IIRC there isn't a way to directly migrate all settings from the dashboard UI into toml/json.

if I create a toml, will that overwrite all the settings in the UI?

The settings in the dashboard will not be updated with the settings defined in code. Configuration defined in code will always override values from the dashboard.

right so if I wanted to migrate to config as code, I'd have to:

• manually migrate the settings
• override the settings in the ui to match (because they won't be updated)
• tell devs not to touch the ui (because there's no way to lock it)

Basically, yes.

The UI will lock on certain settings once you have config files setup iirc

"Overriding" settings in the UI isn't necessary, but if you want them to match your json/toml configuration, then sure.

that sounds contradicting

That's what the docs say 🤷

cac takes priority

it also displays the cac value in the ui, and locks the ability to change it

Yes this is true. Been my experience

1. if you open up a deployment on the dash, it shows the cac equivalent you can copy over
2. see above
3. yes to the "don't try to update in ui"

so point 3 is invalid because they'll be locked

point 2 is invalid for the above, but the docs are outdated

point 1 is still valid

thanks will take a look!

sleepy read it wrong, edited

It'll be something like this.

Thank you I've found the config as code in the ui

Something that's not really clear is, how they should be setup for multiple services in the same repo?

e.g. they all say to save as railway.toml

do I just rename them based on the service?

If it's in a monorepo, you can put the config file in each "service's" root directory.

Eg, if I have /frontend and /backend from the same repository hosted on Railway, I'd save each services' config files in /frontend/railway.json and /backend/railway.json.

what if I have 2 workers in the backend?

Don't think that would be possible, if they're hosted from the same directory.

maybe I'm confused then

this is what was meant earlier by the config that I could copy out?

but this config appears once, differently, for each service

(I can't seem to find one single config file)

Yes.

Each service has its own configuration.

here's another service

^

sorry what's not possible?

I have multiple workers defined from the same directory so that doesn't seem like the issue

do you mean having a single toml file for all services?

IIRC Railway does not support having multiple config files in a single directory if multiple services are hosted in that directory.

These "config files" are generated from the service itself. It ignores other services.

No.

I believe that it is possible to make multiple files and do it like "content.railway.toml", might not be detected properly but nothing should stop you from setting the path manually

How would you set the path?

in service settings of course

free form input with autocomplete

Nevermind I'm blind 💀

hi blind im astrid

@evan turns out you can do something like worker1.railway.toml and worker2.railway.toml as long as you specify the path to the config file as shown in Astrid’s image.

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all good we're all learning 😊