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+Settings
+========
+
+.. _cubicweb_settings:
+
+Cubicweb Settings
+-----------------
+
+Pyramid CubicWeb will make use of the following configuration entries if found
+in the cubicweb configuration (a.k.a. `all-in-one.conf`):
+
+.. warning::
+
+    These settings requires the `pyramid` cube to be enabled on the instance.
+
+.. confval:: pyramid-session-secret
+
+    Secret phrase to sign the session cookie
+    
+    Used by :func:`pyramid_cubicweb.session.includeme` to configure the default session factory.
+
+    .. code-block:: ini
+
+        pyramid-session-secret = <some very secret passphrase>
+
+.. confval:: pyramid-auth-secret
+
+    Secret phrase to sign the authentication cookie
+    
+    Used by :func:`pyramid_cubicweb.auth.includeme` to configure the default authentication policy.
+
+    .. code-block:: ini
+
+        pyramid-session-secret = <some other very secret passphrase>
+
+
+.. _pyramid_settings:
+
+Pyramid Settings
+----------------
+
+If a ``pyramid.ini`` file is found in the instance home directory (where the
+``all-in-one.conf`` file is), its ``[main]`` section will be read and used as the
+``settings`` of the pyramid Configurator.
+
+This configuration file is almost the same as the one read by ``pserve``, which
+allow to easily add any pyramid extension and configure it.
+
+A typical ``pyramid.ini`` file is:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+    [main]
+    pyramid.includes =
+        pyramid_redis_sessions
+
+    cubicweb.defaults = no
+    cubicweb.includes =
+        pyramid_cubicweb.auth
+        pyramid_cubicweb.login
+
+    cubicweb.profile = no
+
+    redis.sessions.secret = your_cookie_signing_secret
+    redis.sessions.timeout = 1200
+
+    redis.sessions.host = mywheezy
+
+The Pyramid CubicWeb specific configuration entries are:
+
+.. confval:: cubicweb.includes (list)
+
+    Same as ``pyramid.includes``, but the includes are done after the cubicweb
+    specific registry entries are initialized.
+
+    Useful to include extensions that requires these entries.
+
+.. confval:: cubicweb.bwcompat (bool)
+
+    (True) Enable/disable backward compatibility. See :ref:`bwcompat_module`.
+
+.. confval:: cubicweb.defaults (bool)
+
+    (True) Enable/disable defaults. See :ref:`defaults_module`.
+
+.. confval:: cubicweb.profile (bool)
+
+    (False) Enable/disable profiling. See :ref:`profiling`.