InvenTree/docs/docs/start/advanced.md

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Advanced Topics

Version Information

Starting with version 0.12 (and later), InvenTree includes more version information.

To view this information, navigate to the "About" page in the top menu bar and select "copy version information" on the bottom corner.

Contained Information

The version information contains the following information extracted form the instance:

Name	Always	Sample	Source
InvenTree-Version	Yes	0.12.0 dev	instance
Django Version	Yes	3.2.19	instance
Commit Hash	No	aebff26	environment: INVENTREE_COMMIT_HASH, git
Commit Date	No	2023-06-10	environment: INVENTREE_COMMIT_DATE, git
Commit Branch	No	master	environment: INVENTREE_PKG_BRANCH, git
Database	Yes	postgresql	environment: INVENTREE_DB_*, config: database - see config
Debug-Mode	Yes	False	environment: INVENTREE_DEBUG, config: config - see config
Deployed using Docker	Yes	True	environment: INVENTREE_DOCKER
Platform	Yes	Linux-5.15.0-67-generic-x86_64	instance
Installer	Yes	PKG	environment: INVENTREE_PKG_INSTALLER, instance
Target	No	ubuntu:20.04	environment: INVENTREE_PKG_TARGET
Active plugins	Yes	[{'name': 'InvenTreeBarcode', 'slug': 'inventreebarcode', 'version': '2.0.0'}]	instance

Installer codes

The installer code is used to identify the way InvenTree was installed. If you vendor InvenTree, you can and should set the installer code to your own value to make sure debugging goes smoothly.

Code	Description	Official
PKG	Installed using a package manager	Yes
GIT	Installed using git	Yes
DOC	Installed using docker	Yes
DIO	Installed using digital ocean marketplace1	No

Authentication

LDAP

You can link your InvenTree server to an LDAP server.

!!! warning "Important" This feature is currently only available for docker installs.

Next you can start configuring the connection. Either use the config file or set the environment variables.

config key	ENV Variable	Description
ldap.enabled	INVENTREE_LDAP_ENABLED	Set this to True to enable LDAP.
ldap.debug	INVENTREE_LDAP_DEBUG	Set this to True to activate debug mode, useful for troubleshooting ldap configurations.
ldap.server_uri	INVENTREE_LDAP_SERVER_URI	LDAP Server URI, e.g. ldaps://example.org
ldap.start_tls	INVENTREE_LDAP_START_TLS	Enable TLS encryption over the standard LDAP port, see. (You can set TLS options via ldap.global_options)
ldap.bind_dn	INVENTREE_LDAP_BIND_DN	LDAP bind dn, e.g. cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org
ldap.bind_password	INVENTREE_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD	LDAP bind password
ldap.search_base_dn	INVENTREE_LDAP_SEARCH_BASE_DN	LDAP search base dn, e.g. cn=Users,dc=example,dc=org
ldap.user_dn_template	INVENTREE_LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE	use direct bind as auth user, ldap.bind_dn and ldap.bin_password is not necessary then, e.g. uid=%(user)s,dc=example,dc=org
ldap.global_options	INVENTREE_LDAP_GLOBAL_OPTIONS	set advanced options as dict, e.g. TLS settings. For a list of all available options, see python-ldap docs. (keys and values starting with OPT_ get automatically converted to python-ldap keys)
ldap.search_filter_str	INVENTREE_LDAP_SEARCH_FILTER_STR	LDAP search filter str, default: uid=%(user)s
ldap.user_attr_map	INVENTREE_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP	LDAP <-> Inventree user attribute map, can be json if used as env, in yml directly specify the object. default: {"first_name": "givenName", "last_name": "sn", "email": "mail"}
ldap.always_update_user	INVENTREE_LDAP_ALWAYS_UPDATE_USER	Always update the user on each login, default: true
ldap.cache_timeout	INVENTREE_LDAP_CACHE_TIMEOUT	cache timeout to reduce traffic with LDAP server, default: 3600 (1h)

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1. Starting with fresh installs of 0.12.0 this code is set. Versions installed before 0.12.0 do not have this code set even after upgrading to 0.12.0. ↩︎