Environment variable list
Version: 10.5
The following table describes the environment variables and lists their default values.
| Variable name | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SITECORE_DOCKER_REGISTRY | scr.sitecore.com/sxp/ | Sitecore container registry |
| SITECORE_VERSION | 10.5-ltsc2022(10.5-ltsc2025) | Image tag with the version to be pulled from the container registry |
| EXTERNAL_IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX | ltsc2022(ltsc2025) | Suffix for specifying external images tags to be pulled from container registry |
| SITECORE_ADMIN_PASSWORD | Sitecore application administrator password | |
| SQL_SA_PASSWORD | SQL Server administrator password | |
| SQL_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD | Password to open the SQL Server encryption certificate | |
| SQL_DATABASE_PREFIX | Sitecore | The default prefix for Sitecore MS SQL databases. If you use an existing MS SQL deployment, you must change this to your existing MS SQL prefix. |
| SQL_CUSTOM_DATABASE_PREFIX_UPDATE_FROM | Your prefix for custom databases. | |
| REPORTING_API_KEY | Length: 64-128 characters | |
| TELERIK_ENCRYPTION_KEY | Symmetric key used by the Telerik web controls. Length: 64-128 characters | |
| SITECORE_IDSECRET | Shared secret between the Identity Server and client roles. Length: 64 characters | |
| SITECORE_ID_CERTIFICATE | Identity Server certificate used to encrypt data | |
| SITECORE_ID_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD | Password to open the Identity Server certificate | |
| SITECORE_LICENSE | License file content converted to GZIP Compressed and Base64 encoded string | |
| ISOLATION | default | Override for Docker isolation level (Possible values: default, hyperv, process) |
| SOLR_CORE_PREFIX_NAME | sitecore | A common prefix for Solr core names. If you use an existing Solr deployment, you must change this to your actual Solr core name prefix. |
| MEDIA_REQUEST_PROTECTION_SHARED_SECRET | Shared secret. You must change this to a random string. Do not use the default value. | |
| SITECORE_GRAPHQL_ENABLED | Controls if the GraphQL endpoint is enabled or not. | |
| SITECORE_GRAPHQL_EXPOSEPLAYGROUND | false | Controls if the GraphQL Playground is enabled or not. In a production environment this setting must be set to false. |
| SITECORE_GRAPHQL_UPLOADMEDIAOPTIONS_ENCRYPTIONKEY | 432A462D4A614E64 | The encryption key used for media upload in GraphQL. You must change this to a random string. Do not use the default value. |
| LOG_LEVEL_VALUE | INFO | Select which messages Sitecore writes to the log. You can choose between different levels of severity. |
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