SCM-Manager/docs/v2/basedirectory.md

Base Directory

The SCM-Manager base directory aka. home directory, contains all data which is create by SCM-Manager such as repository and configurations. The location of the base directory depends on your operating system and type of installation.

Type of Installation	Base directory
Docker	/var/lib/scm
RPM	/var/lib/scm
DEB	/var/lib/scm
Unix	~/.scm
Mac OS X	~/Library/Application Support/SCM-Manager
Windows	%APPDATA%\SCM-Manager

Change base directory location

The location of the base directory can be changed by using one of the following ways.

Environment variable

By setting the environment variable SCM_HOME e.g.:

export SCM_HOME=/home/scm
/opt/scm-server/bin/scm-server

For rpm and deb installations the variable can be changed via the file /etc/default/scm-server.

System property

The path can be changed by setting the system property scm.home e.g.:

-Dscm.home=/home/scm

Properties file

If SCM-Manager finds a file called scm.properties on the class path it reads the property scm.home e.g.:

scm.home=/home/scm