From d19aa89ec0152cce49e334fa5079dff1dc0a4255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Lee Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:28:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: .ini file semicolon is comment ref #7725 --- docs/sources/installation/configuration.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md b/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md index 2eaa3018639..ae2541b4a7f 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ weight = 1 The Grafana back-end has a number of configuration options that can be specified in a `.ini` configuration file or specified using environment variables. +## Comments In .ini Files + +Semicolons (the `;` char) are the standard way to comment out lines in a `.ini` file. + +A common problem is forgetting to uncomment a line in the `custom.ini` (or `grafana.ini`) file which causes the configuration option to be ignored. + ## Config file locations - Default configuration from `$WORKING_DIR/conf/defaults.ini`