Backend Configuration

API Environment Variables

General

Variables	Default	Description
PUID	911	UserID permissions between host OS and container
PGID	911	GroupID permissions between host OS and container
DEFAULT_GROUP	Home	The default group for users
DEFAULT_EMAIL	changeme@example.com	The default username for the superuser
BASE_URL	http://localhost:8080	Used for Notifications
TOKEN_TIME	48	The time in hours that a login/auth token is valid
API_PORT	9000	The port exposed by backend API. Do not change this if you're running in Docker
API_DOCS	True	Turns on/off access to the API documentation locally.
TZ	UTC	Must be set to get correct date/time on the server
ALLOW_SIGNUP	true	Allow user sign-up without token (should match frontend env)

Security

Variables	Default	Description
SECURITY_MAX_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS	5	Maximum times a user can provide an invalid password before their account is locked
SECURITY_USER_LOCKOUT_TIME	24	Time in hours for how long a users account is locked

Database

Variables	Default	Description
DB_ENGINE	sqlite	Optional: 'sqlite', 'postgres'
POSTGRES_USER	mealie	Postgres database user
POSTGRES_PASSWORD	mealie	Postgres database password
POSTGRES_SERVER	postgres	Postgres database server address
POSTGRES_PORT	5432	Postgres database port
POSTGRES_DB	mealie	Postgres database name

Email

Variables	Default	Description
SMTP_HOST	None	Required For email
SMTP_PORT	587	Required For email
SMTP_FROM_NAME	Mealie	Required For email
SMTP_AUTH_STRATEGY	TLS	Required For email, Options: 'TLS', 'SSL', 'NONE'
SMTP_FROM_EMAIL	None	Required For email
SMTP_USER	None	Required if SMTP_AUTH_STRATEGY is 'TLS' or 'SSL'
SMTP_PASSWORD	None	Required if SMTP_AUTH_STRATEGY is 'TLS' or 'SSL'

Webworker

Changing the webworker settings may cause unforeseen memory leak issues with Mealie. It's best to leave these at the defaults unless you begin to experience issues with multiple users. Exercise caution when changing these settings

Variables	Default	Description
WEB_GUNICORN	false	Enables Gunicorn to manage Uvicorn web for multiple works
WORKERS_PER_CORE	1	Set the number of workers to the number of CPU cores multiplied by this value (Value * CPUs). More info [here][workers_per_core]
MAX_WORKERS	1	Set the maximum number of workers to use. Default is not set meaning unlimited. More info [here][max_workers]
WEB_CONCURRENCY	1	Override the automatic definition of number of workers. More info [here][web_concurrency]

LDAP

Variables	Default	Description
LDAP_AUTH_ENABLED	False	Authenticate via an external LDAP server in addidion to built-in Mealie auth
LDAP_SERVER_URL	None	LDAP server URL (e.g. ldap://ldap.example.com)
LDAP_TLS_INSECURE	False	Do not verify server certificate when using secure LDAP
LDAP_TLS_CACERTFILE	None	File path to Certificate Authority used to verify server certificate (e.g. /path/to/ca.crt)
LDAP_ENABLE_STARTTLS	False	Optional. Use STARTTLS to connect to the server
LDAP_BASE_DN	None	Starting point when searching for users authentication (e.g. CN=Users,DC=xx,DC=yy,DC=de)
LDAP_QUERY_BIND	None	Optional bind user for LDAP search queries (e.g. cn=admin,cn=users,dc=example,dc=com). If None then anonymous bind will be used
LDAP_QUERY_PASSWORD	None	Optional password for the bind user used in LDAP_QUERY_BIND
LDAP_USER_FILTER	None	Optional LDAP filter to narrow down eligible users (e.g. (memberOf=cn=mealie_user,dc=example,dc=com))
LDAP_ADMIN_FILTER	None	Optional LDAP filter, which tells Mealie the LDAP user is an admin (e.g. (memberOf=cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com))
LDAP_ID_ATTRIBUTE	uid	The LDAP attribute that maps to the user's id
LDAP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE	name	The LDAP attribute that maps to the user's name
LDAP_MAIL_ATTRIBUTE	mail	The LDAP attribute that maps to the user's email