Glossary
We might use some strange or unfamiliar word throughout these docs. Here are their definitions (or at least what we mean by them).
General
Section titled “General”- Instance: A deployment of the Karr carpool platform, operated by admins. It is composed of a frontend website, an API, and a database.
- Admin: Person/entity who manages an instance.
- Configuration vs. Settings: Within Karr, Configuration refers to the technical, lower-level runtime config (API port, auth providers, DB config, etc.);
Settings refers to higher-level parameters for the application.
The former can be configured through the config file or environment variables, and the latter is configured through the web interface (not yet implemented).