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class="clean-btn tocCollapsibleButton_TO0P">On this page</button></div><div class="theme-doc-markdown markdown"><header><h1>Environment variables</h1></header><p>OpenRAG recognizes environment variables from the following sources:</p>
<ul>
<li class=""><a href="#configure-environment-variables" class="">Environment variables</a>: Values set in the <code>.env</code> file.</li>
<li class=""><a href="#langflow-runtime-overrides" class="">Langflow runtime overrides</a>: Langflow components can set environment variables at runtime.</li>
<li class=""><a href="#default-values-and-fallbacks" class="">Default or fallback values</a>: These values are default or fallback values if OpenRAG doesn&#x27;t find a value.</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="configure-environment-variables">Configure environment variables<a href="#configure-environment-variables" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Configure environment variables" title="Direct link to Configure environment variables" translate="no"></a></h2>
<p>Environment variables are set in a <code>.env</code> file in the root of your OpenRAG project directory.</p>
<p>For an example <code>.env</code> file, see <a href="https://github.com/langflow-ai/openrag/blob/main/.env.example" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""><code>.env.example</code> in the OpenRAG repository</a>.</p>
<p>The Docker Compose files are populated with values from your <code>.env</code>, so you don&#x27;t need to edit the Docker Compose files manually.</p>
<p>Environment variables always take precedence over other variables.</p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="set-environment-variables">Set environment variables<a href="#set-environment-variables" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Set environment variables" title="Direct link to Set environment variables" translate="no"></a></h3>
<p>After you start OpenRAG, you must <a class="" href="/install#tui-container-management">stop and restart OpenRAG containers</a> to apply any changes you make to the <code>.env</code> file.</p>
<p>To set mutable environment variables, do the following:</p>
<ol>
<li class="">
<p>Stop OpenRAG with the TUI or Docker Compose.</p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p>Set the values in the <code>.env</code> file:</p>
<div class="language-bash codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockContent_QJqH"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-bash codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">LOG_FORMAT=json</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">SERVICE_NAME=openrag-dev</span><br></span></code></pre></div></div>
</li>
<li class="">
<p>Start OpenRAG with the TUI or Docker Compose.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Certain environment variables that you set during <a class="" href="/install#application-onboarding">application onboarding</a>, such as provider API keys and provider endpoints, require resetting the containers after modifying the <code>.env</code> file.</p>
<p>To change immutable variables with TUI-managed containers, you must <a class="" href="/install#reinstall">reinstall OpenRAG</a> and either delete or modify the <code>.env</code> file before you repeat the setup and onboarding process in the TUI.</p>
<p>To change immutable variables with self-managed containers, do the following:</p>
<ol>
<li class="">
<p>Stop OpenRAG with Docker Compose.</p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p>Remove the containers:</p>
<div class="language-bash codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockContent_QJqH"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-bash codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">docker-compose down</span><br></span></code></pre></div></div>
</li>
<li class="">
<p>Update the values in your <code>.env</code> file.</p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p>Start OpenRAG with Docker Compose:</p>
<div class="language-bash codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockContent_QJqH"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-bash codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">docker-compose up -d</span><br></span></code></pre></div></div>
</li>
<li class="">
<p>Repeat <a class="" href="/install#application-onboarding">application onboarding</a>. The values in your <code>.env</code> file are automatically populated.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="supported-environment-variables">Supported environment variables<a href="#supported-environment-variables" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Supported environment variables" title="Direct link to Supported environment variables" translate="no"></a></h2>
<p>All OpenRAG configuration can be controlled through environment variables.</p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="ai-provider-settings">AI provider settings<a href="#ai-provider-settings" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to AI provider settings" title="Direct link to AI provider settings" translate="no"></a></h3>
<p>Configure which models and providers OpenRAG uses to generate text and embeddings.
These are initially set during <a class="" href="/install#application-onboarding">application onboarding</a>.
Some values are immutable and can only be changed by recreating the OpenRAG containers, as explained in <a href="#set-environment-variables" class="">Set environment variables</a>.</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>EMBEDDING_MODEL</code></td><td><code>text-embedding-3-small</code></td><td>Embedding model for generating vector embeddings for documents in the knowledge base and similarity search queries. Can be changed after application onboarding. Accepts one or more models.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LLM_MODEL</code></td><td><code>gpt-4o-mini</code></td><td>Language model for language processing and text generation in the <strong>Chat</strong> feature.</td></tr><tr><td><code>MODEL_PROVIDER</code></td><td><code>openai</code></td><td>Model provider, such as OpenAI or IBM watsonx.ai.</td></tr><tr><td><code>OPENAI_API_KEY</code></td><td>Not set</td><td>Optional OpenAI API key for the default model. For other providers, use <code>PROVIDER_API_KEY</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>PROVIDER_API_KEY</code></td><td>Not set</td><td>API key for the model provider.</td></tr><tr><td><code>PROVIDER_ENDPOINT</code></td><td>Not set</td><td>Custom provider endpoint for the IBM and Ollama model providers. Leave unset for other model providers.</td></tr><tr><td><code>PROVIDER_PROJECT_ID</code></td><td>Not set</td><td>Project ID for the IBM watsonx.ai model provider only. Leave unset for other model providers.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="document-processing">Document processing<a href="#document-processing" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Document processing" title="Direct link to Document processing" translate="no"></a></h3>
<p>Control how OpenRAG <a class="" href="/ingestion">processes and ingests documents</a> into your knowledge base.</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>CHUNK_OVERLAP</code></td><td><code>200</code></td><td>Overlap between chunks.</td></tr><tr><td><code>CHUNK_SIZE</code></td><td><code>1000</code></td><td>Text chunk size for document processing.</td></tr><tr><td><code>DISABLE_INGEST_WITH_LANGFLOW</code></td><td><code>false</code></td><td>Disable Langflow ingestion pipeline.</td></tr><tr><td><code>DOCLING_OCR_ENGINE</code></td><td>Set by OS</td><td>OCR engine for document processing. For macOS, <code>ocrmac</code>. For any other OS, <code>easyocr</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>OCR_ENABLED</code></td><td><code>false</code></td><td>Enable OCR for image processing.</td></tr><tr><td><code>OPENRAG_DOCUMENTS_PATHS</code></td><td><code>./openrag-documents</code></td><td>Document paths for ingestion.</td></tr><tr><td><code>PICTURE_DESCRIPTIONS_ENABLED</code></td><td><code>false</code></td><td>Enable picture descriptions.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="langflow-settings">Langflow settings<a href="#langflow-settings" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Langflow settings" title="Direct link to Langflow settings" translate="no"></a></h3>
<p>Configure Langflow authentication.</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_AUTO_LOGIN</code></td><td><code>False</code></td><td>Enable auto-login for Langflow.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_CHAT_FLOW_ID</code></td><td>Built-in flow ID</td><td>This value is automatically set to the ID of the chat <a class="" href="/agents">flow</a>. The default value is found in <a href="https://github.com/langflow-ai/openrag/blob/main/.env.example" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""><code>.env.example</code></a>. Only change this value if you explicitly don&#x27;t want to use this built-in flow.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_ENABLE_SUPERUSER_CLI</code></td><td><code>False</code></td><td>Enable superuser privileges for Langflow CLI commands.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_INGEST_FLOW_ID</code></td><td>Built-in flow ID</td><td>This value is automatically set to the ID of the ingestion <a class="" href="/agents">flow</a>. The default value is found in <a href="https://github.com/langflow-ai/openrag/blob/main/.env.example" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""><code>.env.example</code></a>. Only change this value if you explicitly don&#x27;t want to use this built-in flow.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_KEY</code></td><td>Automatically generated</td><td>Explicit Langflow API key.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_NEW_USER_IS_ACTIVE</code></td><td><code>False</code></td><td>Whether new Langflow users are active by default.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_PUBLIC_URL</code></td><td><code>http://localhost:7860</code></td><td>Public URL for the Langflow instance.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_SECRET_KEY</code></td><td>Not set</td><td>Secret key for Langflow internal operations.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_SUPERUSER</code></td><td>None, must be explicitly set</td><td>Langflow admin username. Required.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD</code></td><td>None, must be explicitly set</td><td>Langflow admin password. Required.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_URL</code></td><td><code>http://localhost:7860</code></td><td>URL for the Langflow instance.</td></tr><tr><td><code>NUDGES_FLOW_ID</code></td><td>Built-in flow ID</td><td>This value is automatically set to the ID of the nudges <a class="" href="/agents">flow</a>. The default value is found in <a href="https://github.com/langflow-ai/openrag/blob/main/.env.example" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""><code>.env.example</code></a>. Only change this value if you explicitly don&#x27;t want to use this built-in flow.</td></tr><tr><td><code>SYSTEM_PROMPT</code></td><td><code>You are a helpful AI assistant with access to a knowledge base. Answer questions based on the provided context.</code></td><td>System prompt instructions for the agent driving the <strong>Chat</strong> flow.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="oauth-provider-settings">OAuth provider settings<a href="#oauth-provider-settings" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to OAuth provider settings" title="Direct link to OAuth provider settings" translate="no"></a></h3>
<p>Configure OAuth providers and external service integrations.</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID</code> / <code>AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY</code></td><td>-</td><td>AWS integrations.</td></tr><tr><td><code>GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID</code> / <code>GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET</code></td><td>-</td><td>Google OAuth authentication.</td></tr><tr><td><code>MICROSOFT_GRAPH_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID</code> / <code>MICROSOFT_GRAPH_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET</code></td><td>-</td><td>Microsoft OAuth.</td></tr><tr><td><code>WEBHOOK_BASE_URL</code></td><td>-</td><td>Base URL for webhook endpoints.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="opensearch-settings">OpenSearch settings<a href="#opensearch-settings" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to OpenSearch settings" title="Direct link to OpenSearch settings" translate="no"></a></h3>
<p>Configure OpenSearch database authentication.</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>OPENSEARCH_HOST</code></td><td><code>localhost</code></td><td>OpenSearch host.</td></tr><tr><td><code>OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD</code></td><td>-</td><td>Password for OpenSearch admin user. Required.</td></tr><tr><td><code>OPENSEARCH_PORT</code></td><td><code>9200</code></td><td>OpenSearch port.</td></tr><tr><td><code>OPENSEARCH_USERNAME</code></td><td><code>admin</code></td><td>OpenSearch username.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="system-settings">System settings<a href="#system-settings" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to System settings" title="Direct link to System settings" translate="no"></a></h3>
<p>Configure general system components, session management, and logging.</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_KEY_RETRIES</code></td><td><code>15</code></td><td>Number of retries for Langflow key generation.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_KEY_RETRY_DELAY</code></td><td><code>2.0</code></td><td>Delay between retries in seconds.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LANGFLOW_VERSION</code></td><td><code>OPENRAG_VERSION</code></td><td>Langflow Docker image version. By default, OpenRAG uses the <code>OPENRAG_VERSION</code> for the Langflow Docker image version.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LOG_FORMAT</code></td><td>Disabled</td><td>Set to <code>json</code> to enabled JSON-formatted log output.</td></tr><tr><td><code>LOG_LEVEL</code></td><td><code>INFO</code></td><td>Logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR).</td></tr><tr><td><code>MAX_WORKERS</code></td><td><code>1</code></td><td>Maximum number of workers for document processing.</td></tr><tr><td><code>OPENRAG_VERSION</code></td><td><code>latest</code></td><td>The version of the OpenRAG Docker images to run. For more information, see <a class="" href="/install#upgrade">Upgrade OpenRAG</a></td></tr><tr><td><code>SERVICE_NAME</code></td><td><code>openrag</code></td><td>Service name for logging.</td></tr><tr><td><code>SESSION_SECRET</code></td><td>Automatically generated</td><td>Session management.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="langflow-runtime-overrides">Langflow runtime overrides<a href="#langflow-runtime-overrides" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Langflow runtime overrides" title="Direct link to Langflow runtime overrides" translate="no"></a></h2>
<p>You can modify <a class="" href="/agents">flow</a> settings at runtime without permanently changing the flow&#x27;s configuration.</p>
<p>Runtime overrides are implemented through <em>tweaks</em>, which are one-time parameter modifications that are passed to specific Langflow components during flow execution.</p>
<p>For more information on tweaks, see the Langflow documentation on <a href="https://docs.langflow.org/concepts-publish#input-schema" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="">Input schema (tweaks)</a>.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_Vzrq" id="default-values-and-fallbacks">Default values and fallbacks<a href="#default-values-and-fallbacks" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Default values and fallbacks" title="Direct link to Default values and fallbacks" translate="no"></a></h2>
<p>If a variable isn&#x27;t set by environment variables or a configuration file, OpenRAG can use a default value if one is defined in the codebase.
Default values can be found in the OpenRAG repository:</p>
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<p>OpenRAG configuration: <a href="https://github.com/langflow-ai/openrag/blob/main/src/config/config_manager.py" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""><code>config_manager.py</code></a></p>
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<p>System configuration: <a href="https://github.com/langflow-ai/openrag/blob/main/src/config/settings.py" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""><code>settings.py</code></a></p>
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<p>Logging configuration: <a href="https://github.com/langflow-ai/openrag/blob/main/src/utils/logging_config.py" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class=""><code>logging_config.py</code></a></p>
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