Bootstrap Configuration
Reference data on the contents of Sync Gateway’s bootstrap configuration, which determines its run time behavior.
Related topics: Overview | Bootstrap | Database | Database Security | Access Control | Import | Inter-Sync Gateway Replication
Pre-3.0 Legacy Configuration Equivalents
This content describes configuration for Sync Gateway 3.0 and higher — for legacy configuration, see: Legacy Pre-3.0 Configuration |
Introduction
The Sync Gateway bootstrap configuration is provisioned in a JSON format file. The configuration properties define sync gateway’s runtime behavior. See the schema below for more details on these properties.
Sync gateway will look for the following configuration file unless you direct it otherwise:
/home/sync_gateway/sync_gateway.json
Use the following command to run Sync Gateway with a configuration file:
sync_gateway sync-gateway-bootstrap.json