From ba9e47773423105679e41075f4f5aa07eb095ec0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrik Nordwall Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:45:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add intro in config docs, see #2756 (cherry picked from commit f79b38771fa009b7bc9666cb784be81fcdd7480e) --- akka-docs/rst/general/configuration.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/general/configuration.rst b/akka-docs/rst/general/configuration.rst index 4e943e7d07..94054ac007 100644 --- a/akka-docs/rst/general/configuration.rst +++ b/akka-docs/rst/general/configuration.rst @@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ Configuration ============= +You can start using Akka without defining any configuration, since sensible default values +are provided. Later on you might need to amend the settings to change the default behavior +or adapt for specific runtime environments. Typical examples of settings that you +might amend: + +* log level and logger backend +* enable remoting +* message serializers +* definition of routers +* tuning of dispatchers + Akka uses the `Typesafe Config Library `_, which might also be a good choice for the configuration of your own application or library built with or without