Configuration Options

This part of the documentation is only intended in the context of a supported PoC (Proof of Concept) together with the Steadybit team. Please, book an appointment to scope your PoC before continuing to evaluate the on-prem solution.

If you just want to try out Steadybit, we recommend you sign up for our SaaS platform.

Machine Requirements

The machine you are installing Steadybit onto, must have at least 4 CPUs and 8 GB available memory.

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

JVM_MAX_RAM_PERCENTAGE

Define the MaxRAMPercentage of the platform JVM Default: 75.0

Debug Docker Images

The platform docker image doesn't contain any shell by default. In case you need to exec into the container using a shell for debugging purposes, we provide an additional debug variant whith the platform-debug tag.

Database Configuration

Steadybit requires a PostgresSQL 15 database.

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL

yes

JDBC Url for the database connection Example: jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/steadybitdb

SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME

yes

Database Username Example: postgres

SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD

yes

Database Password Example: postgres

STEADYBIT_DB_WEB_ENABLED

Enable Http Endpoint for Database export Default: true

RDS Machine Requirements

The workload is bound by the database CPU on peaks.

If you have ~100k targets simultaneously in the platform, we recommend a burstable instance with four vCPU (e.g., db.t4g.xlarge). Regarding disk size, 20 GB should be enough capacity for the start (as extending on AWS should not be a problem).

If you choose a smaller instance for cost savings, the target ingestion will be slower, so it will take a bit longer until the target data in the platform is consistent.

Message Broker Configuration

For running the platform with multiple instances, a Redis message broker is required.

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

SPRING_REDIS_HOST

yes

Redis server host Example: redis

SPRING_REDIS_PORT

Redis server port Default: 6379

SPRING_REDIS_USERNAME

Redis Username

SPRING_REDIS_PASSWORD

Redis Password

platform <= 1.0.96 SPRING_REDIS_SSL, platform > 1.0.96 SPRING_REDIS_SSL_ENABLED

Wether to enable ssl support. Default: false

SPRING_REDIS_CLIENT_NAME

Client name to be set on connections with CLIENT SETNAME.

Tenant Configuration

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_TENANT_AGENTKEY

yes

Agent key for the tenant assigned to you. Treat it as sensitive information. Example: foobar

Web Configuration

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_WEB_PUBLIC_URL

URL to point to your Steadybit installation. Use this if your platform is running behind a reverse proxy doing path rewriting. Also it is used for the links in notifications.

STEADYBIT_WEB_PUBLIC_EXPERIMENT_PORT

By default the Websocket connections are advertised to the agents on port 7878. If the public port differs (e.g. because of a proxy) use this property to advertise a different port.

STEADYBIT_WEB_PUBLIC_EXPERIMENT_URL

By default the Websocket connections are advertised on the same url name as the agents registers to. If you run a separate loadbalancer for the websockets you can override the advertised url.

Log Configuration

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

LOGGING_FORMAT

By default Steadybit uses text format. Set this this to json to switch the log format to JSON.

Static-Authentication

You can use a static username/password to authenticate as an admin user

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_AUTH_PROVIDER

yes

Use STATIC for static authentication Example: LDAP

STEADYBIT_AUTH_STATIC_0_USERNAME

yes

Username Example: admin

STEADYBIT_AUTH_STATIC_0_PASSWORD

yes

Password Example: {noop}admin

LDAP-Authentication

You can use a LDAP Server for user authentication.

By default the ldap is accessed anonymously, unless STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_MANAGER_DN and STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_MANAGER_PASSWORD is set. The users are authenticated by doing a bind with their credentials, unless STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_METHOD is set to password-compare.

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_AUTH_PROVIDER

yes

Use LDAP for LDAP-Authentication Example: LDAP

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_URL

yes

LDAP-Server URL Example: ldap://openldap:389/dc=steadybit,dc=com

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_MANAGER_DN

Username (DN) of the "manager" user identity is used to authenticate to a LDAP server. If omitted anonymous access will be used. Example: uid=admin,ou=system

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_MANAGER_PASSWORD

The password for the manager DN. This is required if the manager-dn is specified.

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_USER_DN_PATTERNS

The search pattern to find the usernames Default: uid={0},ou=people

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_METHOD

The method to authenticate the user. Either bind or password-compare. Default: bind

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_PASSWORD_ATTRIBUTE

The attribute in the directory which contains the user password, used if using password-compare Default: userPassword

STEADYBIT_AUTH_SYNC_ADMIN_GROUP_DN

yes

The DN for the groupOfNames/groupOfUniqueNames for the Admin users Example: cn=steadybit_admin,ou=groups,dc=steadybit,dc=com

STEADYBIT_AUTH_SYNC_USER_GROUP_DN

yes

The DN for the groupOfNames/groupOfUniqueNames for the User users Example: cn=steadybit_user,ou=groups,dc=steadybit,dc=com

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_SYNC_TEAM_SEARCH_FILTER

The filter for the groupOfNames/groupOfUniqueNames for the teams Example: ou=teams,ou=groups,dc=steadybit,dc=com

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_SYNC_TEAM_KEY_ATTRIBUTE

The attribute to use as Team key Example: cn=steadybit_admin,ou=groups,dc=steadybit,dc=com

STEADYBIT_AUTH_LDAP_SYNC_TEAM_NAME_ATTRIBUTE

The attribute to use as Team name Example: cn=steadybit_admin,ou=groups,dc=steadybit,dc=com

STEADYBIT_AUTH_SYNC_CRON

Cron Expression which defines the periods for the LDAP synchronization Default: 0 0 _/2 ? _ * *

OpenID-Connect Authentication

You can use an OpenID Connect compatible authentication provider for user authentication. Steadybit uses the authorization_code grant type. The callback URL is https://<host>/oauth2/login/code/default

The first user to login will be assigned the ADMIN role, all other will be assigned the USER role. The roles can be changed by an admin user via the UI.

Be aware to configure your ingress / loadbalancer to set the X-Forwarded-Proto and x-forwarded-for header. Otherwise the correct redirect URL will not be generated.

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_AUTH_PROVIDER

yes

Use OAUTH2 for OIDC-Authentication Example: OAUTH2

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_ISSUER_URI

yes

URI for the OpenID Connect discovery endpoint. Example: https://keycloak/auth/realms/demo

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID

yes

The client ID to use for the OIDC registration Example: steadybit

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET

yes

The client secret to use for the OIDC registration Example: ijhdfpjdf80wiphubfqwd113342r

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_SCOPE

The OAUTH2 scope to use for the OIDC registration Default: openid,profile,email

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_USER_NAME_ATTRIBUTE

Name of the OidcIdToken attribute that will be used to identify the user Default: sub

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_FULL_NAME_ATTRIBUTE

Name of the OidcIdToken attribute that will be used to pick the full name of the user Default: name

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_CLAIMS_TEAM_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME

Name of the OidcIdToken claims attribute that will be used to pick up the assigned team names from. Steadybit automatically creates the specified teams in the platform and assigns the user to them. Default: groups Example value in OIDC provider for single team: team1 Example value in OIDC provider for multiple teams: ["team1","team2"]

STEADYBIT_AUTH_OAUTH2_HOSTED_DOMAIN

Restrict the login to users with a specific email domain. If set, only users with an email address from this domain will be allowed to login. Can be used with Google Workspace OIDC. Example: example.com

Using SSL/TLS Encryption

SSL can be configured by setting the various SERVER_SSL_* properties and requires a java keystore (typically PKCS12).

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

SERVER_PORT

Port to use Default: 8080

SERVER_SSL_KEY_STORE

Path to the key store that holds the SSL certificate (typically a .jks or .p12 file). Example: file:/keystores/steadybit.p12

SERVER_SSL_KEY_STORE_TYPE

Type of the keystore Example: PKCS12

SERVER_SSL_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD

Password used to access the key store

SERVER_SSL_KEY_ALIAS

Alias that identifies the key in the keystore to be used

SERVER_SSL_KEY_PASSWORD

Password used to access the key in the key store.

Audit-Log Export

Audit logs can be exported to a AWS S3 Bucket

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_AUDITLOG_EXPORT_CRON

Cron Expression which defines the periods for the audit log export

STEADYBIT_AUDITLOG_EXPORT_S3_BUCKET_NAME

AWS S3 Bucket Name

STEADYBIT_AUDITLOG_EXPORT_SUBFOLDER

Subfolder in the S3 Bucket

STEADYBIT_AUDITLOG_EXPORT_REGION

AWS Region

Advanced Agent Authentication

OpenID Connect can be used to authenticate the agents to the platform.

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_AUTH_AGENT_PROVIDER

Set to OAUTH2 to use the OIDC. Default: AGENT_KEY

STEADYBIT_AUTH_AGENT_OAUTH2_ISSUER_URI

yes

The issuer URI of your identity provider

Proxy Settings

Steadybit will use these proxy settings if the platform needs to connect to other services (for example your OIDC identity provider).

Environment VariableRequiredDescription

STEADYBIT_PROXY_HOST

Hostname of your proxy

STEADYBIT_PROXY_PORT

Port of your proxy

STEADYBIT_PROXY_PROTOCOL

Protocol of your proxy Default: http

STEADYBIT_PROXY_USER

Username of your proxy

STEADYBIT_PROXY_PASSWORD

Password of your proxy

Experiment Execution

Environment VariableDescription

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_PARALLEL_EXECUTION_CHECK_SCOPE

Steadybit will show a warning, if there are experiments running for the same TENANT (default), TEAM or ENVIRONMENT

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_MAXIMUM_DURATION

The maximum total duration of an experiment. Default is 12h

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_EXPERIMENT_TIMEOUT

The time after which the experiment execution should time out after the estimated duration is reached. Default is 15m

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_PREPARATION_TIMEOUT

The time after which the experiment execution should time out if not all agents are prepared. Default is 60s

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_STEP_START_TIMEOUT

The time after which an experiment step should time out if not started after triggering. Default is 180s

Data Retention Settings

All retention settings are defined in a duration string. The duration string is a sequence of decimal numbers, each with a unit suffix, you can find details here.

Environment VariableDescriptionDatabase TableDefault Value

STEADYBIT_EXTERNAL_VENDOR_AMPLITUDE_LOCAL_STORAGE_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Amplitude Tracking Events. (If Amplitude is enabled and the mode has set to LOCAL_STORAGE)

amplitude_local_event

365d

STEADYBIT_EXTERNAL_VENDOR_AMPLITUDE_LOCAL_STORAGE_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

amplitude_local_event

0 15 5 1/1 * ? * (every day at 5:15)

STEADYBIT_AUDITLOG_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Audit Logs.

audit_log

90d

STEADYBIT_AUDITLOG_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

audit_log

0 20 5 1/1 * ? * (every day at 5:20)

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_ARTIFACT_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Experiment Execution Artifacts.

execution_artifact

Keep until the execution is deleted

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_ARTIFACT_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

execution_artifact

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_LOG_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Experiment Execution Logs.

execution_log_event

Keep until the execution is deleted

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_LOG_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

execution_log_event

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_METRIC_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Experiment Execution Metrics.

execution_metric_event

Keep until the execution is deleted

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_METRIC_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

execution_metric_event

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_SPAN_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Experiment Execution Spans.

execution_spans

28d

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_SPAN_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

execution_spans

0 25 5 1/1 * ? * (every day at 5:25)

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Experiment Executions.

experiment_execution and more

No cleanup by default

STEADYBIT_EXPERIMENT_EXECUTION_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

experiment_execution and more

STEADYBIT_METRIC_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Metrics.

metric

365d

STEADYBIT_METRIC_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

metric

0 35 5 1/1 * ? * (every day at 5:35)

STEADYBIT_TARGETS_STATS_RETENTION_PERIOD

Max Age of Target Stats.

target_stats

7d

STEADYBIT_TARGETS_STATS_RETENTION_CRON

-- Cron String for the cleanup job

target_stats

0 30 5 1/1 * ? * (every day at 5:30)

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