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Configuration

You can specify configuration options via environment variables. Each option is documented below with what it does and a default (if any).

Ryot serves the final configuration loaded at the /backend/config endpoint as JSON (example). Sensitive variables are redacted.

Important parameters

Environment variable Description
PORT The port to listen on. Defaults to 8000.
TZ Timezone to be used for cron jobs. Accepts values according to the IANA database. Defaults to GMT.
DISABLE_TELEMETRY Disables telemetry collection using Umami. Defaults to false.
DATABASE_URL The Postgres database connection string.
VIDEO_GAMES_TWITCH_CLIENT_ID The client ID issued by Twitch. Required to enable video games tracking. More information
VIDEO_GAMES_TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET The client secret issued by Twitch. Required to enable video games tracking.

Health endpoint

The /health endpoint can be used for checking service healthiness. More information here.

All parameters

# Settings related to anime and manga.
anime_and_manga:
  # Settings related to Anilist.
  anilist:
    # The preferred language for media from this source.
    # @envvar ANIME_AND_MANGA_ANILIST_PREFERRED_LANGUAGE
    preferred_language: "native"

  # Settings related to MAL.
  mal:
    # The client ID to be used for the MAL API.
    # @envvar ANIME_AND_MANGA_MAL_CLIENT_ID
    client_id: ""

  # Settings related to MangaUpdates.
  manga_updates: {}

# Settings related to audio books.
audio_books:
  # Settings related to Audible.
  audible:
    # Settings related to locale for making requests Audible.
    # @envvar AUDIO_BOOKS_AUDIBLE_LOCALE
    locale: "us"

# Settings related to books.
books:
  # Settings related to Google Books.
  google_books:
    # The API key to be used for the Google Books API.
    # @envvar BOOKS_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY
    api_key: ""

    # Whether to pass the raw query string to the search API.
    # @envvar BOOKS_GOOGLE_BOOKS_PASS_RAW_QUERY
    pass_raw_query: false

  # Settings related to Openlibrary.
  openlibrary:
    # The image sizes to fetch from Openlibrary.
    # @envvar BOOKS_OPENLIBRARY_COVER_IMAGE_SIZE
    cover_image_size: "M"

# The database related settings.
database:
  # The Postgres database connection string.
  # Format described in https://www.sea-ql.org/SeaORM/docs/install-and-config/connection/#postgres.
  # @envvar DATABASE_URL
  url: ""

# Whether to disable telemetry.
# @envvar DISABLE_TELEMETRY
disable_telemetry: false

# Settings related to exercises.
exercise: {}

# Settings related to file storage.
file_storage:
  # The access key ID for the S3 compatible file storage. **Required** to
  # enable file storage.
  # @envvar FILE_STORAGE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  s3_access_key_id: ""

  # The name of the S3 compatible bucket. **Required** to enable file storage.
  # @envvar FILE_STORAGE_S3_BUCKET_NAME
  s3_bucket_name: ""

  # The region for the S3 compatible file storage.
  # @envvar FILE_STORAGE_S3_REGION
  s3_region: "us-east-1"

  # The secret access key for the S3 compatible file storage. **Required**
  # to enable file storage.
  # @envvar FILE_STORAGE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  s3_secret_access_key: ""

  # The URL for the S3 compatible file storage.
  # @envvar FILE_STORAGE_S3_URL
  s3_url: ""

# Settings related to frontend storage.
frontend:
  # A message to be displayed on the dashboard.
  # @envvar FRONTEND_DASHBOARD_MESSAGE
  dashboard_message: ""

  # The button label for OIDC authentication.
  # @envvar FRONTEND_OIDC_BUTTON_LABEL
  oidc_button_label: "Continue with OpenID Connect"

  # Settings related to Umami analytics.
  umami:
    # @envvar FRONTEND_UMAMI_DOMAINS
    domains: ""

    # For example: https://umami.is/script.js.
    # @envvar FRONTEND_UMAMI_SCRIPT_URL
    script_url: ""

    # @envvar FRONTEND_UMAMI_WEBSITE_ID
    website_id: ""

  # Used as the base URL when generating item links for the frontend.
  # @envvar FRONTEND_URL
  url: "https://pro.ryot.io"

# Settings related to external integrations.
integration:
  # Sync data from push and yank based integrations every `n` minutes.
  # @envvar INTEGRATION_SYNC_EVERY_MINUTES
  sync_every_minutes: 5

# Settings related to media.
media:
  # Number of days after which a media should be removed from the Monitoring collection.
  # @envvar MEDIA_MONITORING_REMOVE_AFTER_DAYS
  monitoring_remove_after_days: 30

# Settings related to movies and shows.
movies_and_shows:
  # Settings related to TMDB.
  tmdb:
    # The access token for the TMDB API.
    # @envvar MOVIES_AND_SHOWS_TMDB_ACCESS_TOKEN
    access_token: ""

    # The locale to use for making requests to TMDB API.
    # @envvar MOVIES_AND_SHOWS_TMDB_LOCALE
    locale: "en"

# Settings related to podcasts.
podcasts:
  # Settings related to iTunes.
  itunes:
    # The locale to use for making requests to iTunes API.
    # @envvar PODCASTS_ITUNES_LOCALE
    locale: "en_us"

  # Settings related to Listennotes.
  listennotes:
    # The access token for the Listennotes API.
    # @envvar PODCASTS_LISTENNOTES_API_TOKEN
    api_token: ""

# Settings related to scheduler.
scheduler:
  # The number of jobs to process every 5 seconds when updating metadata in
  # the background.
  # @envvar SCHEDULER_RATE_LIMIT_NUM
  rate_limit_num: 5

# Settings related to server.
server:
  # An access token that can be used for admin operations.
  # @envvar SERVER_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN
  admin_access_token: ""

  # An array of URLs for CORS.
  # @envvar SERVER_CORS_ORIGINS
  cors_origins: []

  # Disable all background jobs.
  # @envvar SERVER_DISABLE_BACKGROUND_JOBS
  disable_background_jobs: false

  # Whether the graphql playground will be enabled.
  # @envvar SERVER_GRAPHQL_PLAYGROUND_ENABLED
  graphql_playground_enabled: true

  # The maximum file size in MB for user uploads.
  # @envvar SERVER_MAX_FILE_SIZE
  max_file_size: 70

  # The OIDC related settings.
  oidc:
    # @envvar SERVER_OIDC_CLIENT_ID
    client_id: ""

    # @envvar SERVER_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET
    client_secret: ""

    # @envvar SERVER_OIDC_ISSUER_URL
    issuer_url: ""

  # The pro key assigned to the user.
  # @envvar SERVER_PRO_KEY
  pro_key: ""

  # The hours in which a media can be marked as seen again for a user. This
  # is used so that the same media can not be used marked as started when
  # it has been already marked as seen in the last `n` hours.
  # @envvar SERVER_PROGRESS_UPDATE_THRESHOLD
  progress_update_threshold: 2

  # Number of seconds to sleep before starting the server.
  # @envvar SERVER_SLEEP_BEFORE_STARTUP_SECONDS
  sleep_before_startup_seconds: 0

  # The mailer related settings.
  smtp:
    # @envvar SERVER_SMTP_MAILBOX
    mailbox: "Ryot <no-reply@mailer.io>"

    # @envvar SERVER_SMTP_PASSWORD
    password: ""

    # @envvar SERVER_SMTP_SERVER
    server: ""

    # @envvar SERVER_SMTP_USER
    user: ""

# Settings related to users.
users:
  # Whether new users will be allowed to sign up to this instance.
  # @envvar USERS_ALLOW_REGISTRATION
  allow_registration: true

  # Whether to disable local user authentication completely.
  # @envvar USERS_DISABLE_LOCAL_AUTH
  disable_local_auth: false

  # The secret used for generating JWT tokens.
  # @envvar USERS_JWT_SECRET
  jwt_secret: ""

  # The number of days till login authentication token is valid.
  # @envvar USERS_TOKEN_VALID_FOR_DAYS
  token_valid_for_days: 90

# Settings related to video games.
video_games:
  # Settings related to IGDB.
  igdb:
    # The image sizes to fetch from IGDB.
    # @envvar VIDEO_GAMES_IGDB_IMAGE_SIZE
    image_size: "t_original"

  # Settings related to Twitch.
  twitch:
    # The client ID issues by Twitch. **Required** to enable video games
    # tracking. [More information](/docs/guides/video-games.md).
    # @envvar VIDEO_GAMES_TWITCH_CLIENT_ID
    client_id: ""

    # The client secret issued by Twitch. **Required** to enable video games
    # tracking.
    # @envvar VIDEO_GAMES_TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET
    client_secret: ""

# Settings related to visual novels.
visual_novels: {}