSS options \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable RSS output (experimental)
+ # π also available as volflag "rss"
+ rss
+
+ # default number of files to return (url-param 'nf')
+ rss-nf: 250 # default
+
+ # default list of file extensions to include (url-param 'fext'); blank=all
+ rss-fext: mp3,opus # hint; default is unset
+
+ # default sort order (url-param 'sort'); [m]=last-modified [u]=upload-time [n]=filename [s]=filesize; Uppercase=oldest-first. Note that upload-time is 0 for non-uploaded files
+ rss-sort: m # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// general db options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable up2k database; this enables file search, upload-undo, improves deduplication
+ e2d
+
+ # scan writable folders for new files on startup; sets -e2d
+ e2ds
+
+ # scans all folders on startup; sets -e2ds
+ e2dsa
+
+ # verify file integrity; rehash all files and compare with db
+ e2v
+
+ # on hash mismatch: update the database with the new hash
+ e2vu
+
+ # on hash mismatch: panic and quit copyparty
+ e2vp
+
+ # where to store volume data (db, thumbs); default is a folder named ".hist" inside each volume
+ # π also available as volflag "hist"
+ hist: PATH # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # override where the volume databases are to be placed; default is the same as --hist
+ # π also available as volflag "dbpath"
+ dbpath: PATH # placeholder; default is unset
+
+ # regex: disable hashing of matching absolute-filesystem-paths during e2ds folder scans
+ # π also available as volflag "nohash"
+ no-hash: ^/mnt/nas/linux-isos/knoppix/
+
+ # regex: disable indexing of matching absolute-filesystem-paths during e2ds folder scans
+ # π also available as volflag "noidx"
+ no-idx: ^/mnt/nas/logs/
+
+ # do not show total recursive size of folders in listings, show inode size instead; slightly faster
+ # π also available as volflag "nodirsz"
+ no-dirsz
+
+ # if the directory-sizes in the UI are bonkers, use this along with -e2dsa to rebuild the index from scratch
+ re-dirsz
+
+ # disable rescan acceleration; do full database integrity check -- makes the db ~5% smaller and bootup/rescans 3~10x slower
+ no-dhash
+
+ # force a cache rebuild on startup; enable this once if it gets out of sync (should never be necessary)
+ re-dhash
+
+ # never forget indexed files, even when deleted from disk -- makes it impossible to ever upload the same file twice -- only useful for offloading uploads to a cloud service or something
+ # π also available as volflag "noforget"
+ no-forget
+
+ # remove uploader-IP from database (and make unpost impossible) MIN minutes after upload, for GDPR reasons. Default [0] is never-forget. [1440]=day, [10080]=week, [43200]=month.
+ # π also available as volflag "forget_ip"
+ forget-ip: 0 # default (disabled)
+
+ # database durability profile; sets the tradeoff between robustness and speed, see --help-dbd
+ # π also available as volflag "dbd"
+ dbd: wal # default
+
+ # on upload: check all volumes for dupes, not just the target volume (probably buggy, not recommended)
+ # π also available as volflag "xlink"
+ xlink
+
+ # num cpu cores to use for file hashing; set 0 or 1 for single-core hashing
+ hash-mt: 4 # default is autodetect but max 5
+
+ # rescan filesystem for changes every SEC seconds; 0=off
+ # π also available as volflag "scan"
+ re-maxage: 0 # default
+
+ # defer any scheduled volume reindexing until SEC seconds after last db write (uploads, renames, ...)
+ db-act: 10 # default
+
+ # search deadline -- terminate searches running for more than SEC seconds
+ srch-time: 45 # default
+
+ # max search results to allow clients to fetch; 125 results will be shown initially
+ srch-hits: 7999 # default
+
+ # regex: exclude files from search results if the file-URL matches PTN (case-sensitive)
+ # π also available as volflag "srch_excl"
+ srch-excl: password|logs/[0-9] # hint (any URL containing 'password' or 'logs/DIGIT'), default is unset
+
+ # show dotfiles in search results (volflags: dotsrch | nodotsrch)
+ dotsrch
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// metadata db options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable metadata indexing; makes it possible to search for artist/title/codec/resolution/...
+ e2t
+
+ # scan newly discovered files for metadata on startup; sets -e2t
+ e2ts
+
+ # delete all metadata from DB and do a full rescan; sets -e2ts
+ e2tsr
+
+ # use FFprobe for tags instead; will detect more tags
+ no-mutagen
+
+ # never use FFprobe as tag reader; is probably safer
+ no-mtag-ff
+
+ # timeout for FFprobe tag-scan
+ mtag-to: 60 # default
+
+ # num cpu cores to use for tag scanning
+ mtag-mt: 4 # hint; default is autodetect
+
+ # verbose tag scanning; print errors from mtp subprocesses and such
+ mtag-v
+
+ # debug mtp settings and mutagen/FFprobe parsers
+ mtag-vv
+
+ # REPEATABLE: add/replace metadata mapping
+ mtm: qux=foo,bar # hint (clone metadata-key foo to qux with bar as fallback); default is unset
+
+ # tags to index/display (comma-sep.); either an entire replacement list, or add/remove stuff on the default-list with +foo or /bar"
+ mte: .files,circle,album,.tn,artist,title,.bpm,key,.dur,.q,.vq,.aq,vc,ac,fmt,res,.fps,ahash,vhash # default
+
+ # tags to hide by default (comma-sep.); assign/add/remove same as -mte"
+ mth: .vq,.aq,vc,ac,fmt,res,.fps # default
+
+ # REPEATABLE: read tag M using program BIN to parse the file
+ mtp: .bpm=~/bin/audio-bpm.py # hint; default is unset
+ mtp: key=f,t5,~/bin/audio-key.py
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// textfile options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # where to store old version of markdown files; [s]=subfolder, [v]=volume-histpath, [n]=nope/disabled
+ # π also available as volflag "md_hist"
+ md-hist: s # default
+
+ # the textfile editor will check for serverside changes every SEC seconds
+ mcr: 60 # default
+
+ # enable markdown plugins -- neat but dangerous, big XSS risk
+ emp
+
+ # enable textfile expansion -- replace {{self.ip}} and such; see --help-exp
+ # π also available as volflag "exp"
+ exp
+
+ # comma/space-separated list of placeholders to expand in markdown files; add/remove stuff on the default list with +hdr_foo or /vf.scan
+ # π also available as volflag "exp_md"
+ exp-md: self.ip self.ua self.uname self.host cfg.name cfg.logout vf.scan vf.thsize hdr.cf_ipcountry srv.itime srv.htime # default
+
+ # comma/space-separated list of placeholders to expand in prologue/epilogue files
+ # π also available as volflag "exp_lg"
+ exp-lg: self.ip self.ua self.uname self.host cfg.name cfg.logout vf.scan vf.thsize hdr.cf_ipcountry srv.itime srv.htime # default
+
+ # regex of user-agents to reject from viewing documents through ?doc=[...]; disable with [no] or blank
+ ua-nodoc: Barkrowler|bingbot|BLEXBot|Googlebot|GoogleOther|GPTBot|PetalBot|SeekportBot|SemrushBot|YandexBot # default
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// og / open graph / discord-embed options \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disable hotlinking and return an html document instead; this is required by open-graph, but can also be useful on its own
+ # π also available as volflag "og"
+ og
+
+ # only disable hotlinking / engage OG behavior if the useragent matches regex RE
+ # π also available as volflag "og_ua"
+ og-ua: (Discord|Twitter|Slack)bot # hint; default is unset
+
+ # do not return the regular copyparty html, but instead load the jinja2 template at PATH (if path contains 'EXT' then EXT will be replaced with the requested file's extension)
+ # π also available as volflag "og_tpl"
+ og-tpl: /var/copyparty/opengraph-EXT.j2 # hint; default is unset
+
+ # do not automatically add OG entries into (useful if you're doing this yourself in a template or such)
+ # π also available as volflag "og_no_head"
+ og-no-head
+
+ # thumbnail format; j=jpeg, jf=jpeg-uncropped, jf3=jpeg-uncropped-large, w=webm, ...
+ # π also available as volflag "og_th"
+ og-th: jf3 # default
+
+ # fallback title if there is nothing in the -e2t database
+ # π also available as volflag "og_title"
+ og-title: HEY CHECK THIS OUT # hint; default is blank
+
+ # audio title format; takes any metadata key
+ # π also available as volflag "og_title_a"
+ og-title-a: π΅ {{ artist }} - {{ title }} # default
+
+ # video title format; takes any metadata key
+ # π also available as volflag "og_title_v"
+ og-title-v: {{ title }} # default
+
+ # image title format; takes any metadata key
+ # π also available as volflag "og_title_i"
+ og-title-i: {{ title }} # default
+
+ # force default title; do not read from tags
+ # π also available as volflag "og_s_title"
+ og-s-title
+
+ # description text; same for all files, disable with [-]
+ # π also available as volflag "og_desc"
+ og-desc: bottom text # hint; default is blank
+
+ # sitename; defaults to --name, disable with [-]
+ # π also available as volflag "og_site"
+ og-site: dank memes # hint; default is blank which means it'll copy the `name` global-option
+
+ # accent color (3 or 6 hex digits); may also affect safari and/or android-chrome
+ # π also available as volflag "tcolor"
+ tcolor: 333 # default (copyparty gray)
+
+ # query-string parceling; translate a request for /foo/.uqe/BASE64 into /foo?TEXT, or /foo/?TEXT if the first character in TEXT is a slash. Automatically enabled for --og
+ uqe
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// ui options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # show grid/thumbnails by default
+ # π also available as volflag "grid"
+ grid
+
+ # select files in grid by ctrl-click
+ # π also available as volflag "gsel"
+ gsel
+
+ # default to local timezone instead of UTC
+ localtime
+
+ # language; one of the following: eng nor chi
+ lang: eng # default
+
+ # default theme to use (0..7)
+ theme: 0 # default
+
+ # number of themes installed
+ themes: 8 # default
+
+ # default audio/video volume percent
+ au-vol: 50 # default; anything 0-100
+
+ # default sort order, comma-separated column IDs (see header tooltips), prefix with '-' for descending. Examples: href -href ext sz ts tags/Album tags/.tn
+ # π also available as volflag "sort"
+ sort: href # default
+
+ # default-enable natural sort of filenames with leading numbers
+ # π also available as volflag "nsort"
+ nsort
+
+ # number of sorting rules to include in media URLs by default
+ # π also available as volflag "hsortn"
+ hsortn: 2 # default
+
+ # default-enable seeing dotfiles; only takes effect if user has the necessary permissions
+ see-dots
+
+ # number of confirmations to show when deleting files (2/1/0)
+ qdel: 2 # default
+
+ # don't show files/folders matching REGEX in file list. WARNING: Purely cosmetic! Does not affect API calls, just the browser. Example: [\.(js|css)$]
+ # π also available as volflag "unlist"
+ unlist: REGEX # placeholder
+
+ # favicon-text [ foreground [ background ] ], set blank to disable
+ favico: c 000 none # default
+
+ # REPEATABLE: use thumbnail-image VP for file-extension E, example: [exe=/.res/exe.png]
+ # π also available as volflag "ext_th"
+ ext-th: 7z=/.icons/archive.png # hint; default is unset
+ ext-th: exe=/.icons/glass-of-red-liquid.png
+
+ # emoji or emoji,css Example: [π₯,padding:0]
+ spinner: π² # default
+
+ # URL to additional CSS to include in the filebrowser html
+ css-browser: /.res/rice.css # hint; default is unset
+
+ # URL to additional JS to include in the filebrowser html
+ js-browser: /.res/mousetrail.js # hint; default is unset
+
+ # URL to additional JS to include in all other pages
+ js-other: /.res/snowflakes.jpg # hint; default is unset
+
+ # text to append to the of all HTML pages (except for basic-browser); can be @PATH to send the contents of a file at PATH, and/or begin with % to render as jinja2 template
+ # π also available as volflag "html_head"
+ html-head: # hint; default is unset
+
+ # if a folder contains index.html, show that instead of the directory listing by default (can be changed in the client settings UI, or add ?v to URL for override)
+ ih
+
+ # file extensions to present as plaintext
+ textfiles: txt,nfo,diz,cue,readme # default
+
+ # max size of embedded textfiles on ?doc= (anything bigger will be lazy-loaded by JS)
+ txt-max: 64 # default
+
+ # title / service-name to show in html documents
+ doctitle: copyparty @ --name # default (--name will copy from global-option `name`)
+
+ # server name (displayed in filebrowser document title)
+ bname: --name # default (copy global-option `name`)
+
+ # powered-by link; disable with -nb
+ pb-url: https://github.com/9001/copyparty # default
+
+ # show version on the control panel (incompatible with -nb)
+ ver
+
+ # configure the option to enable/disable k304 on the controlpanel (workaround for buggy reverse-proxies); [0] = hidden and default-off, [1] = visible and default-off, [2] = visible and default-on
+ k304: 0 # default
+
+ # configure the option to enable/disable no304 on the controlpanel (workaround for buggy caching in browsers); [0] = hidden and default-off, [1] = visible and default-off, [2] = visible and default-on
+ no304: 0 # default
+
+ # list of capabilities to allow in the iframe 'sandbox' attribute for README.md docs (volflag=md_sbf); see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe#sandbox
+ md-sbf: downloads forms popups scripts top-navigation-by-user-activation # default
+
+ # list of capabilities to allow in the iframe 'sandbox' attribute for prologue/epilogue docs
+ # π also available as volflag "lg_sbf"
+ lg-sbf: downloads forms popups scripts top-navigation-by-user-activation # default
+
+ # the value of the iframe 'allow' attribute for README.md docs, for example [fullscreen]
+ # π also available as volflag "md_sba"
+ md-sba: fullscreen # hint; default is blank
+
+ # the value of the iframe 'allow' attribute for prologue/epilogue docs (volflag=lg_sba); see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy#iframes
+ lg-sba: TXT # placeholder
+
+ # don't sandbox README/PREADME.md documents (volflags: no_sb_md | sb_md)
+ no-sb-md
+
+ # don't sandbox prologue/epilogue docs (volflags: no_sb_lg | sb_lg); enables non-js support
+ no-sb-lg
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// debug options \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # verbose config file parser (explain config)
+ vc
+
+ # generate config file from current config (best-effort; probably buggy)
+ cgen
+
+ # list information about detected optional dependencies
+ deps
+
+ # kernel-bug workaround: disable poll; use select instead (limits max num clients to ~700)
+ no-poll
+
+ # kernel-bug workaround: disable sendfile; do a safe and slow read-send-loop instead
+ no-sendfile
+
+ # kernel-bug workaround: disable scandir; do a listdir + stat on each file instead
+ no-scandir
+
+ # wait for initial filesystem indexing before accepting client requests
+ no-fastboot
+
+ # disable httpserver threadpool, create threads as-needed instead
+ no-htp
+
+ # when listening on unix-sockets, do a basic delete+bind instead of the default atomic bind
+ rm-sck
+
+ # explain search processing, and do some extra expensive sanity checks
+ srch-dbg
+
+ # use mdns-domain instead of server-ip on /?hc
+ rclone-mdns
+
+ # write stacktrace to Path every S second, for example --stackmon=./st/%Y-%m/%d/%H%M.xz,60
+ stackmon: P,S # placeholder
+
+ # list active threads every SEC
+ log-thrs: 0 # default
+
+ # log filekey params for files where path matches REGEX; [.] (a single dot) = all files
+ log-fk: /mnt/a-problematic-fuse/this-folder-breaks-filekeys/ # hint; default is unset
+
+ # [up2k] if a client uploads a bitflipped/corrupted chunk, store a copy according to --bf-nc and --bf-dir
+ bak-flips
+
+ # bak-flips: stop if there's more than NUM files at --kf-dir already; default: 6.3 GiB max (200*32M)
+ bf-nc: 200 # default
+
+ # bak-flips: store corrupted chunks at PATH; default: folder named 'bf' wherever copyparty was started
+ bf-dir: /srv/bitflips/ # hint; default = bf
+
+ # bak-flips: log corruption info to a textfile at PATH
+ bf-log: /srv/bitflips/the-history.txt # hint; default is unset
+
+ ###############################################################################################
+ ###############################################################################################
+ ###############################################################################################
+ ###############################################################################################
+ ###############################################################################################
+ ###############################################################################################
+ #####/
+ ##### This is the end of the [global] config section
+ ####/
+
+[accounts]
+ foo: bar # username foo, password bar
+
+[groups]
+ g1: u1, u2, u3 # group "g1" with users u1, u2, and u3
+
+[/the/url/to/share/this/volume/on/]
+ /the/actual/filesystem/path/
+ accs:
+ r: username_who_gets_Read_access
+ w: username_who_gets_Write_access
+ m: username_who_gets_Move_access
+ d: username_who_gets_Delete_access
+ .: username_who_can_see_Dotfiles
+ g: username_who_gets_Get_access
+ G: username_who_gets_upGet_access
+ h: username_who_gets_html_access
+ a: username_who_gets_admin_access
+ A: username_who_gets_ReadWriteMoveDeleteDotfileAdmin_access
+ rwm: @g1 # the group "g1" gets Read+Write+Move
+ flags:
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// uploads, general \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable symlink-based file deduplication
+ dedup
+
+ # enable hardlink-based file deduplication, with fallback on symlinks when that is impossible
+ hardlink
+
+ # dedup with hardlink only, never symlink; make a full copy if hardlink is impossible
+ hardlinkonly
+
+ # enable reflink-based file deduplication, with fallback on full copy when that is impossible
+ reflink
+
+ # verify on-disk data before using it for dedup
+ safededup
+
+ # take dupe data from clients, even if available on HDD
+ noclone
+
+ # rejects existing files (instead of linking/cloning them)
+ nodupe
+
+ # unix-permission for new dirs/folders
+ chmod_d: 755
+
+ # unix-permission for new files
+ chmod_f: 644
+
+ # change owner of new files/folders to unix-user 573
+ uid: 573
+
+ # change owner of new files/folders to unix-group 999
+ gid: 999
+
+ # force use of sparse files, mainly for s3-backed storage
+ sparse
+
+ # deny use of sparse files, mainly for slow storage
+ nosparse
+
+ # enable full WebDAV write support (dangerous); PUT-operations will now OVERWRITE existing files
+ daw
+
+ # forces all uploads into the top folder of the vfs
+ nosub
+
+ # enables filetype detection for nameless uploads
+ magic
+
+ # fallback filename for nameless uploads
+ put_name
+
+ # default checksum-hasher for PUT/WebDAV uploads
+ put_ck
+
+ # default checksum-hasher for bup/basic uploads
+ bup_ck
+
+ # allows server-side gzip compression of uploads with ?gz
+ gz
+
+ # allows server-side lzma compression of uploads with ?xz
+ xz
+
+ # forces server-side compression, optional arg: xz,9
+ pk
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// upload rules \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # max 250 uploads over 15min
+ maxn: 250,600
+
+ # max 1 GiB over 5min (suffixes: b, k, m, g, t)
+ maxb: 1g,300
+
+ # total volume size max 1 GiB (suffixes: b, k, m, g, t)
+ vmaxb: 1g
+
+ # max 4096 files in volume (suffixes: b, k, m, g, t)
+ vmaxn: 4k
+
+ # return medialinks for non-up2k uploads (not hotlinks)
+ medialinks
+
+ # write-only users can upload logues without getting renamed
+ wo_up_readme
+
+ # force randomized filenames, 9 chars long by default
+ rand
+
+ # randomized filenames are N chars long
+ nrand: N
+
+ # overwrite existing files? 0=no 1=if-older 2=always
+ u2ow: N
+
+ # [f]orce [c]lient-last-modified or [u]pload-time
+ u2ts: fc
+
+ # allow aborting unfinished uploads? 0=no 1=strict 2=ip-chk 3=acct-chk
+ u2abort: 1
+
+ # allow filesizes between 1 KiB and 3MiB
+ sz: 1k-3m
+
+ # ensure 1 GiB free disk space
+ df: 1g
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// upload rotation -- (moves all uploads into the specified folder structure) \\00000000000\
+
+ # 3 levels of subfolders with 100 entries in each
+ rotn: 100,3
+
+ # date-formatted organizing
+ rotf: %Y-%m/%d-%H
+
+ # uploads are deleted after 1 hour
+ lifetime: 3600
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// database, general \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable database; makes files searchable + enables upload-undo
+ e2d
+
+ # scan writable folders for new files on startup; also sets -e2d
+ e2ds
+
+ # scans all folders for new files on startup; also sets -e2d
+ e2dsa
+
+ # enable multimedia indexing; makes it possible to search for tags
+ e2t
+
+ # scan existing files for tags on startup; also sets -e2t
+ e2ts
+
+ # delete all metadata from DB (full rescan); also sets -e2ts
+ e2tsr
+
+ # disables metadata collection for existing files
+ d2ts
+
+ # verify integrity on startup by hashing files and comparing to db
+ e2v
+
+ # when e2v fails, update the db (assume on-disk files are good)
+ e2vu
+
+ # when e2v fails, panic and quit copyparty
+ e2vp
+
+ # disables onboot indexing, overrides -e2ds*
+ d2ds
+
+ # disables metadata collection, overrides -e2t*
+ d2t
+
+ # disables file verification, overrides -e2v*
+ d2v
+
+ # disables all database stuff, overrides -e2*
+ d2d
+
+ # puts thumbnails and indexes at that location
+ hist: /tmp/cdb
+
+ # puts indexes at that location
+ dbpath: /tmp/cdb
+
+ # disable db if file foo doesn't exist
+ landmark: foo
+
+ # scan for new files every 60sec, same as --re-maxage
+ scan: 60
+
+ # skips hashing file contents if path matches *.iso
+ nohash: \.iso$
+
+ # fully ignores the contents at paths matching *.iso
+ noidx: \.iso$
+
+ # don't forget files when deleted from disk
+ noforget
+
+ # forget uploader-IP after 30 days (GDPR)
+ forget_ip: 43200
+
+ # never store uploader-IP in the db; disables unpost
+ no_db_ip
+
+ # avoid excessive reindexing on android sdcardfs
+ fat32
+
+ # database speed-durability tradeoff
+ dbd: [acid|swal|wal|yolo]
+
+ # cross-volume dupe detection / linking (dangerous)
+ xlink
+
+ # do not descend into other filesystems
+ xdev
+
+ # do not follow symlinks leaving the volume root
+ xvol
+
+ # show dotfiles in search results
+ dotsrch
+
+ # hide dotfiles in search results (default)
+ nodotsrch
+
+ # exclude search results with URL matching this regex
+ srch_excl
+
+ # media-tags to index/display
+ mte: artist,title
+
+ # media-tags to hide by default
+ mth: fmt,res,ac
+
+ # uses the "audio-bpm.py" program to generate ".bpm" tags from uploads (f = overwrite tags)
+ mtp: .bpm=f,audio-bpm.py
+
+ # collects two tags at once
+ mtp: ahash,vhash=media-hash.py
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// thumbnails \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disables all thumbnails
+ dthumb
+
+ # disables video thumbnails
+ dvthumb
+
+ # disables audio thumbnails (spectrograms)
+ dathumb
+
+ # disables image thumbnails
+ dithumb
+
+ # compress audio waveforms 33% better
+ pngquant
+
+ # thumbnail res; WxH
+ thsize
+
+ # center-cropping (y/n/fy/fn)
+ crop
+
+ # 3x resolution (y/n/fy/fn)
+ th3x
+
+ # conversion timeout in seconds
+ convt
+
+ # use /b.png as thumbnail for file-extension s
+ ext_th: s=/b.png
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// handlers -- (better explained in --help-handlers) \\000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # handle 404s by executing PY file
+ on404: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # handle 403s by executing PY file
+ on403: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// event hooks -- (better explained in --help-hooks) \\000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # execute CMD before a file upload starts
+ xbu: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD after a file upload finishes
+ xau: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD after all uploads finish and volume is idle
+ xiu: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD before a file copy
+ xbc: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD after a file copy
+ xac: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD before a file rename/move
+ xbr: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD after a file rename/move
+ xar: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD before a file delete
+ xbd: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD after a file delete
+ xad: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD on message
+ xm: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ # execute CMD if someone gets banned
+ xban: ~/bin/hook.py
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// client and ux \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # show grid/thumbnails by default
+ grid
+
+ # select files in grid by ctrl-click
+ gsel
+
+ # default sort order
+ sort
+
+ # natural-sort of leading digits in filenames
+ nsort
+
+ # number of sort-rules to add to media URLs
+ hsortn
+
+ # dont list files matching REGEX
+ unlist
+
+ # includes TXT in the , or @PATH for file at PATH
+ html_head:
+
+ # theme color (a hint for webbrowsers, discord, etc.)
+ tcolor: #fc0
+
+ # don't show total folder size
+ nodirsz
+
+ # allows indexing by search engines (default)
+ robots
+
+ # kindly asks search engines to leave
+ norobots
+
+ # don't list read-access in controlpanel
+ unlistcr
+
+ # don't list write-access in controlpanel
+ unlistcw
+
+ # disable js sandbox for markdown files
+ no_sb_md
+
+ # disable js sandbox for prologue/epilogue
+ no_sb_lg
+
+ # enable js sandbox for markdown files (default)
+ sb_md
+
+ # enable js sandbox for prologue/epilogue (default)
+ sb_lg
+
+ # list of markdown-sandbox safeguards to disable
+ md_sbf
+
+ # list of *logue-sandbox safeguards to disable
+ lg_sbf
+
+ # value of iframe allow-prop for markdown-sandbox
+ md_sba
+
+ # value of iframe allow-prop for *logue-sandbox
+ lg_sba
+
+ # return html and markdown as text/html
+ nohtml
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// opengraph (discord embeds) \\00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # enable OG (disables hotlinking)
+ og
+
+ # sitename; defaults to --name, disable with '-'
+ og_site
+
+ # description text for all files; disable with '-'
+ og_desc
+
+ # thumbnail format; j / jf / jf3 / w / w3 / ...
+ og_th: jf
+
+ # audio title format; default: {{ artist }} - {{ title }}
+ og_title_a
+
+ # video title format; default: {{ title }}
+ og_title_v
+
+ # image title format; default: {{ title }}
+ og_title_i
+
+ # fallback title if there's nothing in the db
+ og_title: foo
+
+ # force default title; do not read from tags
+ og_s_title
+
+ # custom html; see --og-tpl in --help
+ og_tpl
+
+ # you want to add tags manually with og_tpl
+ og_no_head
+
+ # if defined: only send OG html if useragent matches this regex
+ og_ua
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// textfiles \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # where to put markdown backups; s=subfolder, v=volHist, n=nope
+ md_hist
+
+ # enable textfile expansion; see --help-exp
+ exp
+
+ # placeholders to expand in markdown files; see --help
+ exp_md
+
+ # placeholders to expand in prologue/epilogue; see --help
+ exp_lg
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// tailing \\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # disable ?tail (download a growing file continuously)
+ notail
+
+ # check if file was replaced (new fd) every 1 sec
+ tail_fd: 1
+
+ # check for new data every 0.2 sec
+ tail_rate: 0.2
+
+ # kill connection after 30 sec
+ tail_tmax: 30
+
+ # restrict ?tail access (1=admins,2=authed,3=everyone)
+ tail_who: 2
+
+ ###000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+ ###// others \\0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
+
+ # allow all users with read-access to enable the option to show dotfiles in listings
+ dots
+
+ # generates per-file accesskeys, which are then required at the "g" permission; keys are invalidated if filesize or inode changes
+ fk: 8
+
+ # generates slightly weaker per-file accesskeys, which are then required at the "g" permission; not affected by filesize or inode numbers
+ fka: 8
+
+ # generates per-directory accesskeys, which are then required at the "g" permission; keys are invalidated if filesize or inode changes
+ dk: 8
+
+ # per-directory accesskeys allow browsing into subdirs
+ dks
+
+ # allow seeing files (not folders) inside a specific folder with "g" perm, and does not require a valid dirkey to do so
+ dky
+
+ # allow '?rss' URL suffix (experimental)
+ rss
+
+ # expensive analysis for mimetype accuracy
+ rmagic
+
+ # restrict viewing the list of recent uploads
+ ups_who: 2
+
+ # restrict access to download-as-zip/tar
+ zip_who: 2
+
+ # reject download-as-zip if more than 9000 files
+ zipmaxn: 9k
+
+ # reject download-as-zip if size over 2 GiB
+ zipmaxs: 2g
+
+ # reply with 'no' if download-as-zip exceeds max
+ zipmaxt: no
+
+ # zip-size-limit does not apply to authenticated users
+ zipmaxu
+
+ # disable race-the-beam (download unfinished uploads)
+ nopipe
+
+ # ms-windows: timeout for renaming busy files
+ mv_retry
+
+ # ms-windows: timeout for deleting busy files
+ rm_retry
+
+ # ask webdav clients to login for all folders
+ davauth
+
+ # show lastmod time of symlink destination, not the link itself (note: this option is always enabled for recursive listings)
+ davrt