Configuration Options

All configuration options can be set via command line flags, environment variables or config file.

All options are optional.

Environment variables must be prefixed with SHAPER_ and use uppercase letters and underscores. For example, --nats-token 123 turns into SHAPER_NATS_TOKEN=123.

The config file format is plain text, with one flag per line. The flag name and value are separated by whitespace. For example, --nats-token 123 turns into nats-token 123.

To use a config file, pass the --config-file flag with the path to the config file.

You can combine all three methods to set configuration options. Command-line args have the highest priority. Environment variables have the next-highest priority. The config file has the lowest priority.

`addr`

Web server address to listen on

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--addr`	`SHAPER_ADDR`	`localhost:5454`

`dir`

Directory to store data in

Flag	Env Var	Default	Docker Default
`-d`, `--dir`	`SHAPER_DIR`	`/home/jorin/.shaper`	`/data`

`css`

CSS string to inject into the frontend.

Also see Custom Styles

Flag	Env Var
`--css`	`SHAPER_CSS`

`favicon`

Path to a favicon file to override favicon. Must end with .svg or .ico.

Flag	Env Var
`--favicon`	`SHAPER_FAVICON`

`init-sql`

SQL string to execute on startup.

Supports environment variables in the format $VAR or ${VAR}.

Flag	Env Var
`--init-sql`	`SHAPER_INIT_SQL`

`init-sql-file`

Read SQL from a file to execute on startup.

In most cases you probably want to use init-sql-file over init-sql since it makes managing longer SQL scripts easier.

Note that Shaper doesn’t error if the file doesn’t exist.

Flag	Env Var	Default	Docker Default
`--init-sql-file`	`SHAPER_INIT_SQL_FILE`	`[--dir]/init.sql`	`/var/lib/shaper/init.sql`

`no-public-sharing`

Disable public sharing of dashboards.

Also previously shared dashboards will not be accessible while this flag is set.

Flag	Env Var
`--no-public-sharing`	`SHAPER_NO_PUBLIC_SHARING=true`

`basepath`

Base URL path the frontend is served from.

Override if you are using a reverse proxy and serve the frontend from a subpath.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--basepath`	`SHAPER_BASEPATH`	`/`

`nats-host`

NATS server hostname to listen on.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--nats-host`	`SHAPER_NATS_HOST`	`0.0.0.0`

`nats-port`

NATS server port to listen on.

Set to 0 to disable listening on any port.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`-p`, `--nats-port`	`SHAPER_NATS_PORT`	`0`

`nats-token`

Admin authentication token for the NATS server.

Set to manage NATS via the NATS CLI or other tools.

To get access to ingest data, use an API key instead.

By default no authentication is used. That means once you set a NATS port you should also set a token to secure the NATS server.

Flag	Env Var
`-t`, `--nats-token`	`SHAPER_NATS_TOKEN`

`nats-servers`

Use an external NATS server.

Specify one or more addresses as a comma-separated list.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--nats-servers`	`SHAPER_NATS_SERVERS`	Using internal NATS server

`nats-max-store`

Maximum storage in bytes for JetStream.

Set to 0 for unlimited storage.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--nats-max-store`	`SHAPER_NATS_MAX_STORE`	`0`

`nats-js-key`

JetStream encryption key. Set to encrypt JetStream data on disk.

Watch out: You cannot change or remove the key once set. Then NATS will fail to load existing data.

Flag	Env Var
`--nats-js-key`	`SHAPER_NATS_JS_KEY`

`nats-dir`

Override JetStream storage directory.

Defaults to [--dir]/nats. This means that if you set --dir /data then the NATS storage directory will be /data/nats.

Flag	Env Var
`--nats-dir`	`SHAPER_NATS_DIR`

`duckdb`

Override DuckDB DSN.

Use this to change the location of the DuckDB database file. Or get creative and us a DSN DuckDB supports that is not even on the local file system.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--duckdb`	`SHAPER_DUCKDB`	`[--dir]/shaper.duckdb`

`duckdb-ext-dir`

Override DuckDB extension directory.

By default it uses the system’s default DuckDB extension directory, which is ~/.duckdb/extensions/ on most systems. In Docker it defaults to /data/duckdb_extensions so it’s easy to mount extensions and not have to download them every time the container restarts.

Flag	Env Var	Default	Docker Default
`--duckdb-ext-dir`	`SHAPER_DUCKDB_EXT_DIR`	`~/.duckdb/extensions/`	`/data/duckdb_extensions`

`schema`

Database schema name for internal tables

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--schema`	`SHAPER_SCHEMA`	`_shaper`

`jwtexp`

JWT expiration duration. Used for authentication tokens.

Pass a duration string like 15m for 15 minutes, 1h:15m for 1 hour 15 minutes, etc.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--jwtexp`	`SHAPER_JWTEXP`	`15m0s`

`sessionexp`

Session expiration duration. Used for user sessions.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--sessionexp`	`SHAPER_SESSIONEXP`	`720h0m0s`

`inviteexp`

Invite expiration duration. Used for user invites.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--inviteexp`	`SHAPER_INVITEEXP`	`168h0m0s`

`stream-prefix`

Prefix for NATS stream and KV bucket names. Will be prepened to ingest-stream, state-stream, and config-kv-bucket.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--stream-prefix`	`SHAPER_STREAM_PREFIX`	`""`

`ingest-stream`

Override NATS stream name for ingest messages.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--ingest-stream`	`SHAPER_INGEST_STREAM`	`shaper-ingest`

`state-stream`

Override NATS stream name for Shaper-internal state messages.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--state-stream`	`SHAPER_STATE_STREAM`	`shaper-state`

`config-kv-bucket`

Override NATS config KV bucket name.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--config-kv-bucket`	`SHAPER_CONFIG_KV_BUCKET`	`shaper-config`

`ingest-max-age`

Maximum age of messages in the ingest stream.

Set to 0s for indefinite retention.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--ingest-max-age`	`SHAPER_INGEST_MAX_AGE`	`0s`

`state-max-age`

Maximum age of messages in the state stream.

Set to 0s for indefinite retention.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--state-max-age`	`SHAPER_STATE_MAX_AGE`	`0s`

`ingest-consumer-name-file`

File to store and lookup name for the ingest consumer.

Binding consumer names to the local file system means they reset when the file system is reset. This works well together with Docker containers.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--ingest-consumer-name-file`	`SHAPER_INGEST_CONSUMER_NAME_FILE`	`[--dir]/ingest-consumer-name.txt`

`state-consumer-name-file`

File to store and lookup name for the state consumer.

Binding consumer names to the local file system means they reset when the file system is reset. This works well together with Docker containers.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--state-consumer-name-file`	`SHAPER_STATE_CONSUMER_NAME_FILE`	`[--dir]/state-consumer-name.txt`

`subject-prefix`

Prefix for NATS subjects.

Is prepended to ingest-subject-prefix and state-subject-prefix.

Must be a valid NATS subject name. Should probably end with a dot.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--subject-prefix`	`SHAPER_SUBJECT_PREFIX`	`""`

`ingest-subject-prefix`

Prefix for ingest NATS subjects.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--ingest-subject-prefix`	`SHAPER_INGEST_SUBJECT_PREFIX`	`shaper.ingest.`

`state-subject-prefix`

Prefix for state NATS subjects.

Flag	Env Var	Default
`--state-subject-prefix`	`SHAPER_STATE_SUBJECT_PREFIX`	`shaper.state.`