General

General settings

Aidbox name

Aidbox instance unique ID. Can be used to separate telemetry data (logs, metrics, traces) in observability systems for multiple deployments.

ID	box-id
Type	String
Default value	devbox
Environment variable	BOX_ID
Deprecated environment variables	AIDBOX_BOX_ID
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Environment variables
Hot reload	false — setting requires system restart

Instance name

Provided instance name will be attached to metric labels. It is required for monitoring multiple Aidbox instances.

ID	instance-name
Type	String
Default value	(no default)
Environment variable	BOX_INSTANCE_NAME
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Admin UI → Settings Environment variables
Hot reload	true — setting can be changed at runtime

Root FHIR package

Identifier for the main Aidbox FHIR package that stores dependencies and canonical resources provided by the user.

ID	root-fhir-package
Type	String
Default value	app.aidbox.main#0.0.1
Environment variable	BOX_ROOT_FHIR_PACKAGE
Deprecated environment variables	AIDBOX_AR_PACKAGE
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Admin UI → Settings Environment variables
Hot reload	false — setting requires system restart

Bootstrap FHIR package list

During the first startup Aidbox loads these packages. This setting has no effect on any consecutive starts.

Format:<name1>#<version1>:<name2>#<version2>...

ID	bootstrap-fhir-packages
Type	String
Default value	(no default)
Environment variable	BOX_BOOTSTRAP_FHIR_PACKAGES
Deprecated environment variables	AIDBOX_FHIR_PACKAGES
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Admin UI → Settings Environment variables
Hot reload	false — setting requires system restart

Init bundle

URL of the Bundle resource in JSON format executed on Aidbox startup. Not available to edit because if file is not reachable, Aidbox will not start.

ID	init-bundle
Type	String
Default value	(no default)
Environment variable	BOX_INIT_BUNDLE
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Environment variables
Hot reload	false — setting requires system restart

Share usage statistics with Aidbox developers

Allows Aidbox to collect and send high-level API usage statistics to help improve the product.

ID	usage-stats
Type	Bool
Default value	true
Environment variable	BOX_USAGE_STATS
Deprecated environment variables	BOX_TELEMETRY_USAGE_STATS
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Admin UI → Settings Environment variables
Hot reload	true — setting can be changed at runtime

Settings mode

Settings mode defines the source of settings values and possibility to change them at runtime.

ID	settings-mode
Type	Enum
Values	legacy — Reads configuration values from the legacy Aidbox configuration project (zen) in read-only mode. This mode exists for backward compatibility. It will be obsolete in July 2025. <a href='https://www.health-samurai.io/news/aidbox-transitions-to-the-fhir-schema-engine'>Read more</a> read-only — Reads settings values from environment variables and Aidbox settings in read-only mode. Loading configuration from the Aidbox configuration project (Zen) is disabled. read-write — Enables editing Aidbox settings using the UI. Loading configuration from the Aidbox configuration project (Zen) is disabled.
Default value	legacy
Environment variable	BOX_SETTINGS_MODE
Available from	2502
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Environment variables
Hot reload	false — setting requires system restart

Enable export settings endpoint

Allow user to request current Aidbox settings as a set of environment variables on /api/v1/settings/export.

Be aware, that endpoint may expose your sensitive settings.

ID	export-settings-endpoint
Type	Bool
Default value	(no default)
Environment variable	BOX_EXPORT_SETTINGS_ENDPOINT
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Environment variables
Hot reload	false — setting requires system restart

Enable cache replication

Aidbox automatically syncs runtime cache (SearchParameters, FHIR Schemas, OperationDefinitions, etc) across multiple instances for high availability. If you configure everything at startup and don't modify metadata at runtime, you can disable cache replication to improve performance.

ID	cache-replication-disable
Type	Bool
Default value	(no default)
Environment variable	BOX_CACHE_REPLICATION_DISABLE
Sensitive	false — value will be visible in plaintext in Admin UI
Set via	Admin UI → Settings Environment variables
Hot reload	false — setting requires system restart