Environment Variables

See the example env file in the official repository.

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Key Variables

Variable	Description	Example
SERVER_URL	The address for your running server. This address is used to return internal request data, such as webhook links.	https://example.evolution-api.com
WEBSOCKET_ENABLED	Enable or disable WebSocket	true
WEBSOCKET_GLOBAL_EVENTS	Enable Websocket globally	true

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Logs

Variable	Description	Example
LOG_LEVEL	Logs to be shown: ERROR, WARN, DEBUG, INFO, LOG, VERBOSE, DARK, WEBHOOKS	ERROR,WARN,DEBUG,INFO,LOG,VERBOSE,DARK,WEBHOOKS
LOG_COLOR	Show colors in Logs (true or false)	true
LOG_BAILEYS	Which Baileys logs to show: “fatal”, “error”, “warn”, “info”, “debug”, and “trace”	error

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Temporary Storage

Temporary data storage. Values are true or false to store or not.

Variable	Description
STORE_MESSAGES	Store messages
STORE_MESSAGE_UP	Store message updates
STORE_CONTACTS	Store contacts
STORE_CHATS	Store chats

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Temporary Storage Cleaning

Cleaning temporary storage.

Variable	Description
CLEAN_STORE_CLEANING_INTERVAL	Cleaning interval in seconds
CLEAN_STORE_MESSAGES	Whether to delete messages (true or false)
CLEAN_STORE_MESSAGE_UP	Whether to delete message updates (true or false)
CLEAN_STORE_CONTACTS	Whether to delete contacts (true or false)
CLEAN_STORE_CHATS	Whether to delete chats (true or false)

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Persistent Storage

Connection configurations:

Variable	Description	Example
DATABASE_ENABLED	Whether persistent storage is enabled	true
DATABASE_CONNECTION_URI	MongoDB connection URI	mongodb://username:password@host:port/database
DATABASE_CONNECTION_DB_PREFIX_NAME	Prefix name for database connection logs	error

Which data to save (true or false):

Variable	Description
DATABASE_SAVE_DATA_INSTANCE	Save instance data
DATABASE_SAVE_DATA_NEW_MESSAGE	Save new messages
DATABASE_SAVE_MESSAGE_UPDATE	Save message updates
DATABASE_SAVE_DATA_CONTACTS	Save contacts
DATABASE_SAVE_DATA_CHATS	Save chats

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Redis

Variable	Description	Example
CACHE_REDIS_ENABLED	Whether Redis is enabled (true or false)	true
CACHE_REDIS_URI	Redis connection URI	redis://redis:6379
CACHE_REDIS_PREFIX_KEY	Key name prefix	evolution
CACHE_REDIS_TTL	Time to keep cached data in Redis	604800
CACHE_REDIS_SAVE_INSTANCES	Save WhatsApp connection credentials on Redis	false
CACHE_LOCAL_ENABLED	Cache data in memory (an alternative for Redis)	false
CACHE_LOCAL_TTL	Time to keep cached data in memory	604800

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RabbitMQ

Variable	Description	Example
RABBITMQ_ENABLED	Enables RabbitMQ (true or false)	true
RABBITMQ_GLOBAL_ENABLED	Enables RabbitMQ globally (true or false)	false
RABBITMQ_URI	RabbitMQ connection URI	amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq:5672
RABBITMQ_EXCHANGE_NAME	Exchange name	evolution_exchange
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_APPLICATION_STARTUP	Sends an event on app startup	false
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_QRCODE_UPDATED	Sends QR Code Update events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_MESSAGES_SET	Sends Message Creation events (message retrieval)	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_MESSAGES_UPSERT	Sends Message Receipt events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_MESSAGES_UPDATE	Sends Message Update events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_MESSAGES_DELETE	Sends Message Deletion events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_SEND_MESSAGE	Sends Message Sending events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CONTACTS_SET	Sends Contact Creation events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CONTACTS_UPSERT	Sends Contact Creation events (contact retrieval)	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CONTACTS_UPDATE	Sends Contact Update events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_PRESENCE_UPDATE	Sends Presence Update events (“typing…” or “recording…“)	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CHATS_SET	Sends Chat Creation events (chat retrieval)	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CHATS_UPSERT	Sends Chat Creation events (message receipt or sending in new chats)	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CHATS_UPDATE	Sends Chat Update events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CHATS_DELETE	Sends Chat Deletion events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_GROUPS_UPSERT	Sends Group Creation events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_GROUPS_UPDATE	Sends Group Update events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_GROUP_PARTICIPANTS_UPDATE	Sends Group Participant Update events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CONNECTION_UPDATE	Sends Connection Update events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_LABELS_EDIT	Sends Label Edit events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_LABELS_ASSOCIATION	Sends Label Association events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_CALL	Sends Call events	true
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_TYPEBOT_START	Sends Typebot flow start events	false
RABBITMQ_EVENTS_TYPEBOT_CHANGE_STATUS	Sends Typebot status update events	false

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SQS

Variable	Description
SQS_ENABLED	Whether SQS is enabled (true or false)
SQS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	SQS access key ID
SQS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	SQS access key
SQS_ACCOUNT_ID	Account ID
SQS_REGION	SQS region

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Instances

Variable	Description	Example
DEL_INSTANCE	In how many minutes an instance will be deleted if not connected. Use “false” to never delete.	5
DEL_TEMP_INSTANCES	Delete closed instances on startup	true

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CORS

Variable	Description	Example
CORS_ORIGIN	Allowed origins for the API, separated by commas (use ”*” to accept requests from any origin).	https://my-frontend.com,https://my-other-frontend.com
CORS_METHODS	Allowed HTTP methods, separated by commas.	POST,GET,PUT,DELETE
CORS_CREDENTIALS	Allow cookies in requests (true or false).	true

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Webhook

Variable	Description
WEBHOOK_GLOBAL_URL	URL to receive webhook requests
WEBHOOK_GLOBAL_ENABLED	Whether webhooks are enabled (true or false)
WEBHOOK_GLOBAL_WEBHOOK_BY_EVENTS	Enable specific webhook events

Webhook events with true or false values:

Variable
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_APPLICATION_STARTUP
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_QRCODE_UPDATED
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_MESSAGES_SET
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_MESSAGES_UPSERT
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_MESSAGES_UPDATE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_MESSAGES_DELETE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_SEND_MESSAGE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CONTACTS_SET
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CONTACTS_UPSERT
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CONTACTS_UPDATE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_PRESENCE_UPDATE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CHATS_SET
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CHATS_UPSERT
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CHATS_UPDATE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CHATS_DELETE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_GROUPS_UPSERT
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_GROUPS_UPDATE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_GROUP_PARTICIPANTS_UPDATE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CONNECTION_UPDATE
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_LABELS_EDIT
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_LABELS_ASSOCIATION
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CALL
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_NEW_JWT_TOKEN
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_TYPEBOT_START
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_TYPEBOT_CHANGE_STATUS
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_CHAMA_AI_ACTION
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_ERRORS
WEBHOOK_EVENTS_ERRORS_WEBHOOK

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QR Code

Variable	Description
QRCODE_LIMIT	Duration for which the QR code will last
QRCODE_COLOR	Color of the generated QR code

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Typebot

Variable	Description
TYPEBOT_API_VERSION	API version (fixed version or latest)
TYPEBOT_KEEP_OPEN	Keep Typebot open (true or false)

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Authentication

Variable	Description
AUTHENTICATION_TYPE	Authentication type (jwt or apikey)
AUTHENTICATION_API_KEY	API key to be used for authentication
AUTHENTICATION_EXPOSE_IN_FETCH_INSTANCES
AUTHENTICATION_JWT_EXPIRIN_IN	JWT token expiration time
AUTHENTICATION_JWT_SECRET	Secret used to generate the JWT