Configuration

You can configure Convoy by using one of or a combination of the methods below:

• creating a config json file (default)
• setting environment variables.
• setting cli flags

The order of preference when all the are used is cli flags > environment variables > config json file. Values set in the cli flags will override the same config value set with either env vars of in the config file.

Creating a config json file

An example configuration is shown below:

{
  "environment": "dev",
  "database": {
      "type": "mongodb",
      "dsn": "mongodb://mongo1:27017,mongo2:27017,mongo3:27017/convoy?replicaSet=myReplicaSet&readPreference=primary&ssl=false"
  },
  "queue": {
      "type": "redis",
      "redis": {
          "dsn": "redis://redis_server:6379"
      }
  },
  "cache": {
      "type": "redis",
      "redis": {
          "dsn": "redis://redis_server:6379"
      }
  },
  "host": "{host}",
  "logger": {
      "type": "console",
      "server_log": {
          "level": "error"
      }
  },
  "smtp": {
      "provider": "sendgrid",
      "url": "smtp.sendgrid.net",
      "port": 2525,
      "username": "apikey",
      "password": "<api-key-from-sendgrid>",
      "from": "[email protected]"
  },
  "search": {
      "type": "typesense",
      "typesense": {
          "host": "http://typesense:8108",
          "api_key": "convoy"
      }
  },
  "server": {
      "http": {
          "ssl": false,
          "ssl_cert_file": "",
          "ssl_key_file": "",
          "port": 5005
      }
  },
  "auth": {
      "jwt": {
          "enabled": true
      },
      "native": {
          "enabled": true
      }
  }
}

Parameters

• environment: Configure which environment configure is running on. Defaults development.

• database: Configures the main data store. Currently supported databases: mongodb.

  sample

  {
    "database": {
      "type": "mongodb",
      "dsn": "mongodb://localhost:27017/convoy"
    },
  }
  

• queue, cache and limiter: This configures a queuing backend to use. Currently supported queuing, caching and rate limiter backends: redis, planned queuing backends: rabbitmq and sqs.

  sample

  {
     "queue": {
         "type": "redis",
         "redis": {
           "dsn": "redis://localhost:6379"
         }
     }
  }
  

• port: Specifies which port Convoy should run on.

• worker_port: Specifies which port Convoy workers should run on.

• auth: This specifies authentication mechanism used to access Convoy's API. Convoy has two APIs, one for the UI and the second is the public API. Each API requires authentication by default. Convoy supports two authentication mechanisms:

  • native: Configure realm. This is used for the Public API.
  • jwt: Configure jwt. This is used for UI authentication.
  sample

  {
    "auth": {
      "native": {
        "enabled": true
      },
      "jwt": {
        "enabled": true
      },
    }
  }
  

• smtp: Convoy sends out emails for several reasons for dead endpoints, team invitation etc. It needs a SMTP provider to do this.

  sample

  {
      "smtp": {
          "provider": "sendgrid",
          "url": "smtp.sendgrid.net",
          "port": 2525,
          "username": "apikey",
          "password": "api-key-from-sendgrid",
          "from": "[email protected]"
      }
  }
  

• tracer and new_relic: Convoy uses newrelic for tracing.

  sample

  {
    "tracer": {
      "type": "new_relic"
    },
    "new_relic": {
      "license_key": "012345678909876543210",
      "app_name": "convoy",
      "config_enabled": true,
      "distributed_tracer_enabled": true
    }
  }
  

Environment Variables

Alternatively, you can configure Convoy using the following environment variables:

• CONVOY_ENV
• SSL
• PORT
• WORKER_PORT
• CONVOY_HOST
• CONVOY_DB_TYPE
• CONVOY_DB_DSN
• CONVOY_LIMITER_PROVIDER
• CONVOY_CACHE_PROVIDER
• CONVOY_QUEUE_PROVIDER
• CONVOY_REDIS_DSN
• CONVOY_LOGGER_LEVEL
• CONVOY_LOGGER_PROVIDER
• CONVOY_SSL_KEY_FILE
• CONVOY_SSL_CERT_FILE
• CONVOY_SMTP_PROVIDER
• CONVOY_SMTP_URL
• CONVOY_SMTP_USERNAME
• CONVOY_SMTP_PASSWORD
• CONVOY_SMTP_FROM
• CONVOY_SMTP_PORT
• CONVOY_SMTP_REPLY_TO
• CONVOY_NEWRELIC_APP_NAME
• CONVOY_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY
• CONVOY_NEWRELIC_CONFIG_ENABLED
• CONVOY_NEWRELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACER_ENABLED
• CONVOY_REQUIRE_AUTH
• CONVOY_BASIC_AUTH_CONFIG
• CONVOY_API_KEY_CONFIG
• CONVOY_NATIVE_REALM_ENABLED
• CONVOY_JWT_REALM_ENABLED
• CONVOY_JWT_SECRET
• CONVOY_JWT_EXPIRY
• CONVOY_JWT_REFRESH_SECRET
• CONVOY_JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRY
• CONVOY_SEARCH_TYPE
• CONVOY_TYPESENSE_HOST
• CONVOY_TYPESENSE_API_KEY