Environment variables and defaults
The environment variables needed for running Ente and the default configuration are documented below:
Environment Variables
A self-hosted Ente instance has to specify endpoints for both Museum (the server) and web apps.
This document outlines the essential environment variables and port mappings of the web apps.
Here's the list of environment variables that is used by the cluster:
| Service | Environment Variable | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|
web | ENTE_API_ORIGIN | Alias for NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ENDPOINT. API Endpoint for Ente's API (Museum). | http://localhost:8080 |
web | ENTE_ALBUMS_ORIGIN | Alias for NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ALBUMS_ENDPOINT. Base URL for Ente Album, used for public sharing. | http://localhost:3002 |
postgres | POSTGRES_USER | Username for PostgreSQL database | pguser |
postgres | POSTGRES_DB | Name of database for use with Ente | ente_db |
postgres | POSTGRES_PASSWORD | Password for PostgreSQL database's user | Randomly generated (quickstart) |
minio | MINIO_ROOT_USER | Username for MinIO | Randomly generated (quickstart) |
minio | MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD | Password for MinIO | Randomly generated (quickstart) |
Default Configuration
Self-hosted Ente clusters have certain default configuration for ease of use, which is documented below to understand its behavior:
Ports
The below format is according to how ports are mapped in Docker when using the quickstart script. The mapping is of the format <host-port>:<container-port> in ports in compose file.
| Service | Type | Host Port | Container Port |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum | Server | 8080 | 8080 |
| Ente Photos | Web | 3000 | 3000 |
| Ente Accounts | Web | 3001 | 3001 |
| Ente Albums | Web | 3002 | 3002 |
| Ente Auth | Web | 3003 | 3003 |
| Ente Cast | Web | 3004 | 3004 |
| MinIO | S3 | 3200 | 3200 |
| PostgreSQL | Database | 5432 |