Renovate global config can be defined via any of these methods:
- Configuration file
- Environment variables
- CLI parameters
The above are listed in reverse order of preference. e.g. CLI values will override environment values if they conflict.
The default configuration values can be found in lib/config/options/index.ts.
Options which have "globalOnly": true
are reserved only for bot global configuration and cannot be configured within repository config files.
You can override default configuration using a configuration file, with default name config.js
in the working directory.
If you need an alternate location or name, set it in the environment variable RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE
.
Note: RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE
must be provided with an explicit file extension.
For example RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE=myconfig.js
or RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE=myconfig.json
and not RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE=myconfig
.
If none is provided, or the file type is invalid, Renovate will fail.
Using a configuration file gives you very granular configuration options.
For instance, you can override most settings at the global (file), repository, or package level.
e.g. apply one set of labels for backend/package.json
and a different set of labels for frontend/package.json
in the same repository.
module.exports = {
npmrc: '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=abc123',
baseDir: '/tmp/renovate',
includeForks: true,
gradle: { enabled: false },
};
node renovate --help
To configure any <list>
items, separate with commas.
E.g. renovate --labels=renovate,dependency
.
To enable debug logging export LOG_LEVEL=debug
to your environment.
If you add a renovate.json
file to the root of your repository, you can use this to override default settings.
If you add configuration options to your package.json
then these will override any other settings above.
{
"renovate": {
"labels": ["upgrade", "bot"]
}
}
Please read our list of user-facing configuration options.
For further options when running your own instance of Renovate, please see the full config options file at lib/config/options/index.ts
.