Appwrite environment variables allow you to edit your server setup configuration and customize it. You can easily change the environment variables by changing them when running Appwrite using Docker CLI or Docker-Compose.
Allows you to disable abuse checks and API rate limiting. By default, set to 'enabled'. To cancel the abuse checking, set to 'disabled'. It is not recommended to disable this check-in a production environment.
This is your server private secret key that is used to encrypt all sensitive data on your server. Appwrite server encrypts all secret data on your server like webhooks, HTTP passwords, user sessions, and storage files. The var is not set by default, if you wish to take advantage of Appwrite encryption capabilities you should change it and make sure to keep it a secret.
This option is very useful for small teams or sole developers. To enable it, pass a list of allowed email addresses separated by a comma.
### _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_DOMAINS
This option allows you to restrict access to Appwrite console for users sharing the same email domains. This option is very useful for team working with company emails domain.
To enable this option, pass a list of allowed email domains separated by a comma.
This last option allows you to restrict access to Appwrite console for users sharing the same set of IP addresses. This option is very useful for team working with a VPN service or a company IP.
Appwrite uses a Redis server for managing cache, queues and scheduled tasks. The Redis env vars are used to allow Appwrite server to connect to the Redis container.
Redis server hostname address. Default value is: 'redis'
### _APP_REDIS_PORT
Redis server TCP port. Default value is: '6379'
## MariaDB Server
Appwrite is using a MariaDB server for managing persistent database data. The MariaDB env vars are used to allow Appwrite server to connect to the MariaDB container.
### _APP_DB_HOST
MariaDB server host name address. Default value is: 'mariadb'
### _APP_DB_PORT
MariaDB server TCP port. Default value is: '3306'
### _APP_DB_USER
MariaDB server user name. Default value is: 'root'
### _APP_DB_PASS
MariaDB server user password. Default value is: 'password'
### _APP_DB_SCHEMA
MariaDB server database schema. Default value is: 'appwrite'
Appwrite uses an InfluxDB server for managing time-series data and server stats. The InfluxDB env vars are used to allow Appwrite server to connect to the InfluxDB container.
Appwrite uses a StatsD server for aggregating and sending stats data over a fast UDP connection. The StatsD env vars are used to allow Appwrite server to connect to the StatsD container.
StatsD server host name address. Default value is: 'telegraf'
### _APP_INFLUXDB_PORT
StatsD server TCP port. Default value is: '8125'
## SMTP
Appwrite is using an SMTP server for emailing your projects users and server admins. The SMTP env vars are used to allow Appwrite server to connect to the SMTP container.
If running in production, it might be easier to use a 3rd party SMTP server as it might be a little more difficult to set up a production SMTP server that will not send all your emails into your user's SPAM folder.
### _APP_SMTP_HOST
SMTP server host name address. Default value is: 'smtp'