Configuration via application.properties file

[PlugaruT]

Hi,
I am trying to use the application.properties file in order to configure some values for the registry. In docker-compose.yml file I am mounting a volume, something like this:

  apicurio:
    container_name: apicurio
    image: apicurio/apicurio-registry-sql:2.0.1.Final
    volumes:
      - ./cdc-conf/apicurio.properties:/home/jboss/config/application.properties

The content of the file is this:

registry.rules.global.compatibility=FULL
registry.rules.global.validity=BACKWARD_TRANSITIVE
registry.name=[LOCAL] Apicurio Registry

But, for some reason, the rules are not enabled at all.
What is the actual place to place the file for this? The docs says that the place is right.

[EricWittmann]

@jsenko or @famartinrh can you guys double-check how to do this?

[PlugaruT]

Is this because it's not supported to use application.properties? I know about the env vars, but it would be easier for us to use the file.

[famarting]

we've never done that, I guess it should work

[PlugaruT]

I've tried with this docker compose config

  apicurio:
    container_name: apicurio
    image: apicurio/apicurio-registry-sql:2.0.1.Final
    volumes:
      - ./cdc-conf/apicurio.properties:/home/jboss/config/application.properties
    environment: 
      REGISTRY_DATASOURCE_URL: "jdbc:postgresql://apicurio-db/apicurio-registry"
      REGISTRY_DATASOURCE_USERNAME: "apicurio-registry"
      REGISTRY_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD: "password"
      REGISTRY_RULES_GLOBAL_COMPATIBILITY: "FULL"
      REGISTRY_RULES_GLOBAL_VALIDITY: "BACKWARD_TRANSITIVE"
    ports:
      - "8080"
    depends_on: 
      - apicurio-db

and does not seem to work for some reason.
Doing a curl http://localhost:8081/apis/registry/v2/admin/rules returns [] 🤔

[PlugaruT]

The only way I was able to enable the rules is via the env var like this JAVA_OPTS: "-Dregistry.rules.global.compatibility=FULL"
But I am not sure that this is the right way to do it as I am not really a Java expert and not familiar with the tooling.

[LittleWat]

You are setting the value oppositely:

If I set the following, they are set correctly

env:
- name: REGISTRY_RULES_GLOBAL_COMPATIBILITY
  value: "BACKWARD"
- name: REGISTRY_RULES_GLOBAL_VALIDITY
  value: "FULL"

[PlugaruT]

Based on this answer, #733 (comment), mounting the file under /deployments/config/application.properties works as expected and Quarkus pick up the configuration.

[jonsnowseven]

Hello all.
So it is not possible to configure Apicurio Registry with env variables?

I am using this docker compose:

services:
  apicurio:
    container_name: apicurio
    image: apicurio/apicurio-registry:3.0.6
    environment: 
      REGISTRY_RULES_GLOBAL_COMPATIBILITY: "BACKWARD"
      REGISTRY_REST_ARTIFACT_DELETION_ENABLED: "true"
    ports:
      - "8080"
    network_mode: host

But the env variables are not configuring the Registry as I desired.

[jonsnowseven]

Okay, the second env variable name is wrong: REGISTRY_REST_ARTIFACT_DELETION_ENABLED -> APICURIO_REST_DELETION_ARTIFACT_ENABLED.

Nonetheless, the REGISTRY_RULES_GLOBAL_COMPATIBILITY did not produce any effect.