[docs] Add section on environment variables to install.md

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Laura Hausmann 2023-11-24 00:51:36 +01:00
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@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ If this is your first run, after Iceshrimp has started successfully, you'll be a
- Run `sudo systemctl enable --now iceshrimp` in order to enable and start Iceshrimp. - Run `sudo systemctl enable --now iceshrimp` in order to enable and start Iceshrimp.
- (Optional) Check if instance is running using `sudo systemctl status iceshrimp` - (Optional) Check if instance is running using `sudo systemctl status iceshrimp`
### Environment variables
- `ICESHRIMP_CONFIG` (default: `.config/default.yml`) to change where the the config file is located
- `ICESHRIMP_MEDIA_DIR` (default: `files`) to change where internally stored files are located
- `ICESHRIMP_CUSTOM_DIR` (default: `custom`) to change where custom assets and locales are located (caution: assets are copied at build time or when running `yarn gulp`, not during startup!)
Make sure you are specifying absolute paths when setting environment variables.
### Updating Iceshrimp ### Updating Iceshrimp
Before you start, if you cloned the iceshrimp repository before the Git LFS migration, please follow [these instructions](https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/iceshrimp/wiki/Git-LFS#fixing-up-a-preexisting-cloned-repo) to get your repository back in sync. Before you start, if you cloned the iceshrimp repository before the Git LFS migration, please follow [these instructions](https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/iceshrimp/wiki/Git-LFS#fixing-up-a-preexisting-cloned-repo) to get your repository back in sync.