[FEATURE_REQUEST] Ability to specify a different directory for config and its backups

[maksalees]

Is your feature request related to a problem? If so, please describe.

This will make it possible to store the compiled Dashy in a read-only directory, and give the config from outside of it. For example, this is needed to package Dashy for Nix normally.

Describe the solution you'd like

Ability to specify another directory for configs and their backups e.g. with an argument. To get something like node server -c /etc/dashy.

Priority

Medium (Would be very useful)

Is this something you would be keen to implement

None

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[maksalees]

Still an issue

[maksalees]

Any progress?

[rokiden]

Moving main config file can be a bit tricky, because it must be in http root, but backups can be stored anywhere. For me, it would be enough to create config parameter for backup path.

I have issue in my case too: podman container started with non-root user, config.yml mounted with correct permissions, but I can't save from webpage beacuse /public haven't write permissions for others and backup couldn't be created.

I think it would be easy to make some changes here:

dashy/services/save-config.js

Line 27 in edeeb74

const backupFilePath = `${settings.defaultLocation}${usersFileName || settings.filename}-`

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[maksalees]

Still an issue