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
--config=VALUE Configuration file 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)
--sendTelemetry=VALUE Whether telemetry data is sent to Octopus (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 https://o-
c.to/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
--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.
--AzureDevOpsIsEnabled=VALUE
Set whether Azure DevOps issue tracker
integration is enabled.
--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.
--GitHubIsEnabled=VALUE
Set whether GitHub issue tracker integration is
enabled.
--GitHubBaseUrl=VALUE Set the base url for the Git repositories.
--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'.
--webServer=VALUE Web server to use when running Octopus (HttpSys,
Kestrel)
--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.
--azureADClientSecret=VALUE
Follow our documentation to find the Client
Secret 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.
--googleAppsClientSecret=VALUE
Follow our documentation to find the Client
Secret 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
--ldapIsEnabled=VALUE Set whether ldap is enabled.
--ldapServer=VALUE Set the server URL.
--ldapPort=VALUE Set the port using to connect.
--ldapSecurityProtocol=VALUE
Sets the security protocol to use in securing
the connection (None, StartTLS, or SSL).
--ldapIgnoreSslErrors=VALUE
Sets whether to ignore certificate validation
errors.
--ldapUsername=VALUE Set the user DN to query LDAP.
--ldapPassword=VALUE Set the password to query LDAP (leave empty for
anonymous bind).
--ldapUserBaseDn=VALUE Set the root distinguished name (DN) to query
LDAP for Users.
--ldapGroupBaseDn=VALUE
Set the root distinguished name (DN) to query
LDAP for Groups.
--ldapDefaultDomain=VALUE
Set the default domain when none is given in the
logon form. Optional.
--ldapUniqueAccountNameAttribute=VALUE
Set the name of the LDAP attribute containing
the unique account name, which is used to
authenticate via the logon form. This will be
'sAMAccountName' for Active Directory.
--ldapUserFilter=VALUE The filter to use when searching valid users.
'*' is replaced with a normalized version of the
username.
--ldapGroupFilter=VALUE
The filter to use when searching valid user
groups. '*' is replaced with the group name.
--ldapNestedGroupFilter=VALUE
The filter to use when searching for nested
groups. '*' is replaced by the distinguished
name of the initial group.
--ldapNestedGroupSearchDepth=VALUE
Specifies how many levels of nesting will be
searched. Set to '0' to disable searching for
nested groups.
--ldapAllowAutoUserCreation=VALUE
Whether unknown users will be automatically
created upon successful login.
--ldapReferralFollowingEnabled=VALUE
Sets whether to allow referral following (this
can slow down queries).
--ldapReferralHopLimit=VALUE
Sets the maximum number of referrals to follow
during automatic referral following.
--ldapConstraintTimeLimit=VALUE
Sets the time limit in seconds for LDAP
operations on the directory. '0' specifies no
limit.
--ldapUserDisplayNameAttribute=VALUE
Set the name of the LDAP attribute containing
the user's full name.
--ldapUserPrincipalNameAttribute=VALUE
Set the name of the LDAP attribute containing
the user's principal name.
--ldapUserMembershipAttribute=VALUE
Set the name of the LDAP attribute to use when
loading the user's groups.
--ldapUserEmailAttribute=VALUE
Set the name of the LDAP attribute containing
the user's email address.
--ldapGroupNameAttribute=VALUE
Set the name of the LDAP attribute containing
the group's name.
--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.
--oktaClientSecret=VALUE
Follow our documentation to find the Client
Secret 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.
--customextension=VALUE
File path of a custom extension to load
Or one of the common options:
--help Show detailed help for this command
Basic examples
This example changes the instance home directory to a new folder and enables auto login for instance OctopusServer:
octopus.server configure --instance="OctopusServer" --home="c:\NewOctopusFolder" --autoLoginEnabled="true"
This example changes the TCP port that the communications service listens on to 10953 for instance OctopusServer:
octopus.server configure --instance="OctopusServer" --commsListenPort="10953"
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