Environment Variables

All configuration options can be set using environment variables with the prefix Cratis__Chronicle__. Use double underscores (__) to represent nested configuration sections.

Example configuration

{
  "managementPort": 8080,
  "port": 35000,
  "features": {
    "api": true,
    "workbench": true
  },
  "storage": {
    "type": "MongoDB",
    "connectionDetails": "mongodb://localhost:27017"
  }
}

Variables

Variable	Description
Cratis__Chronicle__Port	gRPC service port
Cratis__Chronicle__ManagementPort	Management API port
Cratis__Chronicle__HealthCheckEndpoint	Health check endpoint path
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__Api	Enable REST API endpoint
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__Workbench	Enable Workbench UI
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__ChangesetStorage	Enable changeset storage
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__OAuthAuthority	Enable internal OAuth authority
Cratis__Chronicle__Storage__Type	Storage provider type
Cratis__Chronicle__Storage__ConnectionDetails	Storage connection string
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__SubscriberTimeout	Observer subscriber timeout in seconds
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__MaxRetryAttempts	Maximum retry attempts for observers
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__BackoffDelay	Initial observer backoff delay in seconds
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__ExponentialBackoffDelayFactor	Exponential backoff multiplier
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__MaximumBackoffDelay	Maximum observer backoff delay in seconds
Cratis__Chronicle__Events__Queues	Number of event queues
Cratis__Chronicle__Authentication__Authority	External OAuth authority URL
Cratis__Chronicle__Authentication__DefaultAdminUsername	Default admin username
Cratis__Chronicle__Authentication__DefaultAdminPassword	Default admin password
Cratis__Chronicle__Jobs__MaxParallelSteps	Maximum parallel job steps
Cratis__Chronicle__Tls__CertificatePath	TLS certificate path (PFX)
Cratis__Chronicle__Tls__CertificatePassword	TLS certificate password

Port Configuration

# gRPC port (default: 35000)
Cratis__Chronicle__Port=35000

# Management API port (default: 8080)
Cratis__Chronicle__ManagementPort=8080

Health Check Endpoint

# Health check endpoint path (default: /health)
Cratis__Chronicle__HealthCheckEndpoint=/health

Feature Toggles

# Enable or disable API (default: true)
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__Api=true

# Enable or disable Workbench (default: true)
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__Workbench=true

# Enable or disable Changeset Storage (default: false)
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__ChangesetStorage=false

# Enable or disable internal OAuth authority (default: true)
# Automatically disabled when external authority is configured
Cratis__Chronicle__Features__OAuthAuthority=true

Storage

# Storage type (e.g., "MongoDB")
Cratis__Chronicle__Storage__Type=MongoDB

# MongoDB connection string
Cratis__Chronicle__Storage__ConnectionDetails=mongodb://localhost:27017

Observers

# Timeout in seconds for observer subscriber calls (default: 5)
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__SubscriberTimeout=5

# Maximum retry attempts for failed partitions (0 = infinite, default: 10)
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__MaxRetryAttempts=10

# Initial backoff delay in seconds (default: 1)
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__BackoffDelay=1

# Exponential backoff factor (default: 2)
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__ExponentialBackoffDelayFactor=2

# Maximum backoff delay in seconds (default: 600)
Cratis__Chronicle__Observers__MaximumBackoffDelay=600

Events

# Number of appended event queues to use (default: 8)
Cratis__Chronicle__Events__Queues=8

Authentication

# External OAuth authority URL (optional)
# When not set, uses internal OpenIdDict-based authority
Cratis__Chronicle__Authentication__Authority=https://your-oauth-provider.com

# Default admin username (default: "admin")
Cratis__Chronicle__Authentication__DefaultAdminUsername=admin

# Default admin password (default: "admin")
# Should be changed in production
Cratis__Chronicle__Authentication__DefaultAdminPassword=your-secure-password