update .env.example

filed/.env.example

@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ APP_LOGGING=true
 APP_HOST=0.0.0.0:80
 
 REDIS_PASS=bfile
+REDIS_HOST=redis
+REDIS_PORT=6379
+REDIS_PREFIX=bfile-
+
+USERCONTENT_DIR=/opt/user_uploads

filed/README.md

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ To get started with this, copy either `Dockerfile.dev` or `Dockerfile.prod` to `
 Then either build it manually or start it up using the `docker-compose.yml` file, which is provided in the top level directory.
 
 ## Deploying notes
-Files will be saved in `/opt/useruploads`. Mount that directory into a volume or host directory to easily back up the data.
+Files will be saved in `/opt/user_uploads` (as defined in `.env`). Mount that directory into a volume or host directory to easily back up the data.

filed/src/env.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  This file provides the `loadenv` function that will do just that.
  */
 
-use std::{env::var, net::SocketAddr, path::Path};
+use std::{env::var, net::SocketAddr, path::Path, fs};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Redis {
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ pub fn loadenv() -> Result<Env, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
                 let spath: String = get_var("USERCONTENT_DIR")?;
                 let path = Path::new(&spath);
                 if ! path.exists() {
-                    return Err(format!("USERCONTENT_DIR is set to \"{}\", which does not exist!", &spath).into())
+                    fs::create_dir_all(path)?;
+                }
+                if ! path.is_dir() {
+                    return Err(format!("USERCONTENT_DIR is set to \"{}\", which exists but is not a directory!", &spath).into())
                 }
                 spath
             }