Server: Add in ability to use Postgres connection string in configuration (#6836)

packages/server/README.md

@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ You can setup the container to either use an existing PostgreSQL server, or conn
 
 ### Using an existing PostgreSQL server
 
-To use an existing PostgresSQL server, set the following environment variables in the .env file:
+To use an existing PostgresSQL server, you can variables in the .env file. Either:
+
+#### Individual variables
 
 ```conf
 DB_CLIENT=pg
@@ -45,6 +47,13 @@ POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
 ```
 
+#### Connection String
+
+```conf
+DB_CLIENT=pg
+POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING=postgresql://username:password@your_joplin_postgres_server:5432/joplin
+```
+
 Ensure that the provided database and user exist as Joplin Server will not create them. When running on macOS or Windows through Docker Desktop, a mapping of localhost is made automatically. On Linux, you can add `--net=host --add-host=host.docker.internal:127.0.0.1` to the `docker run` command line to make the mapping happen. Any other `POSTGRES_HOST` than localhost or 127.0.0.1 should work as expected without further action.
 
 ### Using docker-compose

packages/server/src/app.ts

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function markPasswords(o: Record<string, any>): Record<string, any> {
 	const output: Record<string, any> = {};
 
 	for (const k of Object.keys(o)) {
-		if (k.toLowerCase().includes('password') || k.toLowerCase().includes('secret')) {
+		if (k.toLowerCase().includes('password') || k.toLowerCase().includes('secret') || k.toLowerCase().includes('connectionstring')) {
 			output[k] = '********';
 		} else {
 			output[k] = o[k];

packages/server/src/config.ts

@@ -42,9 +42,18 @@ function databaseConfigFromEnv(runningInDocker: boolean, env: EnvVariables): Dat
 	};
 
 	if (env.DB_CLIENT === 'pg') {
-		return {
+		const databaseConfig: DatabaseConfig = {
 			...baseConfig,
 			client: DatabaseConfigClient.PostgreSQL,
+		};
+		if (env.POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING) {
+			return {
+				...databaseConfig,
+				connectionString: env.POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING,
+			};
+		} else {
+			return {
+				...databaseConfig,
 				name: env.POSTGRES_DATABASE,
 				user: env.POSTGRES_USER,
 				password: env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD,
@@ -52,6 +61,7 @@ function databaseConfigFromEnv(runningInDocker: boolean, env: EnvVariables): Dat
 				host: databaseHostFromEnv(runningInDocker, env) || 'localhost',
 			};
 		}
+	}
 
 	return {
 		...baseConfig,

packages/server/src/db.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface DbConfigConnection {
 	database?: string;
 	filename?: string;
 	password?: string;
+	connectionString?: string;
 }
 
 export interface QueryContext {
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ export function makeKnexConfig(dbConfig: DatabaseConfig): KnexDatabaseConfig {
 
 	if (dbConfig.client === 'sqlite3') {
 		connection.filename = dbConfig.name;
+	} else {
+		if (dbConfig.connectionString) {
+			connection.connectionString = dbConfig.connectionString;
 		} else {
 			connection.database = dbConfig.name;
 			connection.host = dbConfig.host;
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ export function makeKnexConfig(dbConfig: DatabaseConfig): KnexDatabaseConfig {
 			connection.user = dbConfig.user;
 			connection.password = dbConfig.password;
 		}
+	}
 
 	return {
 		client: dbConfig.client,

packages/server/src/env.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const defaultEnvValues: EnvVariables = {
 	POSTGRES_USER: 'joplin',
 	POSTGRES_HOST: '',
 	POSTGRES_PORT: 5432,
+	POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING: '',
 
 	// This must be the full path to the database file
 	SQLITE_DATABASE: '',
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ export interface EnvVariables {
 	POSTGRES_USER: string;
 	POSTGRES_HOST: string;
 	POSTGRES_PORT: number;
+	POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING: string;
 
 	SQLITE_DATABASE: string;
 

packages/server/src/utils/types.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export interface DatabaseConfig {
 	port?: number;
 	user?: string;
 	password?: string;
+	connectionString?: string;
 	asyncStackTraces?: boolean;
 	slowQueryLogEnabled?: boolean;
 	slowQueryLogMinDuration?: number;