Environment Variables

Available environment variables for gouda

Variable	Description	Default	Additional notes
GOUDA_USERNAME	Username for web interface authentication	admin
GOUDA_PASS	Password for web interface authentication	admin
GOUDA_UID	User ID for file permissions	1000	This is only required for linux/macos or when using docker
GOUDA_GID	Group ID for file permissions	1000	This is only required for linux/macos or when using docker
GOUDA_DOWNLOAD_DIR	Directory for downloads	/appdata/downloads	This is where your download client will download the file
GOUDA_COMPLETE_DIR	Directory for completed files	/appdata/complete	This is where the files will be hardlinked to, used by audiobookshelf or calibre
GOUDA_TORRENT_DIR	Directory for torrent files	/appdata/torrents	This is where gouda will store and download all the torrent files from mam here.

Non-docker

For native executables you need to create a .env file like so

GOUDA_USERNAME=admin
GOUDA_PASS=admin
.... other envs

Docker

for docker environment pass it via docker -e flag or docker-compose.yml environment: section