forgejo/docs/content/doc/administration/environment-variables.en-us.md
Lunny Xiao 67103eb2bc
Update docs markdown file weight to make it clear (#23909)
For Docusaurus, it needs a meta data named `sidebar_position`, so we
copy all `weight` under `menu/sidebar` as top meta key.
2023-04-04 21:47:31 +08:00

1.7 KiB

date title slug weight toc draft menu
2017-04-08T11:34:00+02:00 Environment variables environment-variables 10 false false
sidebar
parent name weight identifier
administration Environment variables 10 environment-variables

Environment variables

Table of Contents

{{< toc >}}

This is an inventory of Gitea environment variables. They change Gitea behaviour.

Initialize them before Gitea command to be effective, for example:

GITEA_CUSTOM=/home/gitea/custom ./gitea web

From Go language

As Gitea is written in Go, it uses some Go variables, such as:

For documentation about each of the variables available, refer to the official Go documentation.

Gitea files

  • GITEA_WORK_DIR: Absolute path of working directory.
  • GITEA_CUSTOM: Gitea uses GITEA_WORK_DIR/custom folder by default. Use this variable to change custom directory.
  • GOGS_WORK_DIR: Deprecated, use GITEA_WORK_DIR
  • GOGS_CUSTOM: Deprecated, use GITEA_CUSTOM

Operating system specifics

  • USER: System user that Gitea will run as. Used for some repository access strings.
  • USERNAME: if no USER found, Gitea will use USERNAME
  • HOME: User home directory path. The USERPROFILE environment variable is used in Windows.

Only on Windows

  • USERPROFILE: User home directory path. If empty, uses HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH
  • HOMEDRIVE: Main drive path used to access the home directory (C:)
  • HOMEPATH: Home relative path in the given home drive path

Miscellaneous

  • SKIP_MINWINSVC: If set to 1, do not run as a service on Windows.