Use a separate dir for tmp

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 conf/settings.ini
-cache/*
+data/cache/*
-!cache/README
+!data/cache/README
+data/tmp/*
+!data/tmp/README

conf/settings.ini.dist

@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ credentials = 'rest'
 [directories]
 ; Where to store cache data. Defaults to the cache subdirectory
 ; User running VROOM daemon must have write access
-;cache = 'cache'
+;cache = 'data/cache'
+; Where to store temporary files
+;tmp = 'data/tmp'
 
 [daemon]
 ; IP the hypnotoad daemon will listen on. You can use * to bind on every IP/Interface

data/tmp/README

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is where temp data are stored

lib/Vroom/Conf.pm

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ sub get_conf(){
   $config->{'etherpad.uri'}                      ||= '';
   $config->{'etherpad.api_key'}                  ||= '';
   $config->{'etherpad.base_domain'}              ||= '';
-  $config->{'directories.cache'}                 ||= 'cache';
+  $config->{'directories.cache'}                 ||= 'data/cache';
+  $config->{'directories.cache'}                 ||= 'data/tmp';
   $config->{'daemon.listen_ip'}                  ||= '127.0.0.1';
   $config->{'daemon.listen_port'}                ||= '8090';
   $config->{'daemon.backend'}                    ||= 'hypnotoad';

templates/default/documentation.html.ep

@@ -285,14 +285,14 @@ echo "LoadModule proxy_wstunnel_module modules/mod_proxy_wstunnel.so" \\
  > /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-proxy_wstunnel.conf</pre>
       </p>
 
-      <h3 id="c7_cache_dir_perm">
+      <h3 id="c7_dir_perm">
-        Set permissions on the cache directory
+        Set permissions on the cache and tmp directories
       </h3>
       <p>
-        The <strong>cache</strong> directory must be writeable for the user running the VROOM daemon, which is <strong>vroom</strong> in the provided systemd unit
+        The <strong>cache</strong> and <strong>tmp</strong> directories must be writeable for the user running the VROOM daemon, which is <strong>vroom</strong> in the provided systemd unit
         <pre>
-chown -R vroom ./cache
+chown -R vroom ./data/{tmp,cache}
-chmod 700 ./cache</pre>
+chmod 700 ./data/{cache,tmp}</pre>
       </p>
 
       <h3 id="c7_systemd_unit">
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ cp /opt/vroom/conf/settings.ini.dist /opt/vroom/conf/settings.ini</pre>
         Controls where to find some specific directories
         <ul>
           <li><strong>cache</strong>: This is where VROOM will store its cache (including auto generated and compressed assets like JS and CSS bundles)</li>
+          <li><strong>tmp</strong>: This is where VROOM will store temp data like XLSX files when exporting events</li>
         </ul>
       </p>
 

vroom.pl

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ app->log->level('info');
 
 our $config = Vroom::Conf::get_conf();
 
-# Try to create the cache dir if they doesn't exist
+# Try to create the directories we need
 foreach my $dir (qw/assets/){
   if (!-d $config->{'directories.cache'} . '/' . $dir){
     make_path($config->{'directories.cache'} . '/' . $dir, { mode => 0770 });
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ helper get_room_conf => sub {
 helper export_events_xlsx => sub {
   my $self = shift;
   my ($from,$to) = @_;
-  my $tmp = File::Temp->new( DIR => $config->{'directories.cache'}, SUFFIX => '.xlsx' )->filename;
+  my $tmp = File::Temp->new( DIR => $config->{'directories.tmp'}, SUFFIX => '.xlsx' )->filename;
   my $events = $self->get_event_list($from, $to);
   if (!$events){
     return 0;