Hostname and Path Configuration

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Hostname Configuration
  3. Base Path Configuration

Overview

Inferno needs to know the URL where it is being hosted, and it determines this based on environment variables. These environment variables need to be set in both the web and worker processes. Some tests need to generate links to Inferno, so the worker process needs to know where Inferno is hosted even though it isn’t serving those urls itself.

Hostname Configuration

Set the INFERNO_HOST environment variable in .env to tell Inferno what its host and scheme are. This allows Inferno to correctly construct things like absolute redirect and launch urls for the SMART App Launch workflow.

Base Path Configuration

If Inferno won’t be hosted at the root of its host (e.g., you want to host Inferno at http://example.com/inferno rather than at http://example.com):

  • Set the BASE_PATH environment variable in .env
  • In nginx.conf, change location / to location /your_base_path