rewrite default config file

config.js.dist

@@ -17,52 +17,30 @@ module.exports = {
      */
     logToStdout: false,
 
-    /*  Cryptpad can be configured to remove channels some number of ms
+    /*
-        after the last remaining client has disconnected.
+        Cryptpad stores each document in an individual file on your hard drive.
-
+        Specify a directory where files should be stored.
-        Default behaviour is to keep channels forever.
+        It will be created automatically if it does not already exist.
-        If you enable channel removal, the default removal time is one minute
-    */
-    removeChannels: false,
-    channelRemovalTimeout: 60000,
-
-    // You now have a choice of storage engines
-
-    /* amnesiadb only exists in memory.
-     * it will not persist across server restarts
-     * it will not scale well if your server stays alive for a long time.
-     * but it is completely dependency free
-     */
-    //storage: './storage/amnesia',
-
-    /* the 'lvl' storage module uses leveldb
-     * it persists, and will perform better than amnesiadb
-     * you will need to run 'npm install level' to use it
-     * 
-     * you can provide a path to a database folder, which will be created
-     * if it does not already exist. If you use level and do not pass a path
-     * it will be created at cryptpad/test.level.db
-     *
-     * to delete all pads, run `rm -rf $YOUR_DB`
-     */
-    storage: './storage/lvl',
-    levelPath: './test.level.db'
-
-    /* mongo is the original storage engine for cryptpad
-     * it has been more thoroughly tested, but requires a little more setup
-     */
-    // storage: './storage/mongo',
-
-    /* this url is accessible over the internet, it is useful for testing
-     * but should not be used in production
     */
-    // mongoUri: "mongodb://demo_user:demo_password@ds027769.mongolab.com:27769/demo_database",
+    filePath: './datastore/',
 
-    /* mongoUri should really be used to refer to a local installation of mongodb
+    /*
-     * to install the mongodb client, run `npm install mongodb`
+        You have the option of specifying an alternative storage adaptor.
-     */
+        These status of these alternatives are specified in their READMEs,
-    // mongoUri: "mongodb://localhost:27017/cryptpad",
+        which are available at the following URLs:
-    // mongoCollectionName: 'cryptpad',
+
+        mongodb: a noSQL database
+            https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad-mongo-store
+        amnesiadb: in memory storage
+            https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad-amnesia-store
+        leveldb: a simple, fast, key-value store
+            https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad-level-store
+        sql: an adaptor for a variety of sql databases via knexjs
+            https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad-sql-store
+
+        For the most up to date solution, use the default storage adaptor.
+    */
+    storage: './storage/file',
 
     /* it is recommended that you serve cryptpad over https
      * the filepaths below are used to configure your certificates