Configuring your Blnk server

To successfully run your Blnk server and start to use Blnk, you need to set your configuration settings to make sure things work properly.

To do this, you need to create a blnk.json file in the root directory of the git repository, and copy & paste the JSON below into it.

{
  "project_name": "Blnk",
  "data_source": {
    "dns": "postgres://postgres:password@postgres:5432/blnk?sslmode=disable"
  },
  "redis": {
    "dns": "redis:6379"
  },
  "server": {
    "domain": "blnk.io",
    "ssl": false,
    "ssl_email": "jerryenebeli@gmail.com",
    "port": "5001"
  },
  "notification": {
    "slack": {
      "webhook_url": "https://hooks.slack.com"
    }
  }
}

• project_name: Specifies the name of your Blnk Ledger project.
• data_source:
  • dns: Specifies the DNS or connection string to the database. It includes details such as the username, password, host, port, and database name. In this config file, it connects to a PostgreSQL database named “blnk” with SSL mode disabled.
• redis:
  • dns: Specifies the DNS or connection string to the Redis server. It includes the host and port details. In this config file, it connects to a Redis server running on the default port (6379).
• server:
  • domain: Your domain name to be associated with the server.
  • ssl: Indicates whether SSL is enabled or not.
  • ssl_email: Email address associated with your SSL certificates.
  • port: Specifies the port number on which the server will listen for incoming connections. In this example, it is set to “5001”.
• notification:
  • slack: Sends error notifications to Slack.
    • webhook_url: The webhook URL provided by your Slack workspace.

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