{"id": "configuration:configuration-cli", "page": "configuration", "ref": "configuration-cli", "title": "Configuration via the command-line", "content": "The recommended way to configure Datasette is using a  datasette.yaml  file passed to  -c/--config . You can also pass individual settings to Datasette using the  -s/--setting  option, which can be used multiple times: \n             datasette mydatabase.db \\\n  --setting settings.default_page_size 50 \\\n  --setting settings.sql_time_limit_ms 3500 \n             This option takes dotted-notation for the first argument and a value for the second argument. This means you can use it to set any configuration value that would be valid in a  datasette.yaml  file. \n             It also works for plugin configuration, for example for  datasette-cluster-map : \n             datasette mydatabase.db \\\n  --setting plugins.datasette-cluster-map.latitude_column xlat \\\n  --setting plugins.datasette-cluster-map.longitude_column xlon \n             If the value you provide is a valid JSON object or list it will be treated as nested data, allowing you to configure plugins that accept lists such as  datasette-proxy-url : \n             datasette mydatabase.db \\\n  -s plugins.datasette-proxy-url.paths '[{\"path\": \"/proxy\", \"backend\": \"http://example.com/\"}]' \n             This is equivalent to a  datasette.yaml  file containing the following: \n             [[[cog\nfrom metadata_doc import config_example\nimport textwrap\nconfig_example(cog, textwrap.dedent(\n  \"\"\"\n  plugins:\n    datasette-proxy-url:\n      paths:\n      - path: /proxy\n        backend: http://example.com/\n  \"\"\").strip()\n  ) \n             ]]] \n             [[[end]]]", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Configuration\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-cluster-map\", \"label\": \"datasette-cluster-map\"}, {\"href\": \"https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-proxy-url\", \"label\": \"datasette-proxy-url\"}]"}