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+##########
+# This is the configuration file for the
+# NativenetLightweightVMInterface
+# basic settings go in here
+# GPLv3
+
+#Loglovel 1-3, 3 is debug
+LOGLEVEL="3"
+
+#Where your images are stored like qcow2, iso etc.
+VMDIRECTORY="/kvm"
+
+#Where pids and monitor sockets are getting stored
+RUNDIRECTORY="/run/nlvmi"
+
+#which database mariadb or sqlite
+DATABASETYPE="sqlite"
+
+#only sqlite settings
+SQLITEFILE="/etc/nlvmi/nlvmi.sqlite"
+
+
+#only mariadb settings
+MARIAHOST="localhost"
+MARIADB="nlvmi"
+MARIAUSER="root"
+MARIAPASS=""
+