Configure
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Use the configure command to configure this Octopus instance.
Configure options
Usage: octopus.server configure [<options>]
Where [<options>] is any of:
--instance=VALUE Name of the instance to use
--home=VALUE Home directory
--skipDatabaseCompatibilityCheck
Skips the database compatibility check
--skipDatabaseSchemaUpgradeCheck
Skips the database schema upgrade checks. Use
with caution
--serverNodeName=VALUE Deprecated: set the node name via the create-
instance command instead. Unique Server Node
name for a clustered environment.
--cachePackages=VALUE Days to cache packages for. Default: 20
--cacheLowDiskSpaceThreshold=VALUE
Threshold of free disk space (in gigabytes)
where packages are cleaned up from cache
regardless of age. Default: 1
--cacheDirectoryFullThreshold=VALUE
Threshold of the size of the cache folder(in
gigabytes) where packages are cleaned up from
cache regardless of age. Default: 0 (no limit)
--maxConcurrentTasks=VALUE
Deprecated: may be removed in a future release
(currently has no effect; set Task Cap instead).
Maximum number of concurrent tasks that the
Octopus Server can execute. Default is 0 (no
limit).
--upgradeCheck=VALUE Whether checking for upgrades is allowed (true
or false)
--upgradeCheckWithStatistics=VALUE
Include usage statistics when checking for
upgrades (true or false)
--commsListenPort=VALUE
TCP port that the communications service should
listen on
--commsListenWebSocket=VALUE
WebSocket prefix that the communications service
should listen on (e.g.
'https://+:443/OctopusComms'); set to blank to
disable websockets. Refer to http://g.octopush-
q.com/WebSocketComms.
--webListenPrefixes=VALUE
Comma-separated list of HTTP.sys listen prefixes
(e.g., 'http://localhost/octopus')
--webForceSSL=VALUE Whether SSL should be required (HTTP requests
get redirected to HTTPS)
--requestLoggingEnabled=VALUE
Whether to enable logging of web requests
--azurePowerShellModule=VALUE
Path to Azure PowerShell module to be used
--customBundledPackageDirectory=VALUE
A custom folder for getting packages (like
Calamari) that are normally bundled with Octopus
Server
--upgradeNotification=VALUE
Modifies the visibility of the notification when
upgrades are available. Valid values are
AlwaysShow, ShowOnlyMajorMinor and NeverShow.
--webCorsWhitelist=VALUE
Comma-separated whitelist of domains that are
allowed to retrieve data (empty turns CORS off,
* allows all).
--xFrameOptions=VALUE A directive to provide in the X-Frame-Options
header
--xFrameOptionAllowFrom=VALUE
(DEPRECATED) A uri to provide in the X-Frame-
Options http header in conjunction with the
ALLOW-FROM value. The directive allow-from uri
for X-Frame-Options has been deprecated and no
longer works in modern browsers.
--hstsEnabled=VALUE Enables or disables sending the Strict-Transport-
Security (HSTS) header. Defaults to false.
--hstsMaxAge=VALUE Sets the max-age value (in seconds) of the
Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header.
Defaults to 1 year (31556926 seconds).
--webContentSecurityPolicyEnabled=VALUE
Enables or disables sending the Content-Security-
Policy header. Defaults to true.
--webReferrerPolicy=VALUE
Sets the 'Referrer-Policy' response header.
Defaults to 'no-referrer'.
--webTrustedRedirectUrls=VALUE
Comma-seperated list of URLs that are trusted
for redirection
--autoLoginEnabled=VALUE
Enable/disable automatic user login.
--selfServiceLoginEditingEnabled=VALUE
Enable/disable whether users can edit their own
logins.
--cookieDomain=VALUE Set a specific domain for issued cookies.
--dynamicExtensionsEnabled=VALUE
Enable/disable dynamic extensions.
--azureADIsEnabled=VALUE
Set the azureAD IsEnabled, used for
authentication.
--azureADIssuer=VALUE Follow our documentation to find the Issuer for
azureAD.
--azureADClientId=VALUE
Follow our documentation to find the Client ID
for azureAD.
--azureADScope=VALUE Only change this if you need to change the
OpenID Connect scope requested by Octopus for
azureAD.
--azureADNameClaimType=VALUE
Only change this if you want to use a different
security token claim for the name from azureAD.
--azureADAllowAutoUserCreation=VALUE
Tell Octopus to automatically create a user
account when a person signs in with azureAD.
--azureADRoleClaimType=VALUE
Tell Octopus how to find the roles in the
security token from Azure Active Directory.
--activeDirectoryIsEnabled=VALUE
Set whether active directory is enabled.
--activeDirectoryContainer=VALUE
Set the active directory container used for
authentication.
--webAuthenticationScheme=VALUE
When Domain authentication is used, specifies
the scheme (Basic, Digest,
IntegratedWindowsAuthentication, Negotiate,
Ntlm). You will need to restart all Octopus
Server nodes in your cluster for these changes
to take effect. Please note that using Negotiate
or IntegratedWindowsAuthentication [may require
additional server configuration](https://-
g.octopushq.com/AuthAD) in order to work
correctly.
--allowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers=VALUE
When Domain authentication is used, specifies
whether the HTML-based username/password form
can be used to sign in.
--activeDirectorySecurityGroupsEnabled=VALUE
When Domain authentication is used, specifies
whether to support security groups from AD.
--activeDirectoryAllowAutoUserCreation=VALUE
Whether unknown users will be automatically
created upon successful login.
--googleAppsIsEnabled=VALUE
Set the googleApps IsEnabled, used for
authentication.
--googleAppsIssuer=VALUE
Follow our documentation to find the Issuer for
googleApps.
--googleAppsClientId=VALUE
Follow our documentation to find the Client ID
for googleApps.
--googleAppsScope=VALUE
Only change this if you need to change the
OpenID Connect scope requested by Octopus for
googleApps.
--googleAppsNameClaimType=VALUE
Only change this if you want to use a different
security token claim for the name from
googleApps.
--googleAppsAllowAutoUserCreation=VALUE
Tell Octopus to automatically create a user
account when a person signs in with googleApps.
--googleAppsHostedDomain=VALUE
Tell Octopus which Google Apps domain to trust.
--guestloginenabled=VALUE
Whether guest login should be enabled
--oktaIsEnabled=VALUE Set the okta IsEnabled, used for authentication.
--oktaIssuer=VALUE Follow our documentation to find the Issuer for
okta.
--oktaClientId=VALUE Follow our documentation to find the Client ID
for okta.
--oktaScope=VALUE Only change this if you need to change the
OpenID Connect scope requested by Octopus for
okta.
--oktaNameClaimType=VALUE
Only change this if you want to use a different
security token claim for the name from okta.
--oktaAllowAutoUserCreation=VALUE
Tell Octopus to automatically create a user
account when a person signs in with okta.
--oktaRoleClaimType=VALUE
Tell Octopus how to find the roles in the
security token from Okta.
--oktaUsernameClaimType=VALUE
Tell Octopus how to find the value for the
Octopus Username in the Okta token. Defaults to
"preferred_username" if left blank.
--usernamePasswordIsEnabled=VALUE
Set whether Octopus username/password
authentication is enabled.
--AzureDevOpsIsEnabled=VALUE
Set whether Azure DevOps issue tracker
integration is enabled.
--AzureDevOpsBaseUrl=VALUE
Set the base url for the Azure DevOps
organization or collection or project.
--AzureDevOpsPersonalAccessToken=VALUE
A Personal Access Token (PAT) authorized to read
scopes 'Build' and 'Work items', added under
User Settings.
--GitHubIsEnabled=VALUE
Set whether GitHub issue tracker integration is
enabled.
--GitHubBaseUrl=VALUE Set the base url for the Git repositories.
--jiraIsEnabled=VALUE Set whether Jira Integration is enabled.
--jiraBaseUrl=VALUE Enter the base url of your Jira instance. Once
set, work item references will render as links.
--customextension=VALUE
File path of a custom extension to load
Or one of the common options:
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