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Configuration Reference

This section is the authoritative reference for JanusGraph configuration options. It includes all options for storage and indexing backends that are part of the official JanusGraph distribution.

The table is automatically generated by traversing the keys and namespaces in JanusGraph’s internal configuration management API. Hence, the configuration options as listed on this page are synchronized with a particular JanusGraph release. If a reference to a configuration option in other parts of this documentation is in conflict with its representation on this page, assume the version listed here to be correct.

Mutability Levels

Each configuration option has a certain mutability level that governs whether and how it can be modified after the database is opened for the first time. The following listing describes the mutability levels.

  • FIXED

    Once the database has been opened, these configuration options cannot be changed for the entire life of the database

  • GLOBAL_OFFLINE

    These options can only be changed for the entire database cluster at once when all instances are shut down

  • GLOBAL

    These options can only be changed globally across the entire database cluster

  • MASKABLE

    These options are global but can be overwritten by a local configuration file

  • LOCAL These options can only be provided through a local configuration file

Refer to Global Configuration for information on how to change non-local configuration options.

Umbrella Namespace

Namespaces marked with an asterisk are umbrella namespaces which means that they can accommodate an arbitrary number of sub-namespaces - each of which uniquely identified by its name. The configuration options listed under an umbrella namespace apply only to those sub-namespaces. Umbrella namespaces are used to configure multiple system components that are of the same type and hence have the same configuration options.

For example, the log namespace is an umbrella namespace because JanusGraph can interface with multiple logging backends, such as the user log, each of which has the same core set of configuration options. To configure the send batch size of the user log to 100 transaction changes, one would have to set the following option in the configuration

log.user.send-batch-size = 100

Configuration Namespaces and Options

attributes.custom *

Custom attribute serialization and handling

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
attributes.custom.[X].attribute-class Class of the custom attribute to be registered String (no default value) GLOBAL_OFFLINE
attributes.custom.[X].serializer-class Class of the custom attribute serializer to be registered String (no default value) GLOBAL_OFFLINE

cache

Configuration options that modify JanusGraph's caching behavior

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
cache.db-cache Whether to enable JanusGraph's database-level cache, which is shared across all transactions. Enabling this option speeds up traversals by holding hot graph elements in memory, but also increases the likelihood of reading stale data. Disabling it forces each transaction to independently fetch graph elements from storage before reading/writing them. Boolean false MASKABLE
cache.db-cache-clean-wait How long, in milliseconds, database-level cache will keep entries after flushing them. This option is only useful on distributed storage backends that are capable of acknowledging writes without necessarily making them immediately visible. Integer 50 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
cache.db-cache-size Size of JanusGraph's database level cache. Values between 0 and 1 are interpreted as a percentage of VM heap, while larger values are interpreted as an absolute size in bytes. Double 0.3 MASKABLE
cache.db-cache-time Default expiration time, in milliseconds, for entries in the database-level cache. Entries are evicted when they reach this age even if the cache has room to spare. Set to 0 to disable expiration (cache entries live forever or until memory pressure triggers eviction when set to 0). Long 10000 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
cache.tx-cache-size Maximum size of the transaction-level cache of recently-used vertices. Integer 20000 MASKABLE
cache.tx-dirty-size Initial size of the transaction-level cache of uncommitted dirty vertices. This is a performance hint for write-heavy, performance-sensitive transactional workloads. If set, it should roughly match the median vertices modified per transaction. Integer (no default value) MASKABLE

cluster

Configuration options for multi-machine deployments

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
cluster.max-partitions The number of virtual partition blocks created in the partitioned graph. This should be larger than the maximum expected number of nodesin the JanusGraph graph cluster. Must be bigger than 1 and a power of 2. Integer 32 FIXED

computer

GraphComputer related configuration

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
computer.result-mode How the graph computer should return the computed results. 'persist' for writing them into the graph, 'localtx' for writing them into the local transaction, or 'none' (default) String none MASKABLE

graph

General configuration options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
graph.allow-stale-config Whether to allow the local and storage-backend-hosted copies of the configuration to contain conflicting values for options with any of the following types: FIXED, GLOBAL_OFFLINE, GLOBAL. These types are managed globally through the storage backend and cannot be overridden by changing the local configuration. This type of conflict usually indicates misconfiguration. When this option is true, JanusGraph will log these option conflicts, but continue normal operation using the storage-backend-hosted value for each conflicted option. When this option is false, JanusGraph will log these option conflicts, but then it will throw an exception, refusing to start. Boolean true MASKABLE
graph.graphname This config option is an optional configuration setting that you may supply when opening a graph. The String value you provide will be the name of your graph. If you use the ConfigurationManagament APIs, then you will be able to access your graph by this String representation using the ConfiguredGraphFactory APIs. String (no default value) LOCAL
graph.replace-instance-if-exists If a JanusGraph instance with the same instance identifier already exists, the usage of this configuration option results in the opening of this graph anwyay. Boolean false LOCAL
graph.set-vertex-id Whether user provided vertex ids should be enabled and JanusGraph's automatic id allocation be disabled. Useful when operating JanusGraph in concert with another storage system that assigns long ids but disables some of JanusGraph's advanced features which can lead to inconsistent data. EXPERT FEATURE - USE WITH GREAT CARE. Boolean false FIXED
graph.timestamps The timestamp resolution to use when writing to storage and indices. Sets the time granularity for the entire graph cluster. To avoid potential inaccuracies, the configured time resolution should match those of the backend systems. Some JanusGraph storage backends declare a preferred timestamp resolution that reflects design constraints in the underlying service. When the backend provides a preferred default, and when this setting is not explicitly declared in the config file, the backend default is used and the general default associated with this setting is ignored. An explicit declaration of this setting overrides both the general and backend-specific defaults. TimestampProviders MICRO FIXED
graph.unique-instance-id Unique identifier for this JanusGraph instance. This must be unique among all instances concurrently accessing the same stores or indexes. It's automatically generated by concatenating the hostname, process id, and a static (process-wide) counter. Leaving it unset is recommended. String (no default value) LOCAL
graph.unique-instance-id-suffix When this is set and unique-instance-id is not, this JanusGraph instance's unique identifier is generated by concatenating the hex encoded hostname to the provided number. Short (no default value) LOCAL
graph.use-hostname-for-unique-instance-id When this is set, this JanusGraph's unique instance identifier is set to the hostname. If unique-instance-id-suffix is also set, then the identifier is set to . Boolean false LOCAL

gremlin

Gremlin configuration options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
gremlin.graph The implementation of graph factory that will be used by gremlin server String org.janusgraph.core.JanusGraphFactory LOCAL

ids

General configuration options for graph element IDs

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
ids.block-size Globally reserve graph element IDs in chunks of this size. Setting this too low will make commits frequently block on slow reservation requests. Setting it too high will result in IDs wasted when a graph instance shuts down with reserved but mostly-unused blocks. Integer 10000 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
ids.flush When true, vertices and edges are assigned IDs immediately upon creation. When false, IDs are assigned only when the transaction commits. Must be disabled for graph partitioning to work. Boolean true MASKABLE
ids.num-partitions Number of partition block to allocate for placement of vertices Integer 10 MASKABLE
ids.placement Name of the vertex placement strategy or full class name String simple MASKABLE
ids.renew-percentage When the most-recently-reserved ID block has only this percentage of its total IDs remaining (expressed as a value between 0 and 1), JanusGraph asynchronously begins reserving another block. This helps avoid transaction commits waiting on ID reservation even if the block size is relatively small. Double 0.3 MASKABLE
ids.renew-timeout The number of milliseconds that the JanusGraph id pool manager will wait before giving up on allocating a new block of ids Duration 120000 ms MASKABLE
ids.store-name The name of the ID KCVStore. IDS_STORE_NAME is meant to be used only for backward compatibility with Titan, and should not be used explicitly in normal operations or in new graphs. String janusgraph_ids GLOBAL_OFFLINE

ids.authority

Configuration options for graph element ID reservation/allocation

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
ids.authority.conflict-avoidance-mode This setting helps separate JanusGraph instances sharing a single graph storage backend avoid contention when reserving ID blocks, increasing overall throughput. ConflictAvoidanceMode NONE GLOBAL_OFFLINE
ids.authority.conflict-avoidance-tag Conflict avoidance tag to be used by this JanusGraph instance when allocating IDs Integer 0 LOCAL
ids.authority.conflict-avoidance-tag-bits Configures the number of bits of JanusGraph-assigned element IDs that are reserved for the conflict avoidance tag Integer 4 FIXED
ids.authority.randomized-conflict-avoidance-retries Number of times the system attempts ID block reservations with random conflict avoidance tags before giving up and throwing an exception Integer 5 MASKABLE
ids.authority.wait-time The number of milliseconds the system waits for an ID block reservation to be acknowledged by the storage backend Duration 300 ms GLOBAL_OFFLINE

index *

Configuration options for the individual indexing backends

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
index.[X].backend The indexing backend used to extend and optimize JanusGraph's query functionality. This setting is optional. JanusGraph can use multiple heterogeneous index backends. Hence, this option can appear more than once, so long as the user-defined name between "index" and "backend" is unique among appearances.Similar to the storage backend, this should be set to one of JanusGraph's built-in shorthand names for its standard index backends (shorthands: lucene, elasticsearch, es, solr) or to the full package and classname of a custom/third-party IndexProvider implementation. String elasticsearch GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].conf-file Path to a configuration file for those indexing backends that require/support a separate config file String (no default value) MASKABLE
index.[X].directory Directory to store index data locally String (no default value) MASKABLE
index.[X].hostname The hostname or comma-separated list of hostnames of index backend servers. This is only applicable to some index backends, such as elasticsearch and solr. String[] 127.0.0.1 MASKABLE
index.[X].index-name Name of the index if required by the indexing backend String janusgraph GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].map-name Whether to use the name of the property key as the field name in the index. It must be ensured, that theindexed property key names are valid field names. Renaming the property key will NOT rename the field and its the developers responsibility to avoid field collisions. Boolean true GLOBAL
index.[X].max-result-set-size Maxium number of results to return if no limit is specified. For index backends that support scrolling, it represents the number of results in each batch Integer 50 MASKABLE
index.[X].port The port on which to connect to index backend servers Integer (no default value) MASKABLE

index.[X].elasticsearch

Elasticsearch index configuration

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
index.[X].elasticsearch.bulk-refresh Elasticsearch bulk API refresh setting used to control when changes made by this request are made visible to search String false MASKABLE
index.[X].elasticsearch.health-request-timeout When JanusGraph initializes its ES backend, JanusGraph waits up to this duration for the ES cluster health to reach at least yellow status. This string should be formatted as a natural number followed by the lowercase letter "s", e.g. 3s or 60s. String 30s MASKABLE
index.[X].elasticsearch.interface Interface for connecting to Elasticsearch. TRANSPORT_CLIENT and NODE were previously supported, but now are required to migrate to REST_CLIENT. See the JanusGraph upgrade instructions for more details. String REST_CLIENT MASKABLE
index.[X].elasticsearch.max-retry-timeout Sets the maximum timeout (in milliseconds) to honour in case of multiple retries of the same request sent using the ElasticSearch Rest Client by JanusGraph. Integer (no default value) MASKABLE
index.[X].elasticsearch.scroll-keep-alive How long (in secondes) elasticsearch should keep alive the scroll context. Integer 60 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].elasticsearch.use-all-field Whether JanusGraph should add an "all" field mapping. When enabled field mappings will include a "copy_to" parameter referencing the "all" field. This is supported since Elasticsearch 6.x and is required when using wildcard fields starting in Elasticsearch 6.x. Boolean true GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].elasticsearch.use-deprecated-multitype-index Whether JanusGraph should group these indices into a single Elasticsearch index (requires Elasticsearch 5.x or earlier). Boolean false GLOBAL_OFFLINE

index.[X].elasticsearch.create

Settings related to index creation

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
index.[X].elasticsearch.create.allow-mapping-update Whether JanusGraph should allow a mapping update when registering an index. Only applicable when use-external-mappings is true. Boolean false MASKABLE
index.[X].elasticsearch.create.sleep How long to sleep, in milliseconds, between the successful completion of a (blocking) index creation request and the first use of that index. This only applies when creating an index in ES, which typically only happens the first time JanusGraph is started on top of ES. If the index JanusGraph is configured to use already exists, then this setting has no effect. Long 200 MASKABLE
index.[X].elasticsearch.create.use-external-mappings Whether JanusGraph should make use of an external mapping when registering an index. Boolean false MASKABLE

index.[X].solr

Solr index configuration

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
index.[X].solr.configset If specified, the same solr configSet can be resued for each new Collection that is created in SolrCloud. String (no default value) MASKABLE
index.[X].solr.dyn-fields Whether to use dynamic fields (which appends the data type to the field name). If dynamic fields is disabledthe user must map field names and define them explicitly in the schema. Boolean true GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].solr.http-compression Enable/disable compression on the HTTP connections made to Solr. Boolean false MASKABLE
index.[X].solr.http-connection-timeout Solr HTTP connection timeout. Integer 5000 MASKABLE
index.[X].solr.http-max Maximum number of HTTP connections in total to all Solr servers. Integer 100 MASKABLE
index.[X].solr.http-max-per-host Maximum number of HTTP connections per Solr host. Integer 20 MASKABLE
index.[X].solr.http-urls List of URLs to use to connect to Solr Servers (LBHttpSolrClient is used), don't add core or collection name to the URL. String[] http://localhost:8983/solr MASKABLE
index.[X].solr.key-field-names Field name that uniquely identifies each document in Solr. Must be specified as a list of collection=field. String[] (no default value) GLOBAL
index.[X].solr.max-shards-per-node Maximum number of shards per node. This applies when creating a new collection which is only supported under the SolrCloud operation mode. Integer 1 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].solr.mode The operation mode for Solr which is either via HTTP (http) or using SolrCloud (cloud) String cloud GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].solr.num-shards Number of shards for a collection. This applies when creating a new collection which is only supported under the SolrCloud operation mode. Integer 1 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].solr.replication-factor Replication factor for a collection. This applies when creating a new collection which is only supported under the SolrCloud operation mode. Integer 1 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].solr.ttl_field Name of the TTL field for Solr collections. String ttl GLOBAL_OFFLINE
index.[X].solr.wait-searcher When mutating - wait for the index to reflect new mutations before returning. This can have a negative impact on performance. Boolean false LOCAL
index.[X].solr.zookeeper-url URL of the Zookeeper instance coordinating the SolrCloud cluster String[] localhost:2181 MASKABLE

log *

Configuration options for JanusGraph's logging system

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
log.[X].backend Define the log backed to use String default GLOBAL_OFFLINE
log.[X].fixed-partition Whether all log entries are written to one fixed partition even if the backend store is partitioned.This can cause imbalanced loads and should only be used on low volume logs Boolean false GLOBAL_OFFLINE
log.[X].key-consistent Whether to require consistency for log reading and writing messages to the storage backend Boolean false MASKABLE
log.[X].max-partitions The maximum number of partitions to use for logging. Setting up this many actual or virtual partitions. Must be bigger than 0and a power of 2. Integer (no default value) FIXED
log.[X].max-read-time Maximum time in ms to try reading log messages from the backend before failing. Duration 4000 ms MASKABLE
log.[X].max-write-time Maximum time in ms to try persisting log messages against the backend before failing. Duration 10000 ms MASKABLE
log.[X].num-buckets The number of buckets to split log entries into for load balancing Integer 1 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
log.[X].read-batch-size Maximum number of log messages to read at a time for logging implementations that read messages in batches Integer 1024 MASKABLE
log.[X].read-interval Time in ms between message readings from the backend for this logging implementations that read message in batch Duration 5000 ms MASKABLE
log.[X].read-lag-time Maximum time in ms that it may take for reads to appear in the backend. If a write does not becomevisible in the storage backend in this amount of time, a log reader might miss the message. Duration 500 ms MASKABLE
log.[X].read-threads Number of threads to be used in reading and processing log messages Integer 1 MASKABLE
log.[X].send-batch-size Maximum number of log messages to batch up for sending for logging implementations that support batch sending Integer 256 MASKABLE
log.[X].send-delay Maximum time in ms that messages can be buffered locally before sending in batch Duration 1000 ms MASKABLE
log.[X].ttl Sets a TTL on all log entries, meaningthat all entries added to this log expire after the configured amount of time. Requiresthat the log implementation supports TTL. Duration (no default value) GLOBAL

metrics

Configuration options for metrics reporting

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
metrics.enabled Whether to enable basic timing and operation count monitoring on backend Boolean false MASKABLE
metrics.merge-stores Whether to aggregate measurements for the edge store, vertex index, edge index, and ID store Boolean true MASKABLE
metrics.prefix The default name prefix for Metrics reported by JanusGraph. String org.janusgraph MASKABLE

metrics.console

Configuration options for metrics reporting to console

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
metrics.console.interval Time between Metrics reports printing to the console, in milliseconds Duration (no default value) MASKABLE

metrics.csv

Configuration options for metrics reporting to CSV file

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
metrics.csv.directory Metrics CSV output directory String (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.csv.interval Time between dumps of CSV files containing Metrics data, in milliseconds Duration (no default value) MASKABLE

metrics.ganglia

Configuration options for metrics reporting through Ganglia

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
metrics.ganglia.addressing-mode Whether to communicate to Ganglia via uni- or multicast String unicast MASKABLE
metrics.ganglia.hostname The unicast host or multicast group name to which Metrics will send Ganglia data String (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.ganglia.interval The number of milliseconds to wait between sending Metrics data to Ganglia Duration (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.ganglia.port The port to which Ganglia data are sent Integer 8649 MASKABLE
metrics.ganglia.protocol-31 Whether to send data to Ganglia in the 3.1 protocol format Boolean true MASKABLE
metrics.ganglia.spoof If non-null, it must be a valid Gmetric spoof string formatted as an IP:hostname pair. See https://github.com/ganglia/monitor-core/wiki/Gmetric-Spoofing for information about this setting. String (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.ganglia.ttl The multicast TTL to set on outgoing Ganglia datagrams Integer 1 MASKABLE
metrics.ganglia.uuid The host UUID to set on outgoing Ganglia datagrams. See https://github.com/ganglia/monitor-core/wiki/UUIDSources for information about this setting. String (no default value) LOCAL

metrics.graphite

Configuration options for metrics reporting through Graphite

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
metrics.graphite.hostname The hostname to receive Graphite plaintext protocol metric data String (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.graphite.interval The number of milliseconds to wait between sending Metrics data Duration (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.graphite.port The port to which Graphite data are sent Integer 2003 MASKABLE
metrics.graphite.prefix A Graphite-specific prefix for reported metrics String (no default value) MASKABLE

metrics.jmx

Configuration options for metrics reporting through JMX

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
metrics.jmx.agentid The JMX agentId used by Metrics String (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.jmx.domain The JMX domain in which to report Metrics String (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.jmx.enabled Whether to report Metrics through a JMX MBean Boolean false MASKABLE

metrics.slf4j

Configuration options for metrics reporting through slf4j

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
metrics.slf4j.interval Time between slf4j logging reports of Metrics data, in milliseconds Duration (no default value) MASKABLE
metrics.slf4j.logger The complete name of the Logger through which Metrics will report via Slf4j String (no default value) MASKABLE

query

Configuration options for query processing

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
query.batch Whether traversal queries should be batched when executed against the storage backend. This can lead to significant performance improvement if there is a non-trivial latency to the backend. Boolean false MASKABLE
query.fast-property Whether to pre-fetch all properties on first singular vertex property access. This can eliminate backend calls on subsequentproperty access for the same vertex at the expense of retrieving all properties at once. This can be expensive for vertices with many properties Boolean true MASKABLE
query.force-index Whether JanusGraph should throw an exception if a graph query cannot be answered using an index. Doing solimits the functionality of JanusGraph's graph queries but ensures that slow graph queries are avoided on large graphs. Recommended for production use of JanusGraph. Boolean false MASKABLE
query.ignore-unknown-index-key Whether to ignore undefined types encountered in user-provided index queries Boolean false MASKABLE
query.smart-limit Whether the query optimizer should try to guess a smart limit for the query to ensure responsiveness in light of possibly large result sets. Those will be loaded incrementally if this option is enabled. Boolean true MASKABLE

schema

Schema related configuration options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
schema.default Configures the DefaultSchemaMaker to be used by this graph. If set to 'none', automatic schema creation is disabled. Defaults to a blueprints compatible schema maker with MULTI edge labels and SINGLE property keys String default MASKABLE

storage

Configuration options for the storage backend. Some options are applicable only for certain backends.

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.backend The primary persistence provider used by JanusGraph. This is required. It should be set one of JanusGraph's built-in shorthand names for its standard storage backends (shorthands: berkeleyje, cassandrathrift, cassandra, astyanax, embeddedcassandra, cql, hbase, inmemory) or to the full package and classname of a custom/third-party StoreManager implementation. String (no default value) LOCAL
storage.batch-loading Whether to enable batch loading into the storage backend Boolean false LOCAL
storage.buffer-size Size of the batch in which mutations are persisted Integer 1024 MASKABLE
storage.conf-file Path to a configuration file for those storage backends which require/support a single separate config file. String (no default value) LOCAL
storage.connection-timeout Default timeout, in milliseconds, when connecting to a remote database instance Duration 10000 ms MASKABLE
storage.directory Storage directory for those storage backends that require local storage. String (no default value) LOCAL
storage.drop-on-clear Whether to drop the graph database (true) or delete rows (false) when clearing storage. Note that some backends always drop the graph database when clearing storage. Also note that indices are always dropped when clearing storage. Boolean true MASKABLE
storage.hostname The hostname or comma-separated list of hostnames of storage backend servers. This is only applicable to some storage backends, such as cassandra and hbase. String[] 127.0.0.1 LOCAL
storage.page-size JanusGraph break requests that may return many results from distributed storage backends into a series of requests for small chunks/pages of results, where each chunk contains up to this many elements. Integer 100 MASKABLE
storage.parallel-backend-ops Whether JanusGraph should attempt to parallelize storage operations Boolean true MASKABLE
storage.password Password to authenticate against backend String (no default value) LOCAL
storage.port The port on which to connect to storage backend servers. For HBase, it is the Zookeeper port. Integer (no default value) LOCAL
storage.read-only Read-only database Boolean false LOCAL
storage.read-time Maximum time (in ms) to wait for a backend read operation to complete successfully. If a backend read operationfails temporarily, JanusGraph will backoff exponentially and retry the operation until the wait time has been exhausted. Duration 10000 ms MASKABLE
storage.root Storage root directory for those storage backends that require local storage. If you do not supply storage.directory and you do supply graph.graphname, then your data will be stored in the directory equivalent to /. String (no default value) LOCAL
storage.setup-wait Time in milliseconds for backend manager to wait for the storage backends to become available when JanusGraph is run in server mode Duration 60000 ms MASKABLE
storage.transactions Enables transactions on storage backends that support them Boolean true MASKABLE
storage.username Username to authenticate against backend String (no default value) LOCAL
storage.write-time Maximum time (in ms) to wait for a backend write operation to complete successfully. If a backend write operationfails temporarily, JanusGraph will backoff exponentially and retry the operation until the wait time has been exhausted. Duration 100000 ms MASKABLE

storage.berkeleyje

BerkeleyDB JE configuration options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.berkeleyje.cache-percentage Percentage of JVM heap reserved for BerkeleyJE's cache Integer 65 MASKABLE
storage.berkeleyje.isolation-level The isolation level used by transactions String REPEATABLE_READ MASKABLE
storage.berkeleyje.lock-mode The BDB record lock mode used for read operations String LockMode.DEFAULT MASKABLE

storage.cassandra

Cassandra storage backend options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cassandra.atomic-batch-mutate True to use Cassandra atomic batch mutation, false to use non-atomic batches Boolean true MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.compaction-strategy-class The compaction strategy to use for JanusGraph tables String (no default value) FIXED
storage.cassandra.compaction-strategy-options Compaction strategy options. This list is interpreted as a map. It must have an even number of elements in [key,val,key,val,...] form. String[] (no default value) FIXED
storage.cassandra.compression Whether the storage backend should use compression when storing the data Boolean true FIXED
storage.cassandra.compression-block-size The size of the compression blocks in kilobytes Integer 64 FIXED
storage.cassandra.compression-type The sstable_compression value JanusGraph uses when creating column families. This accepts any value allowed by Cassandra's sstable_compression option. Leave this unset to disable sstable_compression on JanusGraph-created CFs. String LZ4Compressor MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.frame-size-mb The thrift frame size in megabytes Integer 15 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.keyspace The name of JanusGraph's keyspace. It will be created if it does not exist. If it is not supplied, but graph.graphname is, then the the keyspace will be set to that. String janusgraph LOCAL
storage.cassandra.read-consistency-level The consistency level of read operations against Cassandra String QUORUM MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.replication-factor The number of data replicas (including the original copy) that should be kept. This is only meaningful for storage backends that natively support data replication. Integer 1 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
storage.cassandra.replication-strategy-class The replication strategy to use for JanusGraph keyspace String org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleStrategy FIXED
storage.cassandra.replication-strategy-options Replication strategy options, e.g. factor or replicas per datacenter. This list is interpreted as a map. It must have an even number of elements in [key,val,key,val,...] form. A replication_factor set here takes precedence over one set with storage.cassandra.replication-factor String[] (no default value) FIXED
storage.cassandra.write-consistency-level The consistency level of write operations against Cassandra String QUORUM MASKABLE

storage.cassandra.astyanax

Astyanax-specific Cassandra options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cassandra.astyanax.cluster-name Default name for the Cassandra cluster String JanusGraph Cluster MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.connection-pool-type Astyanax's connection pooler implementation String TOKEN_AWARE MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.frame-size The thrift frame size in mega bytes Integer 15 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.host-supplier Host supplier to use when discovery type is set to DISCOVERY_SERVICE or TOKEN_AWARE String (no default value) MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.local-datacenter The name of the local or closest Cassandra datacenter. When set and not whitespace, this value will be passed into ConnectionPoolConfigurationImpl.setLocalDatacenter. When unset or set to whitespace, setLocalDatacenter will not be invoked. String (no default value) MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.max-cluster-connections-per-host Maximum pooled "cluster" connections per host Integer 3 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.max-connections Maximum open connections allowed in the pool (counting all hosts) Integer -1 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.max-connections-per-host Maximum pooled connections per host Integer 32 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.max-operations-per-connection Maximum number of operations allowed per connection before the connection is closed Integer 100000 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.node-discovery-type How Astyanax discovers Cassandra cluster nodes String RING_DESCRIBE MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.read-page-size The page size for Cassandra read operations Integer 4096 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.retry-backoff-strategy Astyanax's retry backoff strategy with configuration parameters String com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool.impl.FixedRetryBackoffStrategy,1000,5000 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.retry-delay-slice Astyanax's connection pool "retryDelaySlice" parameter Integer 10000 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.retry-max-delay-slice Astyanax's connection pool "retryMaxDelaySlice" parameter Integer 10 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.retry-policy Astyanax's retry policy implementation with configuration parameters String com.netflix.astyanax.retry.BoundedExponentialBackoff,100,25000,8 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.astyanax.retry-suspend-window Astyanax's connection pool "retryMaxDelaySlice" parameter Integer 20000 MASKABLE

storage.cassandra.ssl

Configuration options for SSL

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cassandra.ssl.enabled Controls use of the SSL connection to Cassandra Boolean false LOCAL

storage.cassandra.ssl.truststore

Configuration options for SSL Truststore.

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cassandra.ssl.truststore.location Marks the location of the SSL Truststore. String LOCAL
storage.cassandra.ssl.truststore.password The password to access SSL Truststore. String LOCAL

storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool

Options for the Apache commons-pool connection manager

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.evictor-period Approximate number of milliseconds between runs of the idle connection evictor. Set to -1 to never run the idle connection evictor. Long 30000 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.idle-test Whether the idle connection evictor validates idle connections and drops those that fail to validate Boolean false MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.idle-tests-per-eviction-run When the value is negative, e.g. -n, roughly one nth of the idle connections are tested per run. When the value is positive, e.g. n, the min(idle-count, n) connections are tested per run. Integer 0 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.max-active Maximum number of concurrently in-use connections (-1 to leave undefined) Integer 16 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.max-idle Maximum number of concurrently idle connections (-1 to leave undefined) Integer 4 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.max-total Max number of allowed Thrift connections, idle or active (-1 to leave undefined) Integer -1 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.max-wait Maximum number of milliseconds to block when storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.when-exhausted is set to BLOCK. Has no effect when set to actions besides BLOCK. Set to -1 to wait indefinitely. Long -1 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.min-evictable-idle-time Minimum number of milliseconds a connection must be idle before it is eligible for eviction. See also storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.evictor-period. Set to -1 to never evict idle connections. Long 60000 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.min-idle Minimum number of idle connections the pool attempts to maintain Integer 0 MASKABLE
storage.cassandra.thrift.cpool.when-exhausted What to do when clients concurrently request more active connections than are allowed by the pool. The value must be one of BLOCK, FAIL, or GROW. String BLOCK MASKABLE

storage.cql

CQL storage backend options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cql.atomic-batch-mutate True to use Cassandra atomic batch mutation, false to use non-atomic batches Boolean false MASKABLE
storage.cql.batch-statement-size The number of statements in each batch Integer 20 MASKABLE
storage.cql.cluster-name Default name for the Cassandra cluster String JanusGraph Cluster MASKABLE
storage.cql.compact-storage Whether the storage backend should use compact storage on tables. This option is only available for Cassandra 2 and earlier and defaults to true. Boolean true FIXED
storage.cql.compaction-strategy-class The compaction strategy to use for JanusGraph tables String (no default value) FIXED
storage.cql.compaction-strategy-options Compaction strategy options. This list is interpreted as a map. It must have an even number of elements in [key,val,key,val,...] form. String[] (no default value) FIXED
storage.cql.compression Whether the storage backend should use compression when storing the data Boolean true FIXED
storage.cql.compression-block-size The size of the compression blocks in kilobytes Integer 64 FIXED
storage.cql.compression-type The sstable_compression value JanusGraph uses when creating column families. This accepts any value allowed by Cassandra's sstable_compression option. Leave this unset to disable sstable_compression on JanusGraph-created CFs. String LZ4Compressor MASKABLE
storage.cql.keyspace The name of JanusGraph's keyspace. It will be created if it does not exist. String janusgraph LOCAL
storage.cql.local-datacenter The name of the local or closest Cassandra datacenter. When set and not whitespace, this value will be passed into ConnectionPoolConfigurationImpl.setLocalDatacenter. When unset or set to whitespace, setLocalDatacenter will not be invoked. String (no default value) MASKABLE
storage.cql.only-use-local-consistency-for-system-operations True to prevent any system queries from using QUORUM consistency and always use LOCAL_QUORUM instead Boolean false MASKABLE
storage.cql.protocol-version The protocol version used to connect to the Cassandra database. If no value is supplied then the driver will negotiate with the server. Integer 0 LOCAL
storage.cql.read-consistency-level The consistency level of read operations against Cassandra String QUORUM MASKABLE
storage.cql.replication-factor The number of data replicas (including the original copy) that should be kept Integer 1 GLOBAL_OFFLINE
storage.cql.replication-strategy-class The replication strategy to use for JanusGraph keyspace String SimpleStrategy FIXED
storage.cql.replication-strategy-options Replication strategy options, e.g. factor or replicas per datacenter. This list is interpreted as a map. It must have an even number of elements in [key,val,key,val,...] form. A replication_factor set here takes precedence over one set with storage.cql.replication-factor String[] (no default value) FIXED
storage.cql.write-consistency-level The consistency level of write operations against Cassandra String QUORUM MASKABLE

storage.cql.ssl

Configuration options for SSL

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cql.ssl.enabled Controls use of the SSL connection to Cassandra Boolean false LOCAL

storage.cql.ssl.truststore

Configuration options for SSL Truststore.

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.cql.ssl.truststore.location Marks the location of the SSL Truststore. String LOCAL
storage.cql.ssl.truststore.password The password to access SSL Truststore. String LOCAL

storage.hbase

HBase storage options

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.hbase.compat-class The package and class name of the HBaseCompat implementation. HBaseCompat masks version-specific HBase API differences. When this option is unset, JanusGraph calls HBase's VersionInfo.getVersion() and loads the matching compat class at runtime. Setting this option forces JanusGraph to instead reflectively load and instantiate the specified class. String (no default value) MASKABLE
storage.hbase.compression-algorithm An HBase Compression.Algorithm enum string which will be applied to newly created column families. The compression algorithm must be installed and available on the HBase cluster. JanusGraph cannot install and configure new compression algorithms on the HBase cluster by itself. String GZ MASKABLE
storage.hbase.region-count The number of initial regions set when creating JanusGraph's HBase table Integer (no default value) MASKABLE
storage.hbase.regions-per-server The number of regions per regionserver to set when creating JanusGraph's HBase table Integer (no default value) MASKABLE
storage.hbase.short-cf-names Whether to shorten the names of JanusGraph's column families to one-character mnemonics to conserve storage space Boolean true FIXED
storage.hbase.skip-schema-check Assume that JanusGraph's HBase table and column families already exist. When this is true, JanusGraph will not check for the existence of its table/CFs, nor will it attempt to create them under any circumstances. This is useful when running JanusGraph without HBase admin privileges. Boolean false MASKABLE
storage.hbase.table The name of the table JanusGraph will use. When storage.hbase.skip-schema-check is false, JanusGraph will automatically create this table if it does not already exist. If this configuration option is not provided but graph.graphname is, the table will be set to that value. String janusgraph LOCAL

storage.lock

Options for locking on eventually-consistent stores

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.lock.backend Locker type to use String consistentkey GLOBAL_OFFLINE
storage.lock.clean-expired Whether to delete expired locks from the storage backend Boolean false MASKABLE
storage.lock.expiry-time Number of milliseconds after which a lock is considered to have expired. Lock applications that were not released are considered expired after this time and released. This value should be larger than the maximum time a transaction can take in order to guarantee that no correctly held applications are expired pre-maturely and as small as possible to avoid dead lock. Duration 300000 ms GLOBAL_OFFLINE
storage.lock.local-mediator-group This option determines the LocalLockMediator instance used for early detection of lock contention between concurrent JanusGraph graph instances within the same process which are connected to the same storage backend. JanusGraph instances that have the same value for this variable will attempt to discover lock contention among themselves in memory before proceeding with the general-case distributed locking code. JanusGraph generates an appropriate default value for this option at startup. Overridding the default is generally only useful in testing. String (no default value) LOCAL
storage.lock.retries Number of times the system attempts to acquire a lock before giving up and throwing an exception Integer 3 MASKABLE
storage.lock.wait-time Number of milliseconds the system waits for a lock application to be acknowledged by the storage backend. Also, the time waited at the end of all lock applications before verifying that the applications were successful. This value should be a small multiple of the average consistent write time. Duration 100 ms GLOBAL_OFFLINE

storage.meta *

Meta data to include in storage backend retrievals

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
storage.meta.[X].timestamps Whether to include timestamps in retrieved entries for storage backends that automatically annotated entries with timestamps Boolean false GLOBAL
storage.meta.[X].ttl Whether to include ttl in retrieved entries for storage backends that support storage and retrieval of cell level TTL Boolean false GLOBAL
storage.meta.[X].visibility Whether to include visibility in retrieved entries for storage backends that support cell level visibility Boolean true GLOBAL

tx

Configuration options for transaction handling

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
tx.log-tx Whether transaction mutations should be logged to JanusGraph's write-ahead transaction log which can be used for recovery of partially failed transactions Boolean false GLOBAL
tx.max-commit-time Maximum time (in ms) that a transaction might take to commit against all backends. This is used by the distributed write-ahead log processing to determine when a transaction can be considered failed (i.e. after this time has elapsed).Must be longer than the maximum allowed write time. Duration 10000 ms GLOBAL

tx.recovery

Configuration options for transaction recovery processes

Name Description Datatype Default Value Mutability
tx.recovery.verbose Whether the transaction recovery system should print recovered transactions and other activity to standard output Boolean false MASKABLE