feat: Update configuration files for storage path and spam protection settings

src/EchoHub.Server/Services/FileCleanupService.cs

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ public sealed class FileCleanupService : BackgroundService
     {
         var intervalHours = _configuration.GetValue("Storage:CleanupIntervalHours", 1);
         var retentionDays = _configuration.GetValue("Storage:RetentionDays", 30);
-        var storagePath = _configuration["Storage:Path"]
-            ?? Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "uploads");
+        var configuredPath = _configuration["Storage:Path"];
+        var storagePath = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configuredPath)
+            ? configuredPath
+            : Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "uploads");
 
         _logger.LogInformation(
             "File cleanup service started — interval: {Hours}h, retention: {Days}d, path: {Path}",

src/EchoHub.Server/Services/FileStorageService.cs

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ public class FileStorageService
 
     public FileStorageService(IConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        _storagePath = configuration["Storage:Path"]
-            ?? Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "uploads");
+        // Empty string (example config placeholder) means "unset", same as missing
+        var configured = configuration["Storage:Path"];
+        _storagePath = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configured)
+            ? configured
+            : Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "uploads");
 
         if (!Directory.Exists(_storagePath))
         {

src/EchoHub.Server/appsettings.example.json

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
     "PublicHosts": [],
     "Tags": [],
     "Admins": [],
-    "Registration": "open"
+    "Registration": "open",
+    "DirectoryClaimPath": ""
   },
   "Storage": {
+    "Path": "",
     "CleanupIntervalHours": 1,
     "RetentionDays": 30
   },
@@ -53,7 +55,11 @@
     "TlsCertPath": "",
     "TlsCertPassword": "",
     "ServerName": "echohub",
-    "Motd": "Welcome to EchoHub IRC Gateway!"
+    "Motd": "Welcome to EchoHub IRC Gateway!",
+    "PublicBaseUrl": ""
+  },
+  "Cors": {
+    "AllowedOrigins": []
   },
   "Serilog": {
     "MinimumLevel": {