Actors

Configuration

Rivet Engine can be configured through environment variables or configuration files. The configuration system is defined in packages/common/config/.

Configuration Loading

Rivet supports multiple configuration sources:

Default Values: All configurations have sensible defaults
File-based Configuration: JSON, JSON5, JSONC, YAML, and YML files
Environment Variables: Using RIVET__ prefix with __ as separator (e.g., RIVET__database__postgres__url)
Multi-path Loading: Can load from multiple configuration files
System Paths: Platform-specific system configuration directories:
- Linux: /etc/rivet/
- macOS: /Library/Application Support/rivet/
- Windows: C:\ProgramData\rivet\

Definition

interface RivetConfig {
  // HTTP/HTTPS traffic handling service
  guard?: {
    host?: string;              // Default: "::" (IPv6 unspecified)
    port?: number;              // Default: 6420
    https?: {
      port: number;
      tls: {
        actor_cert_path: string;
        actor_key_path: string;
        api_cert_path: string;
        api_key_path: string;
      };
    };
  };

  // Private API service configuration
  api_peer?: {
    host?: string;      // Default: "::" (IPv6 unspecified)
    port?: number;      // Default: 6421
  };

  // Logging configuration
  logs?: {
    redirect_logs_dir?: string;  // Directory for log file redirection
  };

  // Multi-datacenter topology
  topology?: {
    datacenter_label: number;     // Default: 1
    datacenters: Array<{
      name: string;               // Default: "default"
      datacenter_label: number;   // Default: 1
      is_leader: boolean;         // Default: true
      api_peer_url: string;       // Default: "http://127.0.0.1:6421"
      guard_url: string;          // Default: "http://127.0.0.1:6420"
    }>;
  };

  // Database backend configuration
  database?: 
    | { 
        postgres: {
          url: string;  // Default: "postgresql://postgres:[email protected]:5432/postgres"
        };
      }
    | { 
        file_system: {
          path: string;  // Default: "~/.local/share/rivet-engine/db" or "./data/db"
        };
      };

  // Message pub/sub system
  pubsub?: 
    | {
        nats: {
          addresses: string[];       // Default: ["127.0.0.1:4222"]
          port?: number;            // Default: 4222
          username?: string;
          password?: string;
        };
      }
    | {
        postgres_notify: {
          url: string;  // Default: "postgresql://postgres:[email protected]:5432/postgres"
        };
      }
    | {
        memory: {
          channel: string;  // Default: "default"
        };
      };

  // Caching layer configuration
  cache?: {
    driver: "redis" | "in_memory";  // Default: "in_memory"
  };

  // ClickHouse analytics database (optional)
  clickhouse?: {
    http_url: string;
    native_url: string;
    username: string;
    password?: string;
    secure?: boolean;  // Default: false
    provision_users?: {
      [key: string]: {
        username: string;
        password: string;
        role: "admin" | "write" | "read_only";
      };
    };
  };

  // Vector HTTP endpoint (optional)
  vector_http?: {
    host: string;  // Default: "127.0.0.1"
    port: number;  // Default: 5022
  };
}

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