instance-specific config capability needed

[steevmi1]

We work in a Linux-based HPC cluster environment. Users will use the queueing system to gain access to systems/resources, then run software out of a central installation (NFS mount). When we attempt to run digits-devserver, we run into errors because individual users can't create a jobs directory as they don't have write permissions into the software install. We've worked around this short-term by creating the digits/jobs directory (and opening it up for full read/write access), but to be able to support this in our environment we need the ability to have instance-specific configurations.

[gheinrich]

You could modify this line to load the DIGITS config file (in which the location of the jobs directory is configured) to a location in your users' home directory therefore allowing every user to have their own config file (and thus jobs directory). Would that work for you?

[lukeyeager]

Would it help to do configuration through environment variables instead of a config file?

Here's an argument for storing the config in the environment for webapps:
http://12factor.net/config

[gheinrich]

Or an environment variable that points to the config file :-)

[lukeyeager]

Or an environment variable that points to the config file :-)

Haha good point - that would be a quick hack. @steevmi1 would that be helpful for you?

[gheinrich]

@steevmi1 any feedback please?

[gheinrich]

Closing due to inactivity.

[lukeyeager]

Re-opening this. I'd like to address this (and/or #180).