Common Env Variables

Common environment variables

Variable	Required	Example	What it does
TIMEZONE	✅	America/New_York	PHP / container timezone.
TOTAL_UPLOAD_SIZE	✅	10G	Max total upload size per request (e.g. 5G, 10G). Also used to set PHP upload_max_filesize and post_max_size, and Apache LimitRequestBody.
SECURE	✅	false	true when running behind HTTPS / a reverse proxy, else false.
PERSISTENT_TOKENS_KEY	✅	change_me_super_secret	Secret used to sign “remember me”/persistent tokens. Do not leave this at the default.
DATE_TIME_FORMAT	Optional	Y-m-d H:i	Overrides DATE_TIME_FORMAT in config.php (controls how dates/times are rendered in the UI).
SCAN_ON_START	Optional	true	If true, runs scan_uploads.php once on container start to index existing files.
CHOWN_ON_START	Optional	true	If true (default), recursively chowns uploads/, users/, and metadata/ to www-data:www-data on startup. Set to false if you manage ownership yourself.
PUID	Optional	99	If running as root, remap www-data user to this UID (e.g. Unraid’s 99).
PGID	Optional	100	If running as root, remap www-data group to this GID (e.g. Unraid’s 100).
HTTP_PORT	Optional	8080	Override Apache Listen 80 and vhost port with this port inside the container.
HTTPS_PORT	Optional	8443	If you terminate TLS inside the container, override Listen 443 with this port.
SERVER_NAME	Optional	files.example.com	Sets Apache’s ServerName (defaults to FileRise if not provided).
LOG_STREAM	Optional	error	Controls which logs are streamed to container stdout: error, access, both, or none.
VIRUS_SCAN_ENABLED	Optional	true	If true, enable ClamAV-based virus scanning for uploads.
VIRUS_SCAN_CMD	Optional	clamscan	Command used to scan files. Can be clamscan, clamdscan, or a wrapper with flags.
CLAMAV_AUTO_UPDATE	Optional	true	If true and running as root, call freshclam on startup to update signatures.
SHARE_URL	Optional	https://files.example.com	Overrides the base URL used when generating public share links (useful behind reverse proxies).