From bcc9c034597f712931c6eaeeab854b3d9d12cc8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: madeofstown <madeofstown@rndmm.us>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:57 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] a few more changes with the readme

---
 README.md         | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 main.py           |  2 +-
 sample.config.ini | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 sample.config.ini

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d36d55..d504e89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,9 +31,14 @@ You also need to install `graphviz`:
 ``` bash
 sudo apt-get install graphviz
 ```
-Edit `config.ini` to change the MQTT server, username, password, and topic(s) as necessary. 
-
-You may also change the web server port from the ***default 8081***.
+Copy `sample.config.ini` to `config.ini`:
+``` bash
+cp sample.config.ini config.ini
+```
+ Edit `config.ini` and change the MQTT server, and Web server settings as necsessary.
+ ```bash
+ nano config.ini
+ ``` 
 https://github.com/pablorevilla-meshtastic/meshview/blob/20bc89a21feb23b0dde51e10e21638c11f4e4443/config.ini#L1-L15
 
 ## Running Meshview
@@ -41,4 +46,9 @@ https://github.com/pablorevilla-meshtastic/meshview/blob/20bc89a21feb23b0dde51e1
 ``` bash
 ./env/bin/python main.py
 ```
-Now you can hit http://localhost:8081/
+Now you can hit http://localhost:8081/ ***(if you did not change the web server port )***
+
+You can specify the path to your `config.ini` file with the run command flag `--config`
+``` bash
+./env/bin/python main.py --config /path/to/config.ini
+```
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 13d9f80..d5eec17 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def load_config(file_path):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("meshview")
-    parser.add_argument("--config", help="Path to the configuration file.", default='config.ini')
+    parser.add_argument("--config", help="Path to the configuration file.", default="config.ini")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     config = load_config(args.config)
diff --git a/sample.config.ini b/sample.config.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1fce3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample.config.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[server]
+bind = *
+port = 8081
+tls_cert = 
+acme_challenge = 
+
+[mqtt]
+server = mqtt.bayme.sh
+topics = ["msh/US/bayarea/#", "msh/US/CA/mrymesh/#"]
+port = 1883
+username = meshdev
+password = large4cats
+
+[database]
+connection_string = sqlite+aiosqlite:///packets.db
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