Settings

The following environment variables control the configuration of GreenBot. They can be controlled directly through the environment, or a .env file in the root directory.

Greenbot Core

• MONGO_URL : Required Mongo URL. Defaults to 'mongodb://localhost:27017/greenbot'
• DEFAULT_LANG: Default human language for watson translation. Defaults to 'en'
• DEV_ROOM_NAME : Override normal collection of room names for dev
• GREENBOT_BOT_SERVER_PORT: Specifies express web server port. Used for network call backs, APIs. Defaults to 3001
• GREENBOT_NPM_PATH: Relative path to NPM installed modules. Defaults to './node_modules/'
• REDIS_PORT: Redis server port. Defaults to 6379
• REDIS_HOST: Redis server hostname. Defaults to 'localhost'
• TRACE_MESSAGES: Shows much tracing on the command line. export TRACE_MESSAGES=YES to enable, unset TRACE_MESSAGES to disable
• DEV_ROOM_NAME: Default network handle for local telnet testing. Defaults to 'development::telnet'
• GB_SOCKET_PORT: Port for socket.io adapter. Defaults to 3003

Grasshopper Network Adapter

• GH_TOKEN: Grasshopper network adapter token
• GH_WEBHOOK: Grasshopper inbound message webhook. Defaults to '/inbound/gh'
• GH_SEND_URL: Grasshopper outbound send msg URL. Defaults to 'https://edge-mobile-api.ghuser.com/bot/message'

TSG Global Network Adapter

• TSG_CALLBACK_HOST: Host name for TSG inbound webhooks
• TSG_SECRET: Token for sending TSG messages
• TSG_COBRA_KEY: Token for changing postback URL for inbound webhooks

ZipWhip Adapter

• ZW_NUMBER: Zipwhip number
• ZW_PASS: Zipwhip password

IBM Watson Dialogs

• WATSON_DIALOG_PASS: Password for watson bot dialogs
• WATSON_DIALOG_USERNAME: Username for watson bot dialogs
• WATSON_DIALOG_ID: Id for watson bot dialogs

IBM Watson Language Translation

• WATSON_USERNAME, WATSON_PASSWORD : BlueMix credentials for human language translation

Greenbot Core Test Tools

• CONSOLE_SRC: default source for tools/test.coffee. Defaults to console.
• GB_SOCKET_URL: URL for GB socket, used by tools/test.coffee. Defaults to 'http://127.0.0.1:3003'
• TSG_COBRA_KEY: Token for changing postback URL for inbound webhook. Used by tools/tsg_webhook_config.coffee

Greenbot Admin

Prior to installing greenbot-admin, install meteor curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh

• GREENBOT_IO_URL: Required The default address of socket.io interface to GreenBot. Used to support running bots
• ROOT_URL : Required Root URL for the admin portal from the admin portal. default: 'http://localhost:3003'
• GREENBOT_BOT_SERVER_PORT: The port that the GB API is listening to on localhost. default: 3001