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Version: 1.0

Configuration settings

  • Configuration file – The config file is called config.yaml and located in the DefraDB root directory.
  • DefraDB root directory – The default root directory is $HOME/.defradb. You can change it via the --rootdir CLI flag when starting a node with defradb start.
Relative paths

Relative paths in configuration settings are interpreted as relative to the DefraDB root directory.

api.address​

Address of the HTTP API to listen on or connect to. Default: 127.0.0.1:9181.

api.allowed-origins​

List of origins a cross-domain request can be executed from.

api.audience​

Audience to set on minted auth tokens. Defaults: hostname of api.address.

api.pubkeypath​

Path to the public key file for TLS / HTTPS.

api.privkeypath​

Path to the private key file for TLS / HTTPS.

datastore.path​

Path to the database data files. Default: data.

datastore.badger.valuelogfilesize​

Maximum file size of the value log files. Default: 2^30.

datastore.defaultkeytype​

Key type for node-identity-key: either secp256k1 or ed25519. Default: secp256k1.

See Keys.

datastore.maxtxnretries​

Number of retries to make in the event of a transaction conflict. Default: 5.

This is only used within the P2P system and does not affect operations initiated by users.

datastore.noencryption​

Whether to skip generating an encryption key and disable encryption at rest. Default: false.

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The value of this option cannot be changed after the instance is started for the first time.

datastore.nosearchableencryption​

Whether to skip generating a searchable encryption key and disable searchable encryption. Default: false.

datastore.nosigning​

Whether to skip signing new blocks.

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The value of this option cannot be changed after the instance is started for the first time.

datastore.store​

Store mode. Options are:

Default: badger.

development​

Enables a set of features that facilitates development but should not be enabled in production:

  • allows purging of all persisted data
  • generates temporary node identity if one doesn't exist in the keyring

Default: false.

log.colordisabled​

Whether to disable colored log output. Default: false.

log.format​

Log format to use. Options are text or json. Default: text.

log.level​

Log level to use. Options are info or error. Default: info.

log.output​

Log output stream. Options are stderr or stdout. Default: stderr.

log.overrides​

Logger config overrides. Format

Logger config overrides format
<name>,<key>=<val>,...;<name>,...

log.source​

Include a partial stacktrace in logs. Default: true.

log.stacktrace​

Whether to include the stacktrace in error and fatal log entries. Default: false.

net.p2paddresses​

List of addresses for the P2P network to listen on. Default: [/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9171].

net.p2pdisabled​

Whether P2P networking is disabled. Default: false.

net.peers​

List of peers to bootstrap with, specified as multiaddresses.

net.pubsubenabled​

Whether PubSub is enabled. Default: true.

net.relay​

Whether libp2p's Circuit relay transport protocol is enabled. Default: false.

keyring.backend​

Keyring backend to use. Options are:

  • file: Store keys in encrypted files
  • system: Store keys in the OS-managed keyring

Default: file.

keyring.disabled​

Whether to disable the keyring and generate ephemeral keys instead. Default: false.

keyring.namespace​

Service name to use when using the system keyring. Default: defradb.

keyring.path​

Path to store encrypted key files in. Default: keys.

replicator.retryintervals​

List of durations (in seconds) to wait before retrying a failed replication attempt. Default: [30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 960, 1920].

secretfile​

Path to the file containing secrets. Default: .env.

telemetry.disabled​

Whether to disable telemetry. Default: false.

lens.runtime​

The LensVM wasm runtime to run lens modules in.

Possible values:

acp.document.type​

Type of Access Control Policy module to use. Options are:

Default: local.

acp.document.sourceHub.ChainID​

The ID of the SourceHub chain to store ACP data in. Required when using acp.document.type:source-hub.

acp.document.sourceHub.GRPCAddress​

The address of the SourceHub GRPC server. Required when using acp.document.type:source-hub.

acp.document.sourceHub.CometRPCAddress​

The address of the SourceHub Comet RPC server. Required when using acp.document.type:source-hub.

acp.document.sourceHub.KeyName​

The name of the key in the keyring containing the SourceHub credentials used to sign (and pay for) SourceHub transactions created by the node. Required when using acp.document.type:source-hub.

acp.document.sourceHub.address​

The SourceHub address of the actor that client-side actions should permit to make SourceHub actions on their behalf. This is a client-side only config param. It is required if the client wishes to make SourceHub ACP requests in order to create protected data.

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