Volt provides a helper for logging. Calling Volt.logger will return an instance of the Ruby logger. See here for more.
An example:
Volt.logger.info("Some info...")
You can change the logger like this:
Volt.logger = Logger.new
Like many frameworks, Volt changes some default settings based on an environment flag. You can set the Volt environment with the VOLT_ENV environment variable.
All files in the app's config folder are loaded when Volt boots. This is similar to the initializers folder in Rails.
Volt does its best to start with useful defaults. You can configure things, like your database and app name, in the config/app.rb file. The following are the current configuration options:
| name | default | description |
|---|---|---|
| app_name | the current folder name | This is used internally for things like logging. |
| db_driver | 'mongo' | Currently mongo is the only supported driver, more coming soon |
| db_name | "#{app_name}_#{Volt.env} | The name of the mongo database. |
| db_host | 'localhost' | The hostname for the mongo database. |
| db_port | 27017 | The port for the mongo database. |
| compress_deflate | false | If true, will run deflate in the app server. It's better to let something like nginx do this, though. |