vikunja/docs/content/doc/setup/config.md

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Configuration options

You can either use a config.yml file in the root directory of vikunja or set all config option with environment variables. If you have both, the value set in the config file is used.

Variables are nested in the config.yml, these nested variables become VIKUNJA_FIRST_CHILD when configuring via environment variables. So setting

{{< highlight bash >}} export VIKUNJA_FIRST_CHILD=true {{< /highlight >}}

is the same as defining it in a config.yml like so:

{{< highlight yaml >}} first: child: true {{< /highlight >}}

Config file locations

Vikunja will search on various places for a config file:

• Next to the location of the binary
• In the service.rootpath location set in a config (remember you can set config arguments via environment variables)
• In /etc/vikunja
• In ~/.config/vikunja

Default configuration with explanations

This is the same as the config.yml.sample file you'll find in the root of vikunja.

{{< highlight yaml >}} service:

This token is used to verify issued JWT tokens.

Default is a random token which will be generated at each startup of vikunja.

(This means all already issued tokens will be invalid once you restart vikunja)

JWTSecret: "cei6gaezoosah2bao3ieZohkae5aicah"

The interface on which to run the webserver

interface: ":3456"

The URL of the frontend, used to send password reset emails.

frontendurl: ""

The base path on the file system where the binary and assets are.

Vikunja will also look in this path for a config file, so you could provide only this variable to point to a folder

with a config file which will then be used.

rootpath:

The number of items which gets returned per page

pagecount: 50

If set to true, enables a /metrics endpoint for prometheus to collect metrics about the system

You'll need to use redis for this in order to enable common metrics over multiple nodes

enablemetrics: false

database:

Database type to use. Supported types are mysql and sqlite.

type: "sqlite"

Database user which is used to connect to the database.

user: "vikunja"

Databse password

password: ""

Databse host

host: "localhost"

Databse to use

database: "vikunja"

When using sqlite, this is the path where to store the data

Path: "./vikunja.db"

Sets the max open connections to the database. Only used when using mysql.

openconnections: 100

cache:

If cache is enabled or not

enabled: false

Cache type. Possible values are memory or redis, you'll need to enable redis below when using redis

type: memory

When using memory this defines the maximum size an element can take

maxelementsize: 1000

redis:

Whether to enable redis or not

enabled: false

The host of the redis server including its port.

host: 'localhost:6379'

The password used to authenicate against the redis server

password: ''

0 means default database

db: 0

mailer:

Whether to enable the mailer or not. If it is disabled, all users are enabled right away and password reset is not possible.

enabled: false

SMTP Host

host: ""

SMTP Host port

port: 587

SMTP username

username: "user"

SMTP password

password: ""

Wether to skip verification of the tls certificate on the server

skiptlsverify: false

The default from address when sending emails

fromemail: "mail@vikunja"

The length of the mail queue.

queuelength: 100

The timeout in seconds after which the current open connection to the mailserver will be closed.

queuetimeout: 30

log:

A folder where all the logfiles should go.

path: logs

Whether to show any logging at all or none

enabled: true

Where the error log should go. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable error logging.

errors: "stdout"

Where the normal log should go. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable standard logging.

standard: "stdout"

Whether or not to log database queries. Useful for debugging. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable database logging.

database: "off"

Whether to log http requests or not. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable http logging.

http: "stdout"

Echo has its own logging which usually is unnessecary, which is why it is disabled by default. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable standard logging.

echo: "off" {{< /highlight >}}