[tor-bugs] #14024 [Onionoo]: web-app configuration error handling

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#14024: web-app configuration error handling
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     Reporter:  iwakeh       |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
    Component:  Onionoo      |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by karsten):

 Replying to [ticket:14024 iwakeh]:
 > I suggest for DocumentStore.setOutDir checking if the out directory
 exists
 > and throwing an error if not.
 >
 > In (the very likely) case that someone doesn't follow the INSTALL file
 > suggestion to use '/srv/onionoo' as working directory, the missing
 folder
 > is reported immediatly.

 Yes, good idea.  Want to submit a patch for this?

 > And, maybe add some hint about changing 'etc/web.xml.template' to the
 top
 > of INSTALL? Like "If you choose a different working directory make sure
 > its path is reflected in the following files: ..."

 Or should we take this parameter out of `etc/web.xml.template`?  We could
 default to `out/` in the current working directory, and accept a command-
 line parameter to override that default similar to the logging directory.
 Does that make sense?

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