Console configuration

Console Self-Managed can be configured using environment variables and configuration parameters.

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Underscores in environment variables correspond to configuration file key levels.

Environment variables

Environment variable	Description	Example value
KEYCLOAK_BASE_URL	Base URL for Keycloak	https://example.com/auth
KEYCLOAK_INTERNAL_BASE_URL	Internal base URL for Keycloak	http://camunda-platform-keycloak:80/auth
KEYCLOAK_REALM	Realm for Keycloak	camunda-platform
CAMUNDA_IDENTITY_AUDIENCE	Audience for Console client	console
CAMUNDA_IDENTITY_CLIENT_ID	Client ID for Console client	console
CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_CONTEXT_PATH	Context path for Console	console
CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_CUSTOMERID	Unique identifier of the customer	customer-id
CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_INSTALLATIONID	Unique installation ID of the current customer installation	installation-id
CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_TELEMETRY	Telemetry config for Console Self-Managed: disabled, online, or download	online
CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_DISABLE_AUTH	Disables authentication for Console. With this option, set users don't have to log in to use Console and API requests can be executed without an authorization header. By disabling authentication, all CAMUNDA_IDENTITY variables won't be used.	true
CAMUNDA_LICENSE_KEY	Your Camunda 8 license key, if your installation requires a license. For Helm installations, license keys can be configured globally in your values.yaml file. See the Helm installation documentation for more details.	N/A
SERVER_SSL_ENABLED	[optional] Whether to enable SSL support. Default: false	true
SERVER_SSL_CERTIFICATE	[optional] Path to a PEM-encoded SSL certificate file.	file:/full/path/to/certificate.pem
SERVER_SSL_CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY	[optional] Path to a PEM-encoded private key file for the SSL certificate.	file:/full/path/to/key.pem
SERVER_SSL_PASSPHRASE	[optional] Passphrase for the key.	passphrase
MANAGEMENT_SERVER_SSL_ENABLED	[optional] Whether to enable SSL support for the management server routes. Default: false	true
MANAGEMENT_SERVER_SSL_CERTIFICATE	[optional] Path to a PEM-encoded SSL certificate file.	file:/full/path/to/certificate.pem
MANAGEMENT_SERVER_SSL_CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY	[optional] Path to a PEM-encoded private key file for the SSL certificate.	file:/full/path/to/key.pem
MANAGEMENT_SERVER_SSL_PASSPHRASE	[optional] Passphrase for the key.	passphrase

Console environment variables could be set in Helm via the console.env key. For more details, check Console Helm values.

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Camunda 8 components without a valid license may display Non-Production License in the navigation bar and issue warnings in the logs. These warnings have no impact on Console startup or functionality. To obtain a license, visit the Camunda Enterprise page.

Telemetry

You can enable telemetry and usage collection to help us improve our product by sending several telemetry metrics to Camunda. The information we collect will contribute to continuous product enhancement and help us understand how Camunda is used. We do not collect sensitive information and limit data points to several metrics. For more information, you can download collected data set metrics from the telemetry page at anytime.

By enabling data collection and reporting, you can get a new page to introspect Camunda 8 component metrics. Usually accessible via monitoring tools like Prometheus, you can now access these metrics directly in Console. By default, telemetry collection is disabled and no data is collected. When CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_TELEMETRY env var or telemetry parameter is set to online, the telemetry feature is activated and the collected data is sent once every 24 hours via HTTPS. When CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_TELEMETRY env var or telemetry parameter is set to download, the telemetry feature is activated. Data collected will not be sent to Camuda automatically, but could be downloaded from Console and shared with us on request.

To enable usage collection, configure the parameters described in the next section.

Configuration parameters

To enable telemetry, the following parameters need to be configured. Camunda will provide you with the customer ID (Camunda Docker username) needed to send telemetry data to Camunda.

Parameter	Description	Example value
customerId	Unique identifier of the customer. This is also a Camunda Docker registry username.	customername
installationId	Unique installation ID of the current customer installation.	my-deployment
telemetry	Telemetry config for Console Self-Managed: disabled, online, or download.	online
managed.releases.tags	Assign cluster tags to indicate what type of cluster it is. Default tags are dev, stage, test, or prod, but users can assign any custom tag.	- dev (list of strings)
managed.releases.custom-properties	List of custom properties users can add to their cluster with custom descriptions and custom links on the cluster details page.	See custom properties section

Console environment variables could be set in Helm. For more details, check Console Helm values. For example:

console:
  env:
    - name: CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_CUSTOMERID
      values: customername
    - name: CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_INSTALLATIONID
      values: my-deployment
    - name: CAMUNDA_CONSOLE_TELEMETRY
      value: online

Override configuration parameters

Configuration parameters formerly replaced the complete configuration. Even if you only changed the customerId, the complete configuration still had to be added.

This is no longer the case with the override parameters. A subset of parameters can be set so individual parameters can be adjusted. If a parameter must be changed for a specific cluster, the name and namespace fields must be set with the exact values so correlations can be made accordingly.

Example

Given the following configuration provided by Helm:

camunda:
  console:
    customerId: customer-id
    installationId: camunda-platform-id-dev-console-sm-main
    telemetry: disabled
    managed:
      method: plain
      releases:
        - name: camunda-platform
          namespace: camunda-platform-namespace
          version: 9.1.2
          components:
            - name: Console
              id: console
              version: ...
              url: https://...
              readiness: https://...
              metrics: https://...
            - name: Keycloak
              id: keycloak
              version: ...
              url: https://...
            - name: Identity
              id: identity
              version: ...
              url: https://...
              readiness: https://...
              metrics: https://...
            - name: WebModeler WebApp
              id: webModelerWebApp
              version: ...
              url: https://...
            - name: Zeebe Gateway
              id: zeebeGateway
              version: ...
              urls:
                grpc: grpc://...
                http: https://...
              readiness: https://...
              metrics: https://...
            - name: Zeebe
              id: zeebe
              version: ...

The following example of an overrideConfiguration changes the customerId and adds tags and custom-properties for the cluster with name camunda-platform in namespace camunda-platform-namespace:

console:
  overrideConfiguration:
    camunda:
      console:
        customerId: "new-customer-id"
        managed:
          releases:
            - name: camunda-platform
              namespace: camunda-platform-namespace
              tags:
                - production
              custom-properties:
                - description: "This is a custom description of the cluster."
                  links:
                    - name: "Camunda"
                      url: "https://camunda.com"
                    - name: "Camunda Docs"
                      url: "https://docs.camunda.io"
                    - name: "Grafana"
                      url: "https://..."

Custom properties

Custom properties are useful to add custom information to the Cluster details page in Console. A custom property contains a description and multiple links.

The following example shows one custom property for a cluster:

console:
  overrideConfiguration:
    camunda:
      console:
        customerId: "new-customer-id"
        managed:
          releases:
            - name: camunda-platform
              namespace: camunda-platform
              custom-properties:
                - description: "Useful links to Camunda resources."
                  links:
                    - name: "Camunda Blog"
                      url: "https://camunda.com/blog/"
                    - name: "Camunda Docs"
                      url: "https://docs.camunda.io"

Using a different OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication provider than Keycloak

By default, Console uses Keycloak to provide authentication. You can use a different OIDC provider by following the steps described in the OIDC connection guide.

Monitoring

To help understand how Console operates, we expose the following endpoints by default:

Endpoint	Port	Path
Metrics endpoint with default Prometheus metrics	9100	/prometheus
Readiness probe	9100	/health/readiness
Liveness probe	9100	/health/liveness

Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
Invalid parameter: redirect_uri	Ensure the correct redirect URL is configured for the application Console in Identity. The redirect URL must match the Console URL.
JWKS for authentication is not reachable	To verify a user's access token the JWKS needs to be reachable. Make sure the environment variable KEYCLOAK_INTERNAL_BASE_URL is set correctly.
Console shows error 401	Make sure the logged-in user has the role Console assigned in the Identity service.