sections: configuration:configuration-cli

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configuration:configuration-cli	configuration	configuration-cli	Configuration via the command-line	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: datasette mydatabase.db \ --setting settings.default_page_size 50 \ --setting settings.sql_time_limit_ms 3500 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. It also works for plugin configuration, for example for datasette-cluster-map : datasette mydatabase.db \ --setting plugins.datasette-cluster-map.latitude_column xlat \ --setting plugins.datasette-cluster-map.longitude_column xlon 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 : datasette mydatabase.db \ -s plugins.datasette-proxy-url.paths '[{"path": "/proxy", "backend": "http://example.com/"}]' This is equivalent to a datasette.yaml file containing the following: [[[cog from metadata_doc import config_example import textwrap config_example(cog, textwrap.dedent( """ plugins: datasette-proxy-url: paths: - path: /proxy backend: http://example.com/ """).strip() ) ]]] [[[end]]]	["Configuration"]	[{"href": "https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-cluster-map", "label": "datasette-cluster-map"}, {"href": "https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-proxy-url", "label": "datasette-proxy-url"}]