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Environment Variables

Monolithic and Generic’s behaviour is controlled by a wide variety of environment variables. They are detailed here along with the default values.

Changing Environment Variables

Recreating is ok

Changing environment variables in docker requires you to delete and recreate your containers. Don't worry, your cache data is safely stored OUTSIDE in a volume and will be reused by the new containers

If you are using docker-compose these variables can be changed by editing the .env file provided. If a specific variable does not exist in your version of the .env just add a new line.

If you are using docker from the command line environment variables are specified using -e VARIABLE=VALUE format when you launch the container.

General Settings

Variable	Description
CACHE_DOMAINS_REPO	The github repo url for the cache_domains files to use to populate the cdn maps, if you do not want to use the recommended source for testing purposes.
	Default:  https://github.com/uklans/cache-domains.git
CACHE_DOMAINS_BRANCH	The branch of the CACHE_DOMAINS_REPO to use
	Default:  master
NOFETCH	Turn off all git pull operations and use stored data
	Default:  false
UPSTREAM_DNS	The upstream DNS server(s) the cache should use. The defaults are Google DNS. Multiple upstream dns servers are allowed, separated by semi colons (or spaces). Do NOT point this at lancache-dns.
	Default:  8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
CACHE_DISK_SIZE	The amount of disk space the container should use for caching data. Specified in gigabytes.
	Default:  1000g
CACHE_INDEX_SIZE	Amount of index memory for the nginx cache manager. We recommend 250m of index memory per 1TB of CACHE_DISK_SIZE
	Default:  500m
CACHE_MAX_AGE	The maximum amount of time a file should be held in cache. There is usually no reason to reduce this - the cache will automatically remove the oldest content if it needs the space.
	Default:  3560d

Advanced Settings

HERE BE DRAGONS!!!

These settings really aren't meant to be changed very often, it is highly unlikely you want to change them unless it's been recommended by a team member or you REALLY know what you are doing

Variable	Description
NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
	Default:  auto
GENERICCACHE_VERSION	Internal reference version. DO NOT CHANGE THIS.
	Default:  2
WEBUSER	Account NGINX runs under
	Default:  www-data
BEAT_TIME	How often the internal heart beat process runs
	Default:  1h
LOGFILE_RETENTION
	Default:  3560
NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
	Default:  16
CACHE_SLICE_SIZE	See this guide before changing this. It WILL invalidate any currently cached data.
	Default:  1m
CACHE_MODE
	Default:  generic
FORCE_PERMS_CHECK	Force a full permissions check on startup. When the container starts up normally, it checks a few key locations to ensure that they are owned by the correct user. This option will force the container to do a full check of all cache directories and files. THIS WILL BE VERY SLOW, AND MAY POSSIBLY TAKE HOURS.
	Default:  false