Environment Variables
This document lists all the environment variables supported by Parseable server.
Common environment variables
| Variable Name | Required | Description | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P_USERNAME | Yes | Username for the admin user. Will be used to access API and UI. | "admin" | "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE" |
P_PASSWORD | Yes | Password for the admin user. Will be used to access API and UI. | "admin" | "wJalrXUtnaEXAMPLEKEY" |
P_ADDR | No | Address (IP Address and Port) on which Parseable server would listen for new connections. | "127.0.0.1:8000" | "127.0.0.1:7000" |
P_TLS_CERT_PATH | No | Location of TLS Cert file on the server. Use this and P_TLS_KEY_PATH variable together to enable TLS on your Parseable server. | - | "/home/user/fullchain.pem" |
P_TLS_KEY_PATH | No | Location of TLS Private key file on the server. Use this and P_TLS_CERT_PATH variable together to enable TLS on your Parseable server. | - | "/home/user/privkey.pem" |
P_STAGING_DIR | No | Path on the local machine where Parseable server would stage data before pushing it to storage. | "$PWD/staging" | "/home/user/parseable/staging" |
P_CHECK_UPDATE | No | Specify whether server should check for new updates from Parseable download server. | true | false |
P_SEND_ANONYMOUS_USAGE_DATA | No | Specify whether server should send anonymous usage data to Parseable analytics. | true | false |
P_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_ALGO | No | Specify the compression algorithm to use for Parquet files. Support values are UNCOMPRESSED, SNAPPY, GZIP, LZO, BROTLI, LZ4, ZSTD. | "LZ4" | "GZIP" |
Applicable to S3 storage mode
| Variable Name | Required | Description | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P_S3_URL | Yes | URL for S3 or compatible object storage server. | - | "https://s3.amazonaws.com" |
P_S3_ACCESS_KEY | Yes | Access key for S3 or compatible object storage server. | - | "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE" |
P_S3_SECRET_KEY | Yes | Secret key for S3 or compatible object storage server. | - | "wJalrXUtnaEXAMPLEKEY" |
P_S3_BUCKET | Yes | Bucket to use for Parseable data storage. | - | "parseable" |
P_S3_REGION | Yes | Region for the object storage platform. | - | "us-east-1" |
P_S3_PATH_STYLE | No | Force Parseable to use Path style access to S3 store. | true | false |
P_S3_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY | No | Skip checking for S3 store's TLS certificate validity. | false | true |
P_S3_CHECKSUM | No | Set SHA256 checksum in requests to allow S3 buckets with WORM enabled. | false | true |
Applicable to AWS
| Variable Name | Required | Description | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P_AWS_PROFILE_NAME | No | Set AWS profile name which will be used for fetching credentials | - | "default" |
P_AWS_IMDSV1_FALLBACK | No | Sets if object store client should fallback to imdsv1. | false | true |
P_AWS_METADATA_ENDPOINT | No | Sets AWS instance metadata endpoint to use. | "http://169.254.169.254" | "http://fd00:ec2::254" |
Applicable to local drive mode
| Variable Name | Required | Description | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P_FS_DIR | No | Path on the local machine where Parseable server would store data. | "$PWD/data" | "/home/user/parseable/data" |