Environment variables

These environment variables can be set in your docker-compose.yaml file.

Name	Type	Default	Description
MUSIC_DIR	string	undefined	Absolute path to your music.
PHOTOS_DIR	string	undefined	Absolute path to your photos.
MOVIES_DIR	string	undefined	Absolute path to your movies.
TV_DIR	string	undefined	Absolute path to your TV shows.
HTTP_LOG_LEVEL	boolean	0	Set the log level¹ for HTTP requests.
EVENTS_LOG_LEVEL	boolean	0	Set the log level¹ for the internal event system.
INDEXING_LOG_LEVEL	boolean	10	Set the log level¹ for the indexing system.
JOBS_LOG_LEVEL	boolean	10	Set the log level¹ for the jobs system.
MAX_CONCURRNET_JOBS	boolean	3	Max number of jobs that are allowed to run at the same time.
CARDINAL_POSTGRES	boolean	false	Use PostgreSQL instead of the default SQLite.
POSTGRES_HOST	string	cardinal-postgres	PostgreSQL host name.
POSTGRES_PORT	number	5432	PostgreSQL port number.
POSTGRES_USER	string	cardinal	The PostgreSQL user.
POSTGRES_PASSWORD	string	cardinal	The PostgreSQL user password.
SIGNING_SECRET	string	N/A	Secret used to sign authentication tokens. Changing this will revoke all sessions.
INDEXING_SCAN_TIMEOUT	number	120	Number of seconds the scanner will wait for the file system to respond.
HEIF_CONVERSION_TIMEOUT	number	60	Number of seconds before we assume that the conversion failed.

¹ Available log levels are:

• 20 - Debug
• 10 - Info
• 0 - Silent

Higher numbers include logs from lower numbers. Setting 0 does not disable error logging.