The Chicago Boss API is mostly stable, but still might change before 1.0.

All configuration takes place in boss.config in your project directory. Valid configuration options are:

• assume_locale - The presumed locale of translatable strings. Defaults to "en".
• cache_adapter - The cache adapter to use. Currently the only valid value is memcached_bin.
• cache_servers - A list of cache servers ({Host, Port, PoolSize}). Defaults to [{"localhost", 11211, 1}].
• cache_exp_time - The maximum time to keep a cache entry, in seconds. Defaults to 60.
• db_host - The hostname of the database. Defaults to "localhost".
• db_port - The port of the database. Defaults to 1978.
• db_username - The username used for connecting to the database (if needed).
• db_password - The password used for connecting to the database (if needed).
• db_database - The name of the database to connect to (if needed).
• db_adapter - The database adapter to use. Valid values are:
  • mock - In-memory (non-persistent) database, useful for testing
  • mnesia - Mnesia
  • mysql - MySQL
  • pgsql - PostgreSQL
  • tyrant - Tokyo Tyrant
• db_shards - A list of proplists with per-shard database configuration. The proplists override the above options, and should contain an additional option:
  • db_shard_models - A list of models (atoms) which are stored on the shard.
• log_dir - Directory in which to keep log files. Location is relative to the project directory. Defaults to "log".
• mail_driver - The email delivery driver to use. Valid values are:
  • boss_mail_driver_smtp - SMTP delivery. If mail_relay is present, it is used as a relay, otherwise direct delivery is attempted.
  • boss_mail_driver_mock - A black hole, useful for testing.
• mail_relay_host - The relay server for SMTP mail deliveries.
• mail_relay_username - The username used for connecting to the SMTP relay (if needed).
• mail_relay_password - The password used for connecting to the SMTP relay (if needed).
• master_node - For distributed configurations, the name of the master node. The master node runs global services (incoming mail, message queue, events, sessions). Should be an atom, e.g. somenode@somehost. The node name is specified in the -sname or -name argument in the startup script.
• port - The port to run the HTTP server on. Defaults to 8001.
• server - The HTTP server to use. Valid values are:
  • mochiweb - The Mochiweb Web Server
  • misultin - The Misultin Web Server
• base_urlSets the base_url passed to the views (for deployments on suburl's)
• session_adapter Selects the session driver to use. Valid values:
• cache - Store sessions in the configured cache servers. Requires cache_enable to be set to true.
• mnesia - Mnesia sessions. Note that old sessions are not deleted.
• mock - In-memory sessions (default)
• session_enable - Whether to enable sessions. Defaults to true.
• session_key - Cookie key for sessions. Defaults to "_boss_session"
• session_exp_time - Expiration time for the session cookie. Defaults to 1440
• session_mnesia_nodes (optional, Mnesia sessions only) - List of Mnesia nodes, defaults to node()
• smart_exceptions - Enable smart_exceptions, which provide the line numbers of run-time errors. Defaults to true in development, false in production.
• smtp_server_enable - Enable the SMTP server for incoming mail
• smtp_server_address - The address that the SMTP server should bind to. Defaults to {0, 0, 0, 0} (all interfaces).
• smtp_server_domain - The domain name of the SMTP server
• smtp_server_port - The port that the SMTP server should listen on. Defaults to 25.
• smtp_server_protocol - The protocol that the SMTP server should use. Valid values are:
• tcp (default)
• ssl
• ssl_enable - Enable HTTP over SSL
• ssl_options - SSL options; see ssl(3erl)

Warning: From 0.5.2, the frontpage, default_action and default_actions configuration options has been moved to the new routing system