App Config Keys

This is a comprehensive list of keys and their possible values for the Revel app.conf file. See general information for an overview on how to use the app.conf file.

Revel Tool

Option	Default	Description
error.link		Link to use for errors when building
harness.port	0	The default port used by the harness
watch.mode	normal	Valid values normal, eager if eager application is rebuilt immediately when a source file is changed (instead of waiting for a new request)
watch.gopath	false	Watch GOPAth for changes
watch	true	Watch files for changes
watch.code	true	Watch source code for changes
package.folders	conf,public,app/views	when building/packaging only include folders defined in this option

Core application

Option	Default	Description
app.behind.proxy	``	True if behind a proxy
app.name	``	The name of the application
app.root	``	The application root
app.secret	``	The secret hashing key
build.tags		Any build tags for the cmd tool
cache.hosts	``	The name of the (redis) host to provide caching
cache.memcached	false	True if cache should be in memory
cache.redis	false	True if cache should be in redis
cache.redis.maxidle	10	The max idle time
cache.redis.maxactive	0	The max active time
cache.redis.password	``	The password of the redis cache server
cache.redis.protocol	tcp	The protocol of the redis cache server
cache.redis.timeout.connect	10000	The max time to connect in ms
cache.redis.timeout.read	5000	The max time to read in ms
cache.redis.timeout.write	5000	The max time to write in ms
cookie.domain	``	The domain of the cookie
cookie.prefix	``	The name of the cookie prefix
cookie.secure	http.ssl	True if secure cookie
cookie.samesite	``	Valid values default, strict, lax, none
format.date	"2006-01-02"	The default format of date
format.datetime	"2006-01-02 15:04"	The default format of date time
http.host	localhost	The hostname
http.addr	``	The http address
http.port	9000	The http port to listen on
http.timeout.read	0	The time in seconds to wait for a read to finish
http.timeout.write	0	The time in seconds to wait for a write to finish
httpmaxrequestsize	32M	As implemented by the server engine
http.sslcert	``	The SSL Certificate path
http.sslkey	``	The SSL Key path
http.ssl	``	True if HTTPS should be used
log.fatal.output	stderr	The output of fatal messages
log.error.output	stderr	The output of error messages
log.debug.output	stderr	The output of debug messages
log.info.output	stderr	The output of info messages
log.warn.output	stderr	The output of warn messages
log.colorize	true	True if log output should be colorized
mode.dev	false	True if in dev mode
revel.cache.controller.stack	10	The number of user controller instances to precreate (each user instance gets a Controller instance injected into it during routing)
revel.cache.controller.maxstack	100	The number of instances to store and reuse
revel.controller.stack	100	The number of controller instances to precreate of Controllers
revel.controller.maxstack	200	The number of instances to store and reuse
results.compressed	false	Set to True if you want the compress filter to compress the results
results.chunked	false	Set to True if you want the results chunked on return
results.trim.html	false	Set to True if you want the results trimmed (whitespace removed)
results.pretty	false	Set to True if you want the JSON results or XML results prettified
server.context.stack	100	The number of instances to precreate of server response & request handlers
server.context.maxstack	200	The number of instances to store and reuse
server.form.stack	100	The number of instances to precreate of server multipart form objects
server.form.maxstack	200	The number of instances to store and reuse
server.engine	go	The Server Engine to use
server.request.max.multipart.filesize	32M	The max file size that will be accepted via upload file
template.engines	go	The comma delimited list of template engines to use, the first engine in the list will be the default engine
watch.routes	true	Watch routes file for code changes
watch.templates	true	Watch template files for code changes

Modules

NewRelic Server Engine

Option	Default	Description
app.name	My App	Reporting name to newrelic
server.newrelic.license		Newrelic license
server.newrelic.addfilter	true	Inject the newrelic filter into revel.Filters automatically (or you can include it yourself by adding NewRelicFilter to your filter chain

FastHTTP Server Engine

Option	Default	Description
server.newrelic.license		Newrelic license

Ace Template Engine

Option	Default	Description
ace.template.path	lower	Change the template case to lower, valid values lower,case invalid values assume lower

Pongo2 Template Engine

Option	Default	Description
pongo2.template.path	lower	Change the template case to lower, valid values lower,case invalid values assume lower

Go Template Engine

Option	Default	Description
go.template.path	lower	Change the template case to lower, valid values lower,case invalid values assume lower
template.go.delimiters	``	The template delimiter to use for all go templates

Jobs Engine

Option	Default	Description
jobs.pool	10	Number of jobs that can run at once
jobs.acceptproxyaddress	false	If true allow external proxy access for jobs page
jobs.selfconcurrent	false	Can a single job run multiple (concurrent) times