Environment Variables

This is a complete list of available environment variables; required variables are marked with a ✓.

Variable	Description	Required	Default
IGDB_CLIENT_ID	Client ID for IGDB API
IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET	Client secret for IGDB API
MOBYGAMES_API_KEY	Mobygames secret API key
STEAMGRIDDB_API_KEY	SteamGridDB secret API key
DB_HOST	Host name of MariaDB instance	✓	localhost
DB_PORT	Port number of MariaDB instance		3306
DB_NAME	Should match MYSQL_DATABASE in mariadb		romm
DB_USER	Should match MYSQL_USER in mariadb	✓
DB_PASSWD	Should match MYSQL_PASSWORD in mariadb	✓
ROMM_AUTH_SECRET_KEY	Generate a key with openssl rand -hex 32	✓
ROMM_HOST	Host name of ROMM instance		localhost
DISABLE_CSRF_PROTECTION	Disables CSRF protection (not recommended)		false
DISABLE_DOWNLOAD_ENDPOINT_AUTH	Disable auth on download endpoint (WebRcade, Tinfoil)		false
SCAN_TIMEOUT	Timeout for the background scan/rescan tasks (in seconds)		14400
ENABLE_RESCAN_ON_FILESYSTEM_CHANGE	Enable rescanning of library when filesystem changes		false
RESCAN_ON_FILESYSTEM_CHANGE_DELAY	Delay in minutes before rescanning library when filesystem changes		5
ENABLE_SCHEDULED_RESCAN	Enable scheduled rescanning of library		false
SCHEDULED_RESCAN_CRON	Cron expression for scheduled rescanning		"0 3 * * *"
ENABLE_SCHEDULED_UPDATE_SWITCH_TITLEDB	Enable scheduled updating of Switch TitleDB index		false
SCHEDULED_UPDATE_SWITCH_TITLEDB_CRON	Cron expression for scheduled updating of Switch TitleDB		"0 4 * * *"
ENABLE_SCHEDULED_UPDATE_MAME_XML	Enable scheduled updating of MAME XML index		false
SCHEDULED_UPDATE_MAME_XML_CRON	Cron expression for scheduled updating of MAME XML		"0 5 * * *"
DISABLE_EMULATOR_JS	Disables playing in browser with EmulatorJS		false
DISABLE_RUFFLE_RS	Disables playing flash games with RuffleRS		false
TZ	Sets the timezone		UTC