Review Board configuration should align with your SCM, authentication backend, and review policy.
The most common production risks are weak auth setup and missing backup/testing of review metadata.
Review Board stores settings in the site directory and Django database.
Typical site config options (example):
# reviewboard-site/conf/settings_local.py
SITE_ROOT = "/"
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["review.example.com"]
DATABASES = {
"default": {
"ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
"NAME": "reviewboard",
"USER": "reviewboard",
"PASSWORD": "replace-with-strong-password",
"HOST": "127.0.0.1",
"PORT": "5432",
}
}
¶ Authentication and access
- Integrate with LDAP/SAML/OIDC where possible.
- Require HTTPS and secure session cookies.
- Limit site administrator roles and review quarterly.
- Enable audit logs for admin and repository settings changes.
¶ Repository and review defaults
- Standardize default reviewers by repository or path ownership.
- Configure draft publishing and approval gates per team policy.
- Validate webhook/integration tokens are stored securely.
¶ Backup and recovery
Back up:
- PostgreSQL database
- site directory (
conf/, uploaded files, extensions)
- web server and process manager configs
Recovery test:
- Restore DB and site files.
- Reconnect at least one Git repository.
- Confirm historical review diff rendering and comment history.
- Background jobs/workers healthy.
- Email notifications functioning.
- Repository connectivity tests passing.
- Upgrade rollback procedure documented.
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