Server Configuration

Using Command Line Arguments

Command line arguments can be passed to the server as --parameter=value.

Parameter	Required	Description
`--config`	false	Path to the configuration file. If you use this argument, you can define all of the other command line arguments in a configuration file. See the "Configuring Typesense" section for more details.
`--api-key`	true	API key that allows all operations.
`--search-only-api-key`	false	API key that allows only searches (i.e. restricted to the `/collections/collection_name/documents/search` end-point). Use this to make search requests directly from Javascript, without exposing your primary API key.
`--data-dir`	true	Path to the directory where data will be stored on disk.
`--log-dir`	false	By default, Typesense logs to stdout and stderr. To enable logging to a file, provide a path to a logging directory.
`--listen-address`	false	Address to which Typesense API service binds. Default: `0.0.0.0`
`--listen-port`	false	Port on which Typesense API service listens. Default: `8108`
`--master`	false	Starts the server as a read-only replica by defining the master Typesense server's address in
`http(s)://<master_address>:<master_port>` format
`--ssl-certificate`	false	Path to the SSL certificate file. You must also define `ssl-certificate-key` to enable HTTPS.
`--ssl-certificate-key`	false	Path to the SSL certificate key file. You must also define `ssl-certificate` to enable HTTPS.

Using a Configuration File

As an alternative to command line arguments, you can also configure Typesense server through a configuration file or via environment variables.

Command line arguments are given the highest priority, while environment variables are given the least priority.

bash

./typesense-server --config=/etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini

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Our Linux DEB/RPM packages install the configuration file at /etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini.

The configuration file uses a simple INI format:

ini

; /etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini

[server]

api-key = Rhsdhas2asasdasj2
data-dir = /tmp/ts
log-dir = /tmp/logs
listen-port = 9090

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Using Environment Variables

If you wish to use environment variables, you can do that too. The environment variables map to the command line arguments documented above: just use CAPS and underscores instead of hyphens.

For example, use DATA_DIR for the --data-dir argument.

bash

DATA_DIR=/tmp/ts API_KEY=AS3das2awQ2 ./typesense-server

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