Change settings.py?

[j4nd3r53n]

I have installed bare metal InvenTree on Debian 11 and now need to edit the settings.py - it seems there are three such files:

root@vogon:~# find / /var -xdev -name settings.py
/InvenTree/InvenTree/common/settings.py
/InvenTree/InvenTree/part/settings.py
/InvenTree/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py

I think the one I need to change is probably /InvenTree/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py, but at the top it says:

In practice the settings in this file should not be adjusted,
instead settings can be configured in the config.yaml file
located in the top level project directory.

A search for config.yaml (or config.yml) hassn't found anything - is it ok to simply make changes in the settings.py? Or is there somewhere in the Web interface to do it?

What I want to do is add LDAP authentication (I know there are better alternatives and so on, but that isn't an option), following the instructions for django-auth-ldap as exemplified here, which seem reasonably understandable.

[matmair]

First of all: I really do not recommend changing the settings. And I do not recommend LDAP - we will not support problems with it.

You can change the settings file you pointed out. Automated updates will not work. You probably will have to fix the diffs from time to time. We will probably have problems identifying the specific version you have on bug reports because the SHAs do not match. Please follow #3746 to see when you can switch to upstream InvenTree.

The config.yaml gets generated at the first startup of the server / worker.

[j4nd3r53n]

Thank you for replying! I understand that you won't touch LDAP even with a long barge pole - neither would I, but we don't always get the luxury of choosing.

My real question was about how best to change the settings; I have no experience with django, only Python. We have been using InvenTree for a month, so I assume config.yaml should have been generated already, but I haven't found it. However, if it is generated, then presumably it isn't the source for settings.py?

[SchrodingersGat]

The path for config.yaml is determined here:

InvenTree/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py

Line 78 in 2dfea9b

def get_config_file(create=True) -> Path: