pixwhile/RUNNING.md

Compiling

• mkdir build
• cd build
• Execute one of the following commands depending on your conditions:
  • If this is going to be on production (aka is not for debugging), run cmake -B . .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  • If you are debugging Pixwhile, run cmake -B . .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
• make -j$(nproc)

Configuration

Copy example_config.json to a file with any name you like (e.g. config.json), then open the copied file and edit the parameters to your liking. Here's a list of what they are:

• bind_host (string): What address to bind to
• bind_port (zero or positive integer): What port to bind to
• image_proxy_url (string): URL to proxy images to (see https://pixiv.cat/reverseproxy.html), a trailing slash is not needed
• canonical_origin (string or null): A fallback canonical origin if set, useful if you're, say, running Pixwhile behind Ngrok
• redis (object)
  • enabled (boolean)
  • connection (object)
    • type ("ip" or "unix"): Whether to connect to redis via TCP or UNIX domain sockets
    • address (string or null): If type is "ip", the address to connect to. Ignored otherwise
    • port (int or null): If type is "ip", the port to connect to. Ignored otherwise
    • unix (string or null): If type is "unix", the path to redis' socket. Ignored otherwise
  • username (string or null): Optional username for authentication
  • password (string or null): Optional password for authentication

Pixwhile is intended to be run behind a reverse proxy (e.g. Nginx), so you should set your reverse proxy to proxy requests to http://localhost:<port in config file>, and set a X-Canonical-Origin header for all requests coming through to the URL for your instance. For example, if your instance is at https://pixwhile.example.com, you should set the header to https://pixwhile.example.com.

Running

Run ./path/to/repository/build/pixwhile with the path to your copied config file as an argument