Arangosh Options

    Console

    NameTypeDescription
    console.audit-filestringAudit log file to save commands and results
    Default: “”
    console.auto-completebooleanEnable auto completion
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: true
    console.colorsbooleanEnable color support
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: dynamic (e.g. false)
    console.historybooleanWhether or not to load and persist command-line history
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: true
    Introduced in: v3.4.5
    console.pagerbooleanEnable paging
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    console.pager-commandstringPager command
    Default: “less -X -R -F -L”
    console.pretty-printbooleanEnable pretty printing
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: true
    console.promptstringPrompt used in REPL. prompt components are: ‘%t’: current time as timestamp, ‘%p’: duration of last command in seconds, ‘%d’: name of current database, ‘%e’: current endpoint, ‘%E’: current endpoint without protocol, ‘%u’: current user
    Default: “%E@%d> “

    Encryption

    NameTypeDescription
    encryption.key-generatorstringEnterprise Edition only
    Program providing the encryption key on stdout. If set, encryption will be enabled.
    Default: “”
    encryption.keyfilestringEnterprise Edition only
    File containing the encryption key. If set, encryption will be enabled.
    Default: “”

    Log

    NameTypeDescription
    log.api-enabledstringWhether the log api is enabled (true) or not (false), or only enabled for superuser JWT (jwt)
    Default: “true”
    Introduced in: v3.4.11, v3.5.6, v3.6.5
    log.colorbooleanUse colors for TTY logging
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: dynamic (e.g. true)
    log.escapebooleanEscape characters when logging
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: true
    log.filestringShortcut for ‘—log.output file://‘
    Default: “-“
    log.file-groupstringGroup to use for new log file, user must be a member of this group
    Default: “”
    Introduced in: v3.4.5
    log.file-modestringMode to use for new log file, umask will be applied as well
    Default: “”
    Introduced in: v3.4.5
    log.force-directbooleanDo not start a seperate thread for logging
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    log.foreground-ttybooleanAlso log to tty if backgrounded
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: dynamic (e.g. false)
    log.idsbooleanLog unique message ids
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: true
    Introduced in: v3.5.0
    log.keep-logrotatebooleanKeep the old log file after receiving a sighup
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    log.levelstring…The global or topic-specific log level
    Default: [“info”]
    booleanInclude the function name, file name and line number of the source code that issues the log message. Format: [func@FileName.cpp:123]
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    log.max-entry-lengthuint32Maximum length of a log entry (in bytes)
    Default: 134217728
    Introduced in: v3.7.9
    log.outputstring…Log destination(s), e.g. file:///path/to/file (any ‘$PID’ will be replaced with the process id)
    Default: []
    log.performancebooleanShortcut for ‘—log.level performance=trace’
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    Deprecated in: v3.5.0
    log.prefixstringPrefix log message with this string
    Default: “”
    log.request-parametersbooleanInclude full URLs and HTTP request parameters in trace logs
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: true
    log.rolebooleanLog server role
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    log.shorten-filenamesbooleanShorten filenames in log output (use with —log.line-number)
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: true
    log.threadbooleanShow thread identifier in log message
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    log.thread-namebooleanShow thread name in log message
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    log.time-formatstringTime format to use in logs
    Default: “utc-datestring”
    Possible values: “local-datestring”, “timestamp”, “timestamp-micros”, “timestamp-millis”, “uptime”, “uptime-micros”, “uptime-millis”, “utc-datestring”, “utc-datestring-millis”
    Introduced in: v3.5.0
    log.use-local-timebooleanUse local timezone instead of UTC
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    Deprecated in: v3.5.0
    log.use-microtimebooleanUse microtime instead
    This option can be specified without value to enable it.
    Default: false
    Deprecated in: v3.5.0

    Random

    NameTypeDescription
    random.generatoruint32Random number generator to use (1 = MERSENNE, 2 = RANDOM, 3 = URANDOM, 4 = COMBINED (not for Windows), 5 = WinCrypt (Windows only)
    Default: 1
    Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4

    SSL

    NameTypeDescription
    ssl.protocoluint64Ssl protocol (1 = SSLv2 (unsupported), 2 = SSLv2 or SSLv3 (negotiated), 3 = SSLv3, 4 = TLSv1, 5 = TLSv1.2, 6 = TLSv1.3, 9 = generic TLS)
    Default: 5
    Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9

    Temp

    NameTypeDescription
    temp.pathstringPath for temporary files
    Default: “”