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# Configuration Options
There are plenty of options for the agent that can be controlled using Environment variables.
| Environment Variable | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_KEY` | The API key the agent uses
Example: foobar
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_REGISTER_URL` | The baseUrl where the agent registers.
Default:
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| `STEADYBIT_LOG_LEVEL` | Sets the loglevel for the com.steadybit logger
Default: INFO
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| `LOG_LEVEL` | Sets the loglevel for the root logger
Default: INFO
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| `STEADYBIT_LOG_FORMAT` | Sets the log format for the console logger (json or text)
Default: text
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_REGISTER_TIMEOUT` | Timeout for the registration request.
Default: 5s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_REGISTER_INTERVAL` | The interval how often the agent registers at the platform.
Default: 5s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_EXPERIMENT_TIMEOUT` | Timeout for the request to connect to an experiment.
Default: 5s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_EXPERIMENT_KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL` | Interval how often a keep alive is sent during an experiment.
Default: 2s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_EXPERIMENT_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT` | Timeout for a keep alive during an experiment
Default: 10s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_WEBSOCKET_PING_INTERVAL` | Interval in seconds of the heartbeat for the websocket connection
Default: 4s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_EXTENSIONS_TIMEOUT_CONNECT` | Connect timeout for extension communication
Default: 10s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_EXTENSIONS_TIMEOUT_READ` | Read timeout for extension communication
Default: 30s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_EXTENSIONS_TIMEOUT_CALL` | Call timeout for extension communication
Default: 30s
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_EXTENSIONS_AUTOREGISTRATION_NAMESPACE` | Filter extension auto registration in Kubernetes to a given namespace.
Default: null
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| `SERVER_PORT` | HTTP endpoint port
Default: 42899
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_PROXY_HOST` | Hostname of a proxy to access Steadybit platform
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_PROXY_PORT` | Port of a proxy to access Steadybit platform
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_PROXY_PROTOCOL` | Protocol of a proxy to access Steadybit platform
Valid values: HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS5
Default: http
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_PROXY_USER` | Username of a proxy to access Steadybit platform
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_PROXY_PASSWORD` | Password of a proxy to access Steadybit platform
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_IDENTIFIER` | The identifier which will be used to register the agent at the platform
Default: The agent will use the hostname as identifier
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_PROVIDER` | The auth mechanism to use - OAUTH2 or AGENT-KEY
Default: AGENT-KEY
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID` | The public identifier of your OAuth 2.0 Client |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET` | The client secret |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH2_ISSUER_URI` | The issuer uri of the identity provider |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH2_TOKEN_URI` | The token uri of the identity provider to directly specify the URL to retrieve the access tokens from |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH2_AUDIENCE` | Optional - Some provider needs the audience parameter to authenticate the client. |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH2_AUTHORIZATION_GRAN_TYPE` | The grant type to use either client\_credentials or password.
Default: client\_credentials
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| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH_USERNAME` | The username to use for the username flow |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH_PASSWORD` | The username to use when using the password flow |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH_CLIENT_CERT_CHAIN_FILE` | Optional - the x.509 client certificate to use for mutual TLS with the identity provider. |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH_CLIENT_CERT_KEY_FILE` | Optional - the PKCS#8 encoded private key to use for mutual TLS with the identity provider |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_AUTH_OAUTH_CLIENT_CERT_PASSWORD` | Optional - Password for the the PKCS#8 encoded private key to use for mutual TLS with the identity provider |
| `RESILIENCE4J.RETRY_INSTANCES_HTTPDISCOVERY_MAXATTEMPTS` | Optional - Resilience4j: The maximum number of attempts (including the initial call as the first attempt) for DiscoveryKit resources |
| `RESILIENCE4J.RETRY_INSTANCES_HTTPDISCOVERY_WAITDURATION` | Optional - Resilience4j: A fixed wait duration between retry attempts for DiscoveryKit resources |
| `RESILIENCE4J.RETRY_INSTANCES_HTTPDISCOVERY_ENABLEEXPONENTIALBACKOFF` | Optional - Resilience4j: Enable or disable exponential backoff for DiscoveryKit resources |
| `RESILIENCE4J.RETRY_INSTANCES_HTTPDISCOVERY_EXPONENTIALBACKOFFMULTIPLIER` | Optional - Resilience4j: The multiplier for exponential backoff for DiscoveryKit resources |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_HTTP_DISCOVERY_USE_RETRY` | Optional - Resilience4j: Enable/Disable the retry mechanism. Default is true / enabled |
| `STEADYBIT_AGENT_WEBCLIENT_USE_POOL` | Optional - Be able to disable the netty connection pooling by setting environment variable STEADYBIT\_AGENT\_WEBCLIENT\_USE\_POOL=false. Default is true. |