1. Appendices

Environment variable list

Version: 10.5

The following table describes the environment variables and lists their default values.

Variable nameDefault valueDescription
SITECORE_DOCKER_REGISTRYscr.sitecore.com/sxp/Sitecore container registry
SITECORE_VERSION10.5-ltsc2022(10.5-ltsc2025)Image tag with the version to be pulled from the container registry
EXTERNAL_IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIXltsc2022(ltsc2025)Suffix for specifying external images tags to be pulled from container registry
SITECORE_ADMIN_PASSWORDSitecore application administrator password
SQL_SA_PASSWORDSQL Server administrator password
SQL_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORDPassword to open the SQL Server encryption certificate
SQL_DATABASE_PREFIXSitecoreThe 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_FROMYour prefix for custom databases.
REPORTING_API_KEYLength: 64-128 characters
TELERIK_ENCRYPTION_KEYSymmetric key used by the Telerik web controls.

Length: 64-128 characters
SITECORE_IDSECRETShared secret between the Identity Server and client roles.

Length: 64 characters
SITECORE_ID_CERTIFICATEIdentity Server certificate used to encrypt data
SITECORE_ID_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORDPassword to open the Identity Server certificate
SITECORE_LICENSELicense file content converted to GZIP Compressed and Base64 encoded string
ISOLATIONdefaultOverride for Docker isolation level

(Possible values: default, hyperv, process)
SOLR_CORE_PREFIX_NAMEsitecoreA 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_SECRETShared secret. You must change this to a random string. Do not use the default value.
SITECORE_GRAPHQL_ENABLEDControls if the GraphQL endpoint is enabled or not.
SITECORE_GRAPHQL_EXPOSEPLAYGROUNDfalseControls if the GraphQL Playground is enabled or not. In a production environment this setting must be set to false.
SITECORE_GRAPHQL_UPLOADMEDIAOPTIONS_ENCRYPTIONKEY432A462D4A614E64The encryption key used for media upload in GraphQL. You must change this to a random string. Do not use the default value.
LOG_LEVEL_VALUEINFOSelect which messages Sitecore writes to the log. You can choose between different levels of severity.
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