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ee config set

Set a config value

SYNOPSIS

ee config set <key> <value>

OPTIONS

<key>
: Key of config to set

<value>
: Value of config to set

The keys EasyEngine reads:

Key Used for Default
le-mail Email for Let’s Encrypt registration. With Cloudflare DNS validation it must be the Cloudflare account email. asked on first use
wp-mail Default admin email for new WordPress sites. –
locale WordPress locale for new sites. en_US
env Server environment label. ee site sync refuses to write to a server whose env is production. –
sysctl Add sysctl settings to site compose files. false
cloudflare-api-key Cloudflare Global API Key for DNS-01 (wildcard) Let’s Encrypt certificates and their renewal. Scoped API tokens aren’t supported. –
preferred_ssl_challenge dns to use DNS-01 for non-wildcard certificates too. HTTP-01
ssl-policy TLS policy of the global nginx-proxy: Mozilla-Modern, Mozilla-Intermediate, Mozilla-Old or an AWS-* policy. Mozilla-Modern
rclone-path rclone remote and path for ee site backup. easyengine:easyengine
no-of-backups Backups kept per site on the remote. Use a whole number of 1 or more. 7

EXAMPLES

# Save value in config
$ ee config set le-mail abc@example.com

# Set the rclone remote and path for site backups
$ ee config set rclone-path easyengine:backups/server1

SUBCOMMANDS

NameDescription
ee config getGets a config value.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

--sites_path=<path>
    Absolute path to where all sites will be stored.

--locale=<locale>
    Locale for WordPress.

--le-mail=<le-mail>
    Mail-id to be used for letsencrypt.

--env=<env>
    EasyEngine server environment.

--wp-mail=<wp-mail>
    Default Mail-id to be used for WordPress site installation.

--sysctl=<true/false>
    Whether to add sysctl config in docker-compose.

--skip-tty=<true/false>
    Skip tty allocation for remote command execution.

--custom-compose=<custom-compose file>
    Path to custom compose file.

--[no-]color
    Whether to colorize the output.

--debug[=<group>]
    Show all PHP errors; add verbosity to EE bootstrap.

--quiet
    Suppress informational messages.