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The Configuration topic describes the syntax used to configure options from various configuration sources, such as configuration files or environment variables.

ActivityOptions

Contain settings for how activities should be tracked within CMS.

Name	Default value	Description
ArchiveRetentionPeriod	12	Gets or sets the number of months before archived activities are deleted. The default is 12 months. If you set the value to zero (0), CMS deletes the activities immediately. If you use a negative value (-1), CMS keeps the archive indefinitely (but this is not recommended).
TrackContentSaveEvents	false	Gets or sets if Content Save events should be tracked and logged as an activity.
TruncateMaximum	100000	The maximum number of activities is removed every time the truncate job runs. The default value is 100000 activities. Consider lowering this if you are experiencing timeouts.
TruncateDatabaseTimeout	TimeSpan.Zero	Optional timeout that can be set for truncate database operations. If not set the default database timeout is used.
IsArchivingEnabled	false	Enables (true) or disables (false) archiving.

BlobProviderOptions

Contain settings for the BLOB provider used to manage binary data, for example, related to media.

Name	Default value	Description
BlobProviderBuilder		Optional delegate that can be specified to create an instance of a BlobProvider.
DefaultProvider	"default"	The name of the provider that is used as the default blob provider.
Providers	FileBlobProvider	A dictionary of providers to use. If no providers are specified, FileBlobProvider is used as default.

ClaimTypeOptions

Contain settings for how claims should be handled for synchronized users.

Name	Default value	Description
Email	ClaimTypes.Email	Specifies which claim contains an email address.
GivenName	ClaimTypes.GivenName	Specifies which claim contains the given name.
Surname	ClaimTypes.Surname	Specifies which claim contains surname.

ClientGeolocationOptions

Contain settings for client geolocation.

Name	Default value	Description
LocationHeader		Specifies HTTP header to resolve client geolocation as an ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country code.
IPAddressHeader		The name of a header that is used to retrieve the IP address of the client. This setting should be used if the site is located behind a proxy server to get the right IP address of the client.
IPAddressHeaderProxyCount	1	The number of proxy servers in front of the web server listed by IP in the IPAddressHeader.

ClientResourceOptions

Contain settings for how client resources should be handled.

Name	Default value	Description
Debug	false	Set to true to get non-optimized scripts that can be used for debugging purposes.
Compress	true	Specifies if client-resource responses should be compressed.
JsonResponseBuffer	1000*256	Specifies the buffer size for JSON responses buffered before writing to the response.

CmsPolicyOptions

Contain settings for how policies within CMS.

Name	Default value	Description
EditRoles	CmsEditors, CmsAdmins	The list of roles that is checked against the policy CmsPolicyNames.CmsEdit used, for example, for CMS edit access.
PreviewRoles	CmsEditors, CmsAdmins	The list of roles that are checked against the policy CmsPolicyNames.Preview used for a preview of draft versions.

CompositeFileProviderOptions

Contain settings for the composite file provider.

Name	Default value	Description
BasePathFileProviders		A list of IBasePathFileProvider that the composite file provider will use.

ContentAreaRenderingOptions

Contain settings for how content areas should be rendered.

Name	Default value	Description
TemplateTagSelectionStrategy	MissingTemplateTagSelectionStrategy.NoTag	Specifies which strategy that should be applied when a ContentArea item has a display option specified that does not match any registered template.

ContentModelOptions

Contain settings for content modeling.

Name	Default value	Description
EnableModelSyncCommit	true	Set to false to disable the commit phase when synchronizing typed models. Content types will not be updated automatically.
EnableSemanticVersioning	false	Set to true to enable semantic versioning of models.
AlwaysUseModelName	false	Specifies if the class's Model name should be the content type's name.

ContentOptions

Contain settings for how content should be managed.

Name	Default value	Description
VersionCacheSlidingExpiration	10 min	Specifies a sliding cache timeout for content versions. Set to "0:0:0" to disable caching of versions.
ContentCacheSlidingExpiration	12 hours	Specifies a sliding cache timeout for published content. Set to "0:0:0" to disable caching of published content.
StringCompressionThreshold	0	Specifies the number of characters for when compression should be activated for long strings. 0 means compression is disabled.
PropertyLazyLoadThreshold	255	Specifies the number of characters for when a long string property should be lazy loaded.
MaximumVersions	20	Specifies the maximum number of previously published versions that will be kept.
InMemoryCopyThreshold	50	Specifies the maximum number of content items for when content copying is done in memory.
MaximumContentItemsPerDatabaseRequest	2000	Specifies the maximum number of content items loaded in the same database request.
InvalidateRemoteCacheForVersions	true	Specifies if a version change should be propagated to other application instances.
EnableDynamicProperties	false	Specifies if dynamic properties should be enabled.
ProxyType	Auto	Specifies which type of proxies to use for content. Auto – Optimized proxies are used unless custom castle extensions are registered. Castle – Castle proxies are used. Optimized – Performance-optimized proxies are used.
Providers		A dictionary of the content providers to use.

DataAccessOptions

Contain settings for database access.

Name	Default value	Description
ConnectionStrings		The connectionstrings for Optimizely Content Management System (CMS) to use.
DefaultConnectionStringName	EPiServerDB	The name of the connection string for CMS to use as default.
Retries	3	The number of retries that should be performed for transient errors.
RetryDelay	100 ms	The time to delay before a retry is applied.
DatabaseQueryTimeout	30 s	The timeout to use for database connections.
DatabaseMode	ReadWrite	The database mode the application executes under. ReadWrite – The database supports both read and write operations. ReadOnly – The database only supports read operations.
DisableDateTimeKindValidation	false	Specifies if UTC validation of times in the database should be disabled.
UpdateDatabaseSchema	true	Specifies if database schema changes should be automatically applied.
CreateDatabaseSchema	true	Specifies if the database schema should be created if it does not exist.

DisplayOptions

Used to register DisplayOption with CMS.

Name	Default value	Description
Add		Registers a DisplayOption instance.
Remove		Removes a previously registered DisplayOption instance.

DynamicDataStoreOptions

Contain settings for Dynamic Data Store (DDS).

Name	Default value	Description
AutoResolveTypes	true	Specifies if automatic type resolving should be used.
AutoRemapStores	true	Specifies if dynamic data store should automatically remap store definitions that have changed.
DeleteAllOperationTimeout	10 min	The timeout used when all items in a store are deleted.

EventProviderOptions

Contains settings for the event provider used in communication between applications.

Name	Default value	Description
EventProviderBuilder		Optional delegate that can be specified to create an instance of an EventProvider.
Provider	NullEventProvider	The type string of the EventProvider to use.

EnvironmentOptions

Contain settings for the application environment.

Name	Default value	Description
AppDataPath	App_Data	The path to where application-specific resources, such as file-based BLOBS, are stored.

ExternalApplicationOptions

Contain settings if there is an external separate delivery application.

Name	Default value	Description
OptimizeForDelivery	false	Can be specified to optimize ContentDeliveryAPI for CDN caching by disabling, for example, audience personalization.

FileBlobProviderOptions

Contains settings for the file-based BLOB provider when configured to be used as a BLOB provider.

Name	Default value	Description
Path	App_Data\blobs	The physical path to where file blobs are stored. If the path is not rooted, then it is considered relative to IHostEnvironment.ContentRootPath.
KeepStructure	false	Set to true to keep the created folder structure even if folders are empty.

GlobalizationSettingsOptions

Contain settings for how Globalization is handled.

Name	Default value	Description
CultureLanguageCode	"en-US"	The default CurrentCulture set for content request where the language cannot be determined from request.
UICultureLanguageCode	"en"	The default CurrentUICulture set for content request where the language cannot be determined from request.
UseBrowserLanguagePreferences		If GlobalizationSettingsOptions.UseBrowserLanguagePreferences is true, the language preference from the web browser is used.

HtmlOptions

Contain settings for how HTML content should be managed.

Name	Default value	Description
UnEncodedTags	"b", "i", "u", "br"	A list of HTML tags that are not encoded when HTML is inserted as text using WebStringHelper.EncodeForWebString.

JsonFormatterOptions

Contain settings for assembly/type specific JSON serialization.

Name	Default value	Description
AssemblyModuleOutputFormatters		Assembly-specific JSON output formatter registrations.
TypeModuleOutputFormatters		Type-specific JSON output formatter registrations.
AssemblyModuleInputFormatters		Assembly-specific JSON input formatter registrations.
TypeModuleInputFormatters		Type-specific JSON input formatter registrations.
FallbackFormatterType	NewtonSoft	Formatter to use when no assembly or type registration applies.

LinkValidatorOptions

Contains settings for assembly or type-specific JSON serialization.

Name	Default value	Description
ExternalLinkMinimumRequestInterval	5 sec	The minimum time in seconds between requests to the same external host.
MaximumRunTime	TimeSpan.Zero	The maximum time the job will run at one time. TimeSpan.Zero means there is no max time.
RecheckInterval	7 hours	The time that must elapse before a link is rechecked.
ExternalLinkErrorThreshold	100	The job will stop if consecutive errors on external links exceed the threshold.
ExcludePatterns		A list of regular expression patterns that are ignored for links by the link validator.
InternalLinkValidation	ValidationType.Api	Specifies how the link validator will validate internal links. Off – No validation is done for internal links. Api – Internal links are checked using API calls. Request – Internal links are validated through HTTP calls.
UserAgent	"EPiServer Link Checker"	The user agent is used when using HTTP requests for link validation.
ProxyAddress		Optional web proxy address for the link checker to use when validating links.
ProxyUser		Optional web proxy user to authenticate proxy connection.
ProxyPassword		Optional web proxy password to authenticate the proxy connection.
ProxyDomain

LocalizationOptions

Contain settings for localization of texts used in, for example, the edit user interface.

Name	Default value	Description
FallbackBehavior	FallbackBehaviors.FallbackCulture FallbackBehaviors.Echo	Specifies which fallback behavior to use when a localization string does not exist. None – An empty string is returned. Echo – The key is returned unmodified. MissingMessage – A message saying no resource was found is returned. FallbackCulture – The resource is returned using the fallback culture if no match is found. Requires a fallback culture to be specified. Null – A null string is returned.
FallbackCulture	"en"	Specifies which fallback culture is used when a localization string does not exist in a specific language.
Providers		A list of localization providers to use.

MediaOptions

Contain settings for content media.

Name	Default value	Description
ExpirationTime	12 hours	The expiration value that is set on cache headers for publicly accessible media.
CacheControl	auto	Setting for the Cache-Control header. auto means that it is set as public if media is publicly accessible; if not, it is set as private. Possible values are values that are acceptable as Cache-Control header values.
DefaultContentType	application/octet-stream	The default content type for a request if the ContentType cannot be determined from context.
PreProcessors	MediaOptionsStaticFilePreProcessor	A list of pre-processors called before the body of a media request is written. A pre-processor can be used to set or modify response headers.

Network

Contain network settings in SmtpOptions when network delivery options have been selected.

Name	Default value	Description
Host		Specifies the SMTP network host to use.
Port		Specifies the port for the network host.
UserName		SMTP username. Leave empty to disable authentication
Password		SMTP password.
UseSsl		Specifies if SSL should be used.

NotificationOptions

Contain settings for notifications sent from CMS.

Name	Default value	Description
NotificationEmailAddress		System default email address for notification emails.
NotificationEmailDisplayName	"Optimizely CMS"	System default sender name for notification emails.

RoutingOptions

Contain settings for content routing.

Name	Default value	Description
StrictLanguageRouting	true	Defines if strict language determination should be used during routing.
UseTrailingSlash	true	Gets or sets a value indicating whether a trailing slash should be added for URLs to the content, except if a content segment has an extension.
UrlCacheExpirationTime	5 min	Specifies the sliding cache timeout for generated content URLs.
ShortcutRedirection	HttpRedirect.Permanent	Specifies how redirection for shortcuts should be handled. None – No redirection is done. Temporary – A temporary redirection is done. Permanent – A permanent redirection is done.
UsePrimaryHostForOutgoingUrls	false	Specifies that the HostDefinitionType.Primary should be used when generating outgoing URL. Note: This setting is considered a pre-release API and might change in a minor version.

SchedulerOptions

Contain settings for how scheduled jobs should be managed.

Name	Default value	Description
Enabled	true	Specifies if scheduled jobs should be enabled for the application.
MaximumExecutionAttempts	10	Specifies the maximum number of times a job should be re-scheduled for execution when the prior execution was interrupted due to server shutdown.
ContentCacheSlidingExpiration	1 minute	The sliding cache for how long content is cached when retrieved from a scheduled job.

ScriptParserOptions

Controls saving an XmlHtmlString into the database.

Name	Default value	Description
`SavingMode`		* `Keep` – Keep the content. - `Remove` – Remove script content. - `ThrowException` – Throw an exception if the content contains a script.
`LoadingMode`		* `Keep` – Keep the content. - `Remove` – Remove script content. - `ThrowException` – Throw an exception if the content contains a script. `
`AttributeNames`		Specify attributes such as `a`, `class`, `span`, and so on. `Mode` determines whether an attribute is allowed or blocked. If the `AttributeNames` is null or empty, then it does not affect processing; that is, all attributes are allowed.
`Mode`		* `Allow` – Permit the attribute name to be used, - `Block` – Do not permit the attribute name to be used,

SmtpOptions

Contain settings for SMTP.

Name	Default value	Description
DeliveryMethod	DeliveryMethod.Network	Specifies which delivery method to use. Network – Configures the email client to send emails with SMTP. SpecifiedPickupDirectory – Configures the email client to put mails in a disk folder.
SpecifiedPickupDirectory		Specifies the directory given that the pickup directory delivery method was chosen.
Network		Specifies various network settings given that the network delivery method was chosen.

SystemTextJsonSettingsOptions

Contain settings to configure System.Text.Json-based serializer when used as serializer for type or assembly.

Name	Default value	Description
SerializerOptions		The JSON options that should be used by serializer instance.

TemplateOptions

Contain settings for template registration in CMS.

Name	Default value	Description
TemplateAssemblies	Empty	If specified, only assemblies within a list are scanned for templates; otherwise, all assemblies in context are scanned for assemblies.
ScanViewsForTemplateRegistration	true	Specifies if Views should be scanned according to the convention that views with a name matching a content model are registered as a template for the content model.

UIOptions

Contain settings for CMS edit user interface.

Name	Default value	Description
UtilUrl	"~/Util/"	Gets or sets the URL to the Util part of the UI application. It must be a Web URL and may include a scheme and port.
EditUrl	"~/Optimizely/CMS/"	Gets or sets the URL to the edit UI. It must be a Web URL, and may include a scheme and port.
ApprovalStepRoleUserLimit	100	Defines the number of user roles triggering a warning when an administrator sets up an approval step.
WebSocketEnabled	true	Defines if the WebSocket connection between the server and the client should be enabled.
PermanentEditRetainPeriod	30 days	Gets or sets the retain period for the page's "permanent edit" status.
PreviewTimeout	15000 ms	The timeout in milliseconds for the time to load a preview of a content version.
UIShowGlobalizationUserInterface	true	Defines if the globalization module should be used.
DisableVersionDeletion	false	Defines if it should be possible to delete versions from UI.
AutoPublishMediaOnUpload	true	Specifies if media should automatically be published when uploaded to CMS.

UrlSegmentOptions

Contain settings for how URL segments should be managed.

Name	Default value	Description
UseLowercase	true	Indicates if only lowercase characters should be used in URL segments.
SupportIriCharacters	false	Indicates if segments supports IRI characters. ValidCharacters are set to allow characters not allowed in URL segments according to URL specification. This should be set to true to indicate that the segment might need encoding.
ValidCharacters	"A-Za-z0-9-_~.$";	Gets or sets the characters that are valid to use as URL segment; will be used as argument to Regexp.
CharacterMap		Specifies a mapping table for characters not allowed due to ValidCharacters.
ReservedSegments		A list of reserved segments that are not allowed as URL segments.

VirtualRoleOptions

Contain settings for virtual roles.

Name	Default value	Description
Roles	Everyone, Authenticated, Anonymous, SearchIndexer	A list of the virtual roles defined in CMS.

VisitorGroupOptions

Contain settings for audiences (formerly called visitor groups).

Name	Default value	Description
StatisticsPersistenceInterval	20 min	Specifies how often audience statistics are persisted.
EnableStatistics	true	Specifies if statistics over audiences should be collected.
EnableSession	false	Specifies if audience data should be stored in session.