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+h2. Compatibility with Spectrum 1
+
+Spectrum 2 config file is not compatible with Spectrum 1, although some important config options are named the same as in Spectrum 1.
+
+h2. [service] section
+
+h3. General settings
+
+|_. Key |_. Type |_. Default |_. Description |
+| server_mode | boolean | 0 | True if Spectrum should run as server in "server-mode":http://spectrum.im/projects/spectrum/wiki/Spectrum_2_Admin_-_New_design#Server-mode. |
+| jid | string | | Jabber ID of Spectrum2 instance. For example "localhost", "icq.domain.tld". |
+| server | string | | Hostname or IP address of server to which Spectrum connects in gateway-mode. |
+| port | integer | 0 | Port on which Spectrum listens to in server-mode or to which connects in gateway-mode. |
+| password | string | | Password used to connect Jabber server in gateway-mode. |
+| cert | string | | Full path to PKCS#12 certificate which is used for TLS in server-mode. |
+| cert_password | string | | PKCS#12 certificate password.|
+| admin_jid | JID | | Jabber ID of administrator with admin rights. |
+| admin_password | string | | Administrator password. |
+| enable_privacy_lists | boolean | 1 | True if privacy lists should be enabled. |
+
+h3. Daemon related settings
+
+|_. Key |_. Type |_. Default |_. Description |
+| user | string | | Name of user Spectrum switch to if run as daemon. |
+| group | string | | Name of group Spectrum switch to if run as daemon. |
+| pidfile | string | /var/run/spectrum2/$jid.pid | Full path to file to which the pid of Spectrum instance is stored if run as daemon. |
+| working_dir | string | /var/run/spectrum2/$jid | Full path to directory where temporary files and coredumps will be stored if run as daemon. |
+
+h3. Backends related settings
+
+|_. Key |_. Type |_. Default |_. Description |
+| backend | string | | Full path to backend executable (for example "/usr/bin/spectrum2_libpurple_backend"). |
+| backend_host | string | localhost | Hostname to which backends connets. |
+| backend_port | integer | 10000 | Port on which Spectrum listens for new backends. |
+| users_per_backend | integer | 100 | Maximum number of users per one legacy network backend. |
+| reuse_old_backends | boolean | 1 | True if Spectrum should use old backends which were full in the past. |
+| idle_reconnect_time | time in seconds | 0 | Time in seconds after which idle users are reconnected to let their backend die. |
+| memory_collector_time | time in seconds | 0 | Time in seconds after which backend with most memory is set to die. |
+| protocol | string | | Used protocol in case of libpurple backend (prpl-icq, prpl-msn, prpl-jabber, ...). |
+
+h2. [identity] section
+
+|_. Key |_. Type |_. Default |_. Description |
+| name | string | Spectrum 2 Transport | Name showed in service discovery. |
+| category | string | gateway | Disco#info identity category. 'gateway' by default. |
+| type | string | | Type of transport ('icq','msn','gg','irc', ...). |
+
+h2. [registration] section
+
+|_. Key |_. Type |_. Default |_. Description |
+| enable_public_registration | boolean | 1 | True if users are able to register. |
+| language | string | en | Default language for registration form. |
+| instructions | string | Enter your legacy network username and password. | Instructions showed to user in registration form. |
+| username_label | string | Legacy network username: | Label for username field. |
+| username_mask | string | | Example: "$username@gmail.com" - users will register just "my_name" account and transport will connect them to my_name@gmail.com. |
+| auto_register | boolean | 0 | When true, users are registered just by sending presence to transport. Password is set to empty string. |
+
+h2. [database] section
+
+|_. Key |_. Type |_. Default |_. Description |
+| type | string | none | Database type - "none", "mysql", "sqlite3". |
+| database | string | | Database used to store data. |
+| server | string | localhost | Database server. |
+| user | string | | Database user. |
+| password | string | | Database Password. |
+| port | integer | | Database port. |
+| prefix | string | | Prefix of tables in database. |
+
+h2. [logging] section
+
+|_. Key |_. Type |_. Default |_. Description |
+| config | string | | Full path to log4cxx config file which is used for Spectrum 2 instance |
+| backend_config | string | | Full path to log4cxx config file which is used for backends (if backend supports logging) |