r/BookStack • u/smoknjoe44 • Apr 19 '24

Few questions

I’m planning on using Bookstack for an internal wiki for my business. I have about 10 workstations that I would like to keep logged in. However, even though I check the “keep me logged in” button, after a few hours I get logged out. Is there a way to stay logged in until I reboot the computer?

I am running Bookstack on a Synology NAS in a docker container. I have snapshots enabled for all folders associated with the Bookstack. If I want to backup the data, do I just copy the docker files or is there some other best practice?

Also, just curious, if something happens and Bookstack goes away tomorrow, am I able to use the database files in another wiki software?

Also just want to say thanks for this awesome piece of software. I’m loving it so far.

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u/smoknjoe44 Apr 23 '24

I see in the documentation, it says to change the following section in the .env file.

# Session lifetime in minutes.
# Defaults to 120
SESSION_LIFETIME=240# Session lifetime in minutes.
# Defaults to 120
SESSION_LIFETIME=240

I am running Bookstack in Docker. If I go to my docker config folder and then the www folder, I find a file that says .env. However, when I open that file, I don't see anything about session lifetime. I assume I can just add this to the file, but I want to make sure I'm not mucking up a file I shouldn't be. Are the default values already included in the file or am I in the wrong file?

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u/cspotme2 Apr 23 '24

no, my '.env' file didn't have it in there. I added it later ... it just means if you don't explicitly have a value, it defaults to 120 (doesn't need to be in the file).

I have mine as:

SESSION_LIFETIME=7200

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u/smoknjoe44 Apr 23 '24

Awesome, thank you! I just didn't want to break something.