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Settings

PSc8y and c8y supports a modern approach to configuration. It allows you to control settings via configuration files and/or environment variables.

Order of processing​

The settings are read and applied in the following order:

  1. Read settings.<json|yaml> inside current working directory
  2. Read settings.<json|yaml> file inside the directory specified by the C8Y_SESSION_HOME env variable
  3. Read session file path in the C8Y_SESSION env variable
  4. Read setting from env variable (if defined)
  5. Read from command argument equivalent (if it exists)

The value last set will be used by c8y.

You can inspect the current settings interpreted by go-c8y-cli by running:

c8y settings list --select "**" --output json
Output
{
  "activitylog": {
    "currentPath": "/home/exampleuser/demo/activityLog/c8y.activitylog.2021-05-14.json",
    "enabled": true,
    "methodfilter": "GET PUT POST DELETE",
    "path": "$C8Y_HOME/activityLog"
  },
  "aliases": {
    "perf": "!c8y activitylog list --dateFrom '$1' --select responseTimeMS -o csv | datamash -H -W mean 1 max 1 min 1 range 1"
  },
  "ci": false,
  "commonaliases": {
    "mo": "inventory get --view off --output json --id '$1'",
    "recentalarms": "alarms list --dateFrom -1h"
  },
  "defaults": {
    "abortonerrors": 10,
    "cache": false,
    "cachettl": "60s",
    "compact": false,
    "confirm": false,
    "confirmtext": "",
    "currentpage": 0,
    "debug": false,
    "delay": "10ms",
    "delaybefore": "0ms",
    "dry": false,
    "dryformat": "markdown",
    "examples": false,
    "flatten": false,
    "force": false,
    "includeall": false,
    "insecure": false,
    "logmessage": "",
    "maxjobs": 0,
    "maxworkers": 50,
    "noaccept": false,
    "nocolor": false,
    "nolog": false,
    "noproxy": false,
    "nullinput": false,
    "output": "json",
    "outputfile": "",
    "outputfileraw": "",
    "outputtemplate": "",
    "pagesize": 20,
    "progress": false,
    "proxy": "",
    "raw": false,
    "session": "",
    "sessionpassword": "",
    "sessionusername": "",
    "silentexit": false,
    "silentstatuscodes": "",
    "timeout": "600s",
    "totalpages": 0,
    "verbose": false,
    "view": "auto",
    "witherror": false,
    "withtotalpages": false,
    "workers": 1
  },
  "encryption": {
    "cachepassphrase": true,
    "enabled": true
  },
  "includeall": {
    "delayms": 50,
    "pagesize": 2000
  },
  "logger": {
    "hidesensitive": "true"
  },
  "mode": {
    "confirmation": "PUT POST DELETE",
    "enablecreate": true,
    "enabledelete": true,
    "enableupdate": true
  },
  "path": "",
  "session": {
    "defaultusername": "",
  },
  "storage": {
    "storepassword": true,
    "storetoken": true
  },
  "template": {
    "path": "/home/exampleuser/demo/templates"
  },
  "views": {
    "columnmaxwidth": 80,
    "columnminwidth": 5,
    "columnpadding": 5,
    "commonpaths": ["/home/exampleuser/.go-c8y-cli/views/default"],
    "custompaths": ["$C8Y_HOME/views"],
    "rowmode": "truncate"
  }
}
note

The settings can be played under the .settings property of either your global settings file or a current session file.

{
  "settings": {
    // all settings
  }
}

Global settings​

Example: Set global defaults to use in each c8y session​

Global settings can be controlled by creating a settings.json file in the $C8Y_HOME folder, and adding the following contents:

file: ~/.cumulocity/settings.json
{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/exampleuser/go-c8y-cli/v2/tools/schema/session.schema.json",
  "settings": {
      "storage": {
        "storepassword": false,
        "storetoken": false
      },
      "defaults": {
        "pageSize": 30
      }
  }
}

The same settings can also be added to your session file, so that you can override the defaults defined in the settings.json file.

Below shows an example of a session (json) file with a settings section, where the default pageSize is set to 50.

file: ~/.cumulocity/my-session01.json
{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/exampleuser/go-c8y-cli/v2/tools/schema/session.schema.json",
  "host": "https://example.zz-latest.cumulocity.com",
  "tenant": "t12345",
  "username": "hans@example.com",
  "password": "h4n$gRu8er",
  "description": "Nakatomi building management",
  "settings": {
      "defaults:" {
        "pageSize": 50
      }
  }
}
tip
  • If the same settings exists in the settings.json and session file, then the value in the session file will be used
  • The $schema property is provided to enable tab completion of the properties when editing in VS Code (or another editor which supports the json schema lookups)

Special Environment variables​

Some settings cannot be defined in the session or settings files as they control the behaviour related to such files.

The following is a list of available environment variables which control how c8y and PSc8y interacts with activating, searching and displaying c8y sessions.

C8Y_HOME​

Directory which will be available for use in other configuration options that expect a path. It allows your folders to be grouped together

C8Y_SESSION_HOME​

By default the $HOME/.cumulocity directory is used to store the Cumulocity session files. A custom session home folder can be specified by setting the C8Y_SESSION_HOME to a folder.

Use a custom folder where the Cumulocity Session files should be kept and searched through.

Environment variable mapping​

All of the settings can be also set via an environment settings.

The equivalent environment variable name can be calculated by applying the following transformation:

  1. Convert values to upper case
  2. Replace . characters with _
  3. Add C8Y_SETTINGS_ to the name

The following shows a few examples of the transformation:

SettingEnvironment Variable
ciC8Y_SETTINGS_CI or CI
defaults.pageSizeC8Y_SETTINGS_DEFAULTS_PAGESIZE
defaults.forceC8Y_SETTINGS_DEFAULTS_FORCE

Tab completion​

go-c8y-cli provides a way to edit the configuration from the command line either by setting a value in your configuration file, or setting an environment variable.

c8y settings update <tab><tab>
c8y settings update logger.hideSensitive <tab><tab>

Settings​

activitylog.enabled: boolean​

Enable activity log

c8y settings update activitylog.enabled true

activitylog.methodfilter: string​

c8y settings update activitylog.methodfilter "GET PUT POST DELETE"

Types of HTTP Methods to include in the activity log.

You can reduce choose to ignore GET requests from the activity log by using:

c8y settings update activitylog.methodfilter "PUT POST DELETE"

activitylog.path: string​

Base folder where the activity log files should be stored.

c8y settings update activitylog.path '$C8Y_HOME/activityLog'
tip

$C8Y_HOME is a special go-c8y-cli variable that can be used to reference your c8y home folder, so you will need to make sure you use single quotes when setting it via the command line so it does not get expanded to a shell variable.

defaults.cache: boolean​

Enable caching. Defaults to false.

Caching can be turned on for individual commands by using the --cache global parameter.

When the setting is activated, then all requests which match the cache.methods settings will be cached. Users can opt out of caching for individual commands by using the --noCache global parameter.

defaults.cacheTTL: string​

Cache time-to-live (TTL) settings to control the maximum age that a cached response. If the cached response is older than the TTL settings, then the cached item will be ignored.

cache.keyauth: boolean​

Include the request's Authorization header value when generating the cache key. Defaults to true.

This can be useful if you want to share caching across multiple users. Normally the authorization header is used in the cache key generation, so the cached item will be a different file key for multiple users

cache.keyhost: boolean​

Include the host name when generating the cache key. Defaults to true.

This can be useful when setting up a mock system where you want to fake server response by using cached response regardless of the server. This is a more advanced settings, so just ignore it if you don't understand it.

cache.methods: string​

Space separated list of HTTP methods which should be cached. By default only GET is configured.

# Enable more http methods to be cached
c8y settings update cache.methods "GET PUT POST"

cache.path: string​

Location of the cache directory. If the path does not exist it was be created when the first cached item is created.

Defaults to:

  • Linux/MacOS: {tmp}/go-c8y-cli-cache, where {tmp} is set to $TMPDIR if not empty otherwise /tmp
  • Windows: {tmp}/go-c8y-cli-cache, where {tmp} is set to the first non-empty value of %TMP%, %TEMP%, %USERPROFILE%
note

If go-c8y-cli is being by multiple users on the same computer/server and you need to prevent users from accessing the local cached files, then you should change the default location of the cache, and apply the appropriate folder permissions to prevent other users from accessing the response from other users.

ci: boolean​

Enable CI mode where all prompts will be disabled. If set to true it will override/ignore the following settings:

  • mode.enablecreate
  • mode.enabledelete
  • mode.enableupdate
note

From v2.18.0, go-c8y-cli will detect the CI environment variable which is set by most CI/CD environments. It can be enabled explicitly using:

export C8Y_SETTINGS_CI=true

# or
export CI=true

encryption.cachepassphrase: boolean​

Cache your encryption passphrase in an environment variable.

encryption.enabled: boolean​

Enable session encryption where your session password and/or token will be stored encrypted in the session file.

You may need to run set-session on your session again to apply the session encryption.

includeall.delayms: int​

Delay in milliseconds used internally by go-c8y-cli when iterating through the pages when using the includeAll parameter.

includeall.pagesize: int​

Page size to be used when using the includeAll parameter. This value will override any pageSize parameter.

logger.hidesensitive: boolean​

Hide sensitive information such usernames, passwords and tokens when using dry to make it easier to share the documentation with other people whilst keeping your passwords safe.

mode.confirmation: string​

Type of HTTP methods which will cause the user to be prompted.

You can customize this to only prompt when editing and deleting items using:

c8y settings update mode.confirmation "PUT DELETE"

mode.enablecreate: boolean​

Enable POST commands. If set to false then all POST related commands will return an error.

mode.enabledelete: boolean​

Enable DELETE commands. If set to false then all DELETE related commands will return an error.

mode.enableupdate: boolean​

Enable UPDATE commands. If set to false then all UPDATE related commands will return an error.

session.defaultusername: string​

Default username which is used when creating a new command via c8y sessions create

session.tokenValidFor: string​

The minimum duration (e.g. 8h) that a token should be valid for in order to reuse it. You can control when to renew it when setting the active session, and ignore the token if it is to expire soon based on the duration.

storage.storepassword: boolean​

Enable storage of your password in your session file. Disable if you do not want to store sensitive information to file. However this means you will be prompted for your password when you select a session via set-session.

storage.storetoken: boolean​

Enable storage of your OAUTH token in your session file. The token automatically generated when using set-session if the tenant uses OAUTH2_INTERNAL.

template.path: string​

Directory where the templates are located which will be available via tab completion and reference by name.

template.customPaths: string​

Additional directories where templates are located. Multiple paths can be specified by using a : delimiter. Environment variables can also be referenced using $VARNAME.

views.columnmaxwidth: int​

Maximum width of columns when using the table view

views.columnminwidth: int​

Minimum width of columns when using the table view

views.columnMinWidthEmptyValue: int​

Minimum column width for cells where the first row includes an non-existent or empty value when using the table view. This value is typically larger than the minimum width so that other rows which might have an non-empty value will still be readable (and not truncated so much)

views.columnpadding: int​

Column padding to add when calculating the column widths based on the content.

views.commonpaths: []string​

Array of directories where view files should be search for.

note

It is recommended to only use this setting in your global configuration file, so it can be reused between multiple sessions.

views.custompaths: []string​

Array of directories where view files should be search for

note

It is recommended to only use this setting in your session file if you want a custom view which is only valid for a single tenant.

views.rowmode: string​

Row rendering mode. Accepts truncate, wrap or overflow. truncated is the default setting, however if there is an invalid settings, then overflow will be used.

In wrap mode, row separators will also be included to better visually delimit the table cells.