How to configure location of data files

By default, OwnCDN stores its data files in a "data" subfolder under the folder from where OwnCDN is installed (where the "OwnCDN.exe" file is).

This can be changed by updating the "data_dir" setting in the "appsettings.json" file, by setting the environment variable "DATA_DIR", or by using the --data_dir command line option (when running from the command line):

Using "appsettings.json"

Edit the "appsettings.json" file in the folder where OwnCDN.exe is located and update the "data_dir" setting with the location of the data files:

{
  "Logging": {
    "LogLevel": {
      "Default": "Information",
      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
    }
  },
  "AllowedHosts": "*",
  "data_dir": "e:\data\owncdn"
}

Using environment variable

You can set the data folder location using the "DATA_DIR" environment variable (which is not vulnerable to appsettings.json file overwrite at update).

Running under IIS

When running one or more instances of OwnCDN under IIS, you can set the data location for each instance at a website level. Do the following for each OwnCDN site in IIS:

In IIS Manager, select the OwnCDN site, under "Management" double click "Configuration Editor".

Under "Section" select "system.webServer/aspNetCore", and under "From" select "ApplicationHost.config", click the "..." button next to "environmentVariables":

In the "Collection Editor" window, click the "Add" link and add a value for "DATA_DIR" with a value of the data folder:

Click the "Collection Editor" window and make sure to click "Apply" back in the main IIS window:

Running from command line

When running OwnCDN from command line, you can set the location of the data files (before running owncdn.exe) by typing set DATA_DIR=e:\data\owncdn or use setx to configure a permanent environment variable (type setx /? for usage).

Using command line option

When running OwnCDN from command line, you can set the location of the data files using the command line option --data_dir like this:

owncdn.exe --data_dir C:\owncdn-data