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17 changes: 16 additions & 1 deletion openhands/usage/environment-variables.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -166,6 +166,21 @@ These variables correspond to the `[security]` section in `config.toml`:

## Integration Variables

### Git Provider Access
| Environment Variable | Type | Default | Description |
|---------------------|------|---------|-------------|
| `ALLOW_INSECURE_GIT_ACCESS` | boolean | `false` | Allow OpenHands to connect to git providers over plain HTTP. Set this only for trusted local or internal Gitea/Forgejo instances where HTTPS is not available. |
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The wording is slightly narrower than the actual code behavior.

In provider.py, the insecure-HTTP path triggers for any provider whose host starts with http:// (e.g. a self-hosted GitLab over plain HTTP)

  if domain and domain.strip().startswith('http://'):
      allow_insecure = os.environ.get('ALLOW_INSECURE_GIT_ACCESS', 'false').lower() in ('true', '1', 'yes')

Could we generalize the description slightly, e.g.:

Allow OpenHands to connect to git providers over plain HTTP. Set this only for trusted local or internal git providers (such as Gitea/Forgejo) where HTTPS is not available.


<Warning>
`ALLOW_INSECURE_GIT_ACCESS=true` permits insecure HTTP connections to git providers. Only enable it for trusted local or internal networks that you control. Do not use it for public or untrusted git providers.
</Warning>

When running OpenHands with Docker, set this on the OpenHands server container:

```bash
docker run -e ALLOW_INSECURE_GIT_ACCESS=true openhands/openhands
```

### GitHub Integration
| Environment Variable | Type | Default | Description |
|---------------------|------|---------|-------------|
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -249,4 +264,4 @@ export DEBUG_RUNTIME=true
docker run -e LLM_API_KEY="your-key" -e DEBUG=true openhands/openhands
```

6. **Validation**: Invalid environment variable values will be logged as errors and fall back to defaults.
6. **Validation**: Invalid environment variable values will be logged as errors and fall back to defaults.
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