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Resources environment variables

Resources environment variables available for use with Self-hosted Retool deployments.

Only configure environment variables when needed. You can configure many environment variables from your organization's Settings rather than directly editing your deployment's configuration file.

You must restart your instance after setting any variables for them to take effect.

ENABLE_CLIENT_SIDE_CUSTOM_AUTH_BROWSER_CALLS

Whether to allow custom authentication steps for resources that make REST API calls directly from the browser. If true, these requests include all browser credentials, even cross-origin calls.

Type boolean
ConfigurabilityUpdate the deployment's configuration file.
Required Optional
Defaultfalse
Examples
true

ENCRYPTION_KEY

The encryption key used to encrypt data stored in the PostgreSQL database (e.g., database credentials, SSH keys, etc). If you change this key, you will lose access to all resources that were created before the change.

Type string
Format Plain Text
ConfigurabilityUpdate the deployment's configuration file.
Required Optional
Defaultnull
Examples
key

RESOURCE_TYPES_CREATION_DENY_LIST

A comma-separated list of resource types to restrict users from creating. Use RESOURCE_TYPES_DENY_LIST to restrict both creating and using resources of specific types.

Type string
ConfigurabilityUpdate the deployment's configuration file.
Required Optional
Defaultnull
Examples
mongodb,rest-api

RESOURCE_TYPES_DENY_LIST

A comma-separated list of resource types to restrict users from both creating and using. Any existing resources of these types will not be accessible while this restriction is in place. Use RESOURCE_TYPES_CREATION_DENY_LIST to restrict only the creation of resources of specific types.

Type string
ConfigurabilityUpdate the deployment's configuration file.
Required Optional
Defaultnull
Examples
mongodb,rest-api

USE_GCM_ENCRYPTION

Whether to use AES-192-GCM authenticated encryption method instead of AES-192-CBC. If set to true, you must also set ENCRYPTION_KEY.

Type boolean
ConfigurabilityUpdate the deployment's configuration file.
Required Optional
Defaultfalse
Examples
true