Configure the Administration API

This configuration is part of Firely Server settings.

"Administration": {
  "Repository": "SQLite", //Memory / SQL / MongoDb
  "MongoDbOptions": {
    "ConnectionString": "mongodb://localhost/vonkadmin",
    "EntryCollection": "vonkentries"
  },
  "SqlDbOptions": {
    "ConnectionString": "connectionstring to your Firely Server Admin SQL Server database (SQL2012 or newer); Set MultipleActiveResultSets=True",
    "SchemaName": "vonkadmin",
    "AutoUpdateDatabase": true
    //"AutoUpdateConnectionString" : "set this to the same database as 'ConnectionString' but with credentials that can alter the database. If not set, defaults to the value of 'ConnectionString'"
  },
  "SQLiteDbOptions": {
    "ConnectionString": "Data Source=./data/vonkadmin.db",
    "AutoUpdateDatabase": true
  },
  "Security": {
    "AllowedNetworks": [ "::1" ], // i.e.: ["127.0.0.1", "::1" (ipv6 localhost), "10.1.50.0/24", "10.5.3.0/24", "31.161.91.98"]
    "OperationsToBeSecured": [ "reindex", "reset", "preload" ]
  }
},

Choosing your storage

  1. Repository: Choose which type of repository you want. Valid values are:
  1. Memory
  2. SQL
  3. SQLite
  4. MongoDb
  1. MongoDbOptions: Use these with "Repository": "MongoDb", see Using MongoDB for details.
  2. SqlDbOptions: Use these with "Repository": "SQL", see Using SQL server for details.
  3. SQLiteDbOptions: Use these with "Repository": "SQLite", see Using SQLite for details.

Limited access

  1. Security: You can restrict access to the operations listed in OperationsToBeSecured to only be invoked from the IP addresses listed in AllowedNetworks.