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Mads Kiilerich

docs: improve documentation of beaker session configuration

beaker.session.auto is dropped; it defaults to false and there is no reason to
ever set it true for Kallithea.

beaker.session.cookie_path and secure are dropped; like cookie_domain, they
should automatically be set to the right value.
* * *
beaker.session.cookie_expires MUST have the default value of True to provide the default value of 'browser session lifetime' when not enabling 'remember' in the login box. The cookie life is hardcoded to 365 days when remember is selected.

.. _debugging:

===================
Debugging Kallithea
===================

If you encounter problems with Kallithea, here are some instructions
on how to debug them.

.. note:: First make sure you're using the latest version available.

Enable detailed debug
---------------------

Kallithea uses the standard Python ``logging`` module to log its output.
By default only loggers with ``INFO`` level are displayed. To enable full output
change ``level = DEBUG`` for all logging handlers in the currently used .ini file.
This change will allow you to see much more detailed output in the log file or
console. This generally helps a lot to track issues.


Enable interactive debug mode
-----------------------------

To enable interactive debug mode simply comment out ``set debug = false`` in
the .ini file. This will trigger an interactive debugger each time
there is an error in the browser, or send a http link if an error occured in the backend. This
is a great tool for fast debugging as you get a handy Python console right
in the web view.

.. warning:: NEVER ENABLE THIS ON PRODUCTION! The interactive console
             can be a serious security threat to your system.