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Manual Configuration

Configure FreeTAKServer < 1.9

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Depending on the linux distro your config file for FTS will be in a python version dependant location. you can use pip to discover the location. Type: 

 sudo python3 -m pip show FreeTAKServer

If you are running python 3.7 you would get 

/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/FreeTAKServer/controllers/configuration/MainConfig.py

similarly, If you are running python 3.8

/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/FreeTAKServer/controllers/configuration/MainConfig.py

You can edit the file via nano with the following command

sudo nano /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/FreeTAKServer/controllers/configuration/MainConfig.py

To exit nano ctrl+x and then enter y to save and hit enter.

DBFilePath

OPTIONAL this should not be necessary since FTS 1.5 you need to change the DBFilePath value to something valid, if you are running as root, /root is a good choice.

Original Value 

# this should be set before startup
DBFilePath = str(r'/opt/FTSDataBase.db')

As roots Home Folder

# this should be set before startup
DBFilePath = str(r'/root/FTSDataBase.db')

MySQL database

FTS supports an abstraction layer, so it's easy to use a different database like MySQL. MYSQL is still experimental support, so use at your own risk. To switch to a MySQL database 

# this should be set before startup
DBFilePath = str('user:pass@localhost/dbname')

And then under 

sudo nano /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/FreeTAKServer/controllers/configuration/DatabaseConfiguration.py

Change 

DataBaseType = str('sqlite:///')
To 
DataBaseType = str('mysql://')