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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 >}}
Formats
Vikunja supports using toml, yaml, hcl, ini, json, envfile, env variables and Java Properties files.
We reccomend yaml or toml, but you're free to use whatever you want.
Vikunja provides a default config.yml file which you can use as a starting point.
Config file locations
Vikunja will search on various places for a config file:
- Next to the location of the binary
- In the
service.rootpathlocation set in a config (remember you can set config arguments via environment variables) - In
/etc/vikunja - In
~/.config/vikunja
Default configuration with explanations
The following explains all possible config variables and their defaults. You can find a full example configuration file in here.
If you don't provide a value in your config file, their default will be used.
Nesting
Most config variables are nested under some "higher-level" key.
For example, the interface config variable is a child of the service key.
The docs below aim to reflect that leveling, but please also have a lookt at the default config file to better grasp how the nesting looks like.
service
JWTSecret
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)
Default: <jwt-secret>
interface
The interface on which to run the webserver
Default: :3456
frontendurl
The URL of the frontend, used to send password reset emails.
Default: <empty>
rootpath
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.
Default: <rootpath>
maxitemsperpage
The max number of items which can be returned per page
Default: 50
enablecaldav
Enable the caldav endpoint, see the docs for more details
Default: true
motd
Set the motd message, available from the /info endpoint
Default: <empty>
enablelinksharing
Enable sharing of lists via a link
Default: true
enableregistration
Whether to let new users registering themselves or not
Default: true
enabletaskattachments
Whether to enable task attachments or not
Default: true
timezone
The time zone all timestamps are in. Please note that time zones have to use the official tz database names. UTC or GMT offsets won't work.
Default: GMT
enabletaskcomments
Whether task comments should be enabled or not
Default: true
enabletotp
Whether totp is enabled. In most cases you want to leave that enabled.
Default: true
sentrydsn
If not empty, enables logging of crashes and unhandled errors in sentry.
Default: <empty>
testingtoken
If not empty, this will enable /test/{table} endpoints which allow to put any content in the database.
Used to reset the db before frontend tests. Because this is quite a dangerous feature allowing for lots of harm,
each request made to this endpoint neefs to provide an Authorization: <token> header with the token from below.
You should never use this unless you know exactly what you're doing
Default: <empty>
enableemailreminders
If enabled, vikunja will send an email to everyone who is either assigned to a task or created it when a task reminder is due.
Default: true
database
type
Database type to use. Supported types are mysql, postgres and sqlite.
Default: sqlite
user
Database user which is used to connect to the database.
Default: vikunja
password
Databse password
Default: <empty>
host
Databse host
Default: localhost
database
Databse to use
Default: vikunja
path
When using sqlite, this is the path where to store the data
Default: ./vikunja.db
maxopenconnections
Sets the max open connections to the database. Only used when using mysql and postgres.
Default: 100
maxidleconnections
Sets the maximum number of idle connections to the db.
Default: 50
maxconnectionlifetime
The maximum lifetime of a single db connection in miliseconds.
Default: 10000
sslmode
Secure connection mode. Only used with postgres. (see https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/lib/pq?tab=doc#hdr-Connection_String_Parameters)
Default: disable
tls
Enable SSL/TLS for mysql connections. Options: false, true, skip-verify, preferred
Default: false
cache
enabled
If cache is enabled or not
Default: false
type
Cache type. Possible values are "keyvalue", "memory" or "redis". When choosing "keyvalue" this setting follows the one configured in the "keyvalue" section. When choosing "redis" you will need to configure the redis connection seperately.
Default: keyvalue
maxelementsize
When using memory this defines the maximum size an element can take
Default: 1000
redis
enabled
Whether to enable redis or not
Default: false
host
The host of the redis server including its port.
Default: localhost:6379
password
The password used to authenicate against the redis server
Default: <empty>
db
0 means default database
Default: 0
cors
enable
Whether to enable or disable cors headers. Note: If you want to put the frontend and the api on seperate domains or ports, you will need to enable this. Otherwise the frontend won't be able to make requests to the api through the browser.
Default: true
origins
A list of origins which may access the api. These need to include the protocol (http:// or https://) and port, if any.
Default: <empty>
maxage
How long (in seconds) the results of a preflight request can be cached.
Default: 0
mailer
enabled
Whether to enable the mailer or not. If it is disabled, all users are enabled right away and password reset is not possible.
Default: false
host
SMTP Host
Default: <empty>
port
SMTP Host port
Default: 587
username
SMTP username
Default: user
password
SMTP password
Default: <empty>
skiptlsverify
Wether to skip verification of the tls certificate on the server
Default: false
fromemail
The default from address when sending emails
Default: mail@vikunja
queuelength
The length of the mail queue.
Default: 100
queuetimeout
The timeout in seconds after which the current open connection to the mailserver will be closed.
Default: 30
forcessl
By default, vikunja will try to connect with starttls, use this option to force it to use ssl.
Default: false
log
path
A folder where all the logfiles should go.
Default: <rootpath>logs
enabled
Whether to show any logging at all or none
Default: true
standard
Where the normal log should go. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable standard logging.
Default: stdout
level
Change the log level. Possible values (case-insensitive) are CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG.
Default: INFO
database
Whether or not to log database queries. Useful for debugging. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable database logging.
Default: off
databaselevel
The log level for database log messages. Possible values (case-insensitive) are CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG.
Default: WARNING
http
Whether to log http requests or not. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable http logging.
Default: stdout
echo
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.
Default: off
events
Whether or not to log events. Useful for debugging. Possible values are stdout, stderr, file or off to disable events logging.
Default: stdout
eventslevel
The log level for event log messages. Possible values (case-insensitive) are ERROR, INFO, DEBUG.
Default: info
ratelimit
enabled
whether or not to enable the rate limit
Default: false
kind
The kind on which rates are based. Can be either "user" for a rate limit per user or "ip" for an ip-based rate limit.
Default: user
period
The time period in seconds for the limit
Default: 60
limit
The max number of requests a user is allowed to do in the configured time period
Default: 100
store
The store where the limit counter for each user is stored. Possible values are "keyvalue", "memory" or "redis". When choosing "keyvalue" this setting follows the one configured in the "keyvalue" section.
Default: keyvalue
files
basepath
The path where files are stored
Default: ./files
maxsize
The maximum size of a file, as a human-readable string. Warning: The max size is limited 2^64-1 bytes due to the underlying datatype
Default: 20MB
migration
wunderlist
These are the settings for the wunderlist migrator
Default: <empty>
todoist
Default: <empty>
trello
Default: <empty>
microsofttodo
Default: <empty>
avatar
gravatarexpiration
When using gravatar, this is the duration in seconds until a cached gravatar user avatar expires
Default: 3600
backgrounds
enabled
Whether to enable backgrounds for lists at all.
Default: true
providers
Default: <empty>
legal
Legal urls Will be shown in the frontend if configured here
imprinturl
Default: <empty>
privacyurl
Default: <empty>
keyvalue
Key Value Storage settings The Key Value Storage is used for different kinds of things like metrics and a few cache systems.
type
The type of the storage backend. Can be either "memory" or "redis". If "redis" is chosen it needs to be configured seperately.
Default: memory
auth
local
Local authentication will let users log in and register (if enabled) through the db. This is the default auth mechanism and does not require any additional configuration.
Default: <empty>
openid
OpenID configuration will allow users to authenticate through a third-party OpenID Connect compatible provider.
The provider needs to support the openid, profile and email scopes.
Note: Some openid providers (like gitlab) only make the email of the user available through openid claims if they have set it to be publicly visible.
If the email is not public in those cases, authenticating will fail.
Note 2: The frontend expects to be redirected after authentication by the third party
to /auth/openid/. Please make sure to configure the redirect url with your third party
auth service accordingy if you're using the default vikunja frontend.
Take a look at the default config file for more information about how to configure openid authentication.
Default: <empty>
metrics
Prometheus metrics endpoint
enabled
If set to true, enables a /metrics endpoint for prometheus to collect metrics about Vikunja.
Default: false
username
If set to a non-empty value the /metrics endpoint will require this as a username via basic auth in combination with the password below.
Default: <empty>
password
If set to a non-empty value the /metrics endpoint will require this as a password via basic auth in combination with the username below.
Default: <empty>