feat: make watchdog itself configurable

internal/utility/environment.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type Environment struct {
 	ContentDirectory string
 	Hostname         string
 	Port             int
+	WatchdogEnabled  bool
 	WatchdogInterval int
 	WatchdogSyncMode string
 }
@@ -46,6 +47,15 @@ func safeIntGrab(key string, fallback int) int {
 	return fallback
 }
 
+func safeBoolGrab(key string, fallback bool) bool {
+	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
+		if b, err := strconv.ParseBool(v); err == nil {
+			return b
+		}
+	}
+	return fallback
+}
+
 func safeSyncModeGrab(key, fallback string) string {
 	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
 		if slices.Contains(validSyncModes, v) {
@@ -66,12 +76,19 @@ func GrabEnvironment() Environment {
 	fbContent := filepath.Join(fbBase, "content")
 
 	return Environment{
-		Version:          safeStringGrab("VERSION", "0.0.1"),
-		Codename:         safeStringGrab("CODENAME", "Magical Anomaly"),
+		// Basic server configuration
+		Version:  safeStringGrab("VERSION", "0.0.1"),
+		Codename: safeStringGrab("CODENAME", "Magical Anomaly"),
+
+		// GIN API configuration
 		DataDirectory:    safeStringGrab("DATA_DIR", fbBase),
 		ContentDirectory: safeStringGrab("CONTENT_DIR", fbContent),
 		Hostname:         safeStringGrab("HOSTNAME", "0.0.0.0"),
 		Port:             safeIntGrab("PORT", 8080),
+
+		// watchdog configuration
+		// watchdog is the integrity checker/steward
+		WatchdogEnabled:  safeBoolGrab("WATCHDOG_ENABLED", true),
 		WatchdogInterval: safeIntGrab("WATCHDOG_INTERVAL", 60),
 		// sync: sync local files to the database, for example when you want to allow local inserting files which then get added to the database
 		// strict: make the database leading, this is when you only allow API uploads to be registered, and remove orphaned filesystem files