Configuration from outside

Giving the Datahub and Icat Plus containers a folder with all needed facility specific configuration files, texts and logos, as a Docker volume and load them at start up time, would make things very easy.

As a first step in that direction we could relocate configuration files, and logos to one configuration directory per project.

A second step may be moving all texts to text files and reference them in the code. The I18N standard libraries are providing this functionality. Creating a facility specific text file to the one configuration directory would make it easier to use E-Data-Portal at other facilities.

Configuration files locations in HZB’s production version:

Icat Plus

• config/server.config.js
• config/investigation.config.js
• app/tracking.config.js
• app/restore.config.js

Datahub

• .env
• src/config/*
• images/ebs.gif
• public/favicon.ico