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Configuration

All configuration for Knora is done in application.conf. Besides the Knora application specific configuration, there we can also find configuration for the underlying Akka library.

For optimal performance it is important to tune the configuration to the hardware used, mainly to the number of CPUs and cores per CPU.

The relevant sections for tuning are:

  • akka.actor.deployment
  • knora-actor-dispatcher
  • knora-blocking-dispatcher

System Environment Variables

A number of core settings is additionally configurable through system environment variables. These are:

key in application.conf environment variable default value
akka.log-config-on-start KNORA_AKKA_LOG_CONFIG_ON_START off
akka.loglevel KNORA_AKKA_LOGLEVEL INFO
akka.stdout-loglevel KNORA_AKKA_STDOUT_LOGLEVEL INFO
app.print-extended-config KNORA_WEBAPI_PRINT_EXTENDED_CONFIG false
app.bcrypt-password-strength KNORA_WEBAPI_BCRYPT_PASSWORD_STRENGTH 12
app.jwt-secret-key KNORA_WEBAPI_JWT_SECRET_KEY super-secret-key
app.jwt-longevity KNORA_WEBAPI_JWT_LONGEVITY 30 days
app.cookie-domain KNORA_WEBAPI_COOKIE_DOMAIN localhost
app.allow-reload-over-http KNORA_WEBAPI_ALLOW_RELOAD_OVER_HTTP false
app.ark.resolver KNORA_WEBAPI_ARK_RESOLVER_URL http://0.0.0.0:3336
app.ark.assigned-number KNORA_WEBAPI_ARK_NAAN 72163
app.knora-api.internal-host KNORA_WEBAPI_KNORA_API_INTERNAL_HOST 0.0.0.0
app.knora-api.internal-port KNORA_WEBAPI_KNORA_API_INTERNAL_PORT 3333
app.knora-api.external-protocol KNORA_WEBAPI_KNORA_API_EXTERNAL_PROTOCOL http
app.knora-api.external-host KNORA_WEBAPI_KNORA_API_EXTERNAL_HOST 0.0.0.0
app.knora-api.external-port KNORA_WEBAPI_KNORA_API_EXTERNAL_PORT 3333
app.sipi.internal-protocol KNORA_WEBAPI_SIPI_INTERNAL_PROTOCOL http
app.sipi.internal-host KNORA_WEBAPI_SIPI_INTERNAL_HOST localhost
app.sipi.internal-port KNORA_WEBAPI_SIPI_INTERNAL_PORT 1024
app.sipi.external-protocol KNORA_WEBAPI_SIPI_EXTERNAL_PROTOCOL http
app.sipi.external-host KNORA_WEBAPI_SIPI_EXTERNAL_HOST localhost
app.sipi.external-port KNORA_WEBAPI_SIPI_EXTERNAL_PORT 443
app.ark.resolver KNORA_WEBAPI_ARK_RESOLVER_URL http://0.0.0.0:3336
app.ark.assigned-number KNORA_WEBAPI_ARK_NAAN 72163
app.salsah1.base-url KNORA_WEBAPI_SALSAH1_BASE_URL http://localhost:3335
app.triplestore.dbtype KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_DBTYPE fuseki
app.triplestore.use-https KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_USE_HTTPS false
app.triplestore.host KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_HOST localhost
app.triplestore.auto-init KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_AUTOINIT false
app.triplestore.fuseki.port KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_FUSEKI_PORT 3030
app.triplestore.fuseki.repository-name KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_FUSEKI_REPOSITORY_NAME knora-test
app.triplestore.fuseki.username KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_FUSEKI_USERNAME admin
app.triplestore.fuseki.password KNORA_WEBAPI_TRIPLESTORE_FUSEKI_PASSWORD test
app.cache-service.enabled KNORA_WEBAPI_CACHE_SERVICE_ENABLED true

Selectively Disabling Routes

In application.conf the setting app.routes-to-reject contains a list of strings, representing routes which should be rejected.

For Example, the string "v1/users" would lead to rejection of any route which contains this string.

Startup Flags

There is a number of flags that can be set on startup, they will override any value set in the application configuration file:

  • loadDemoData, --loadDemoData, -d: Loads the demo data.
  • allowReloadOverHTTP, --allow-reload-over-http, -r: Allows reloading of data over HTTP.
  • -c: Print the configuration at startup.
  • --help: Shows the help message with all startup flags.
Last update: January 19, 2023