Query Configurations
This page describes the Query node configurations available in the databend-query.toml configuration file.
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Some parameters listed in the table below may not be present in databend-query.toml. If you require these parameters, you can manually add them to the file.
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You can find sample configuration files on GitHub that set up Databend for various deployment environments. These files were created for internal testing ONLY. Please do NOT modify them for your own purposes. But if you have a similar deployment, it is a good idea to reference them when editing your own configuration files.
[query] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [query] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| max_active_sessions | Maximum number of active sessions. |
| shutdown_wait_timeout_ms | Timeout in milliseconds for waiting. |
| flight_api_address | IP address and port for listening to Databend-Query cluster shuffle data. |
| admin_api_address | Address for the Admin REST API. |
| metric_api_address | Address for the Metrics REST API. |
| mysql_handler_host | Hostname for the MySQL query handler. |
| mysql_handler_port | Port for the MySQL query handler. |
| clickhouse_http_handler_host | Hostname for the ClickHouse HTTP query handler. |
| clickhouse_http_handler_port | Port for the ClickHouse HTTP query handler. |
| http_handler_host | Hostname for the HTTP API query handler. |
| http_handler_port | Port for the HTTP API query handler. |
| flight_sql_handler_host | Hostname for the Experimental Arrow Flight SQL API query handler. |
| flight_sql_handler_port | Port for the Experimental Arrow Flight SQL API query handler. |
| tenant_id | Default tenant ID. |
| cluster_id | Default cluster ID. |
| table_engine_memory_enabled | Flag to enable the Memory table engine. |
| max_running_queries | Maximum number of queries that can be executed simultaneously, defaulting to 8, with 0 indicating no limit. |
| data_retention_time_in_days_max | Sets the upper limit for the data_retention_time_in_days setting, with a default value of 90 days. |
[query.users] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [[query.users]] section. For more information about configuring admin users, see Configuring Admin Users.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| name | User name. |
| auth_type | Authentication type (e.g., no_password, double_sha1_password, sha256_password). |
| auth_string | Authentication string (e.g., SHA-1 or SHA-256 hash of the password). |
[query.settings] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [query.settings] section.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| aggregate_spilling_memory_ratio | Controls the threshold for spilling data to disk during aggregation operations. When memory usage exceeds this percentage of the total available memory, data will be spilled to the object storage to avoid memory exhaustion. Example: if set to 60, spilling occurs when memory usage exceeds 60%. |
| join_spilling_memory_ratio | Controls the threshold for spilling data to disk during join operations. When memory usage exceeds this percentage of the total available memory, data will be spilled to the object storage to avoid memory exhaustion. Example: if set to 60, spilling occurs when memory usage exceeds 60%. |
[log] Section
This section can include three subsections: [log.file], [log.stderr], [log.query], and [log.tracing].
[log.file] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [log.file] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| on | Enables or disables file logging. Defaults to true. |
| dir | Path to store log files. |
| level | Log level: DEBUG, INFO, or ERROR. Defaults to INFO. |
| format | Log format: json or text. Defaults to json. |
| limit | Determines the maximum number of log files to be retained. Defaults to 48. |
[log.stderr] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [log.stderr] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| on | Enables or disables stderr logging. Defaults to false. |
| level | Log level: DEBUG, INFO, or ERROR. Defaults to DEBUG. |
| format | Log format: json or text. Defaults to text. |
[log.query] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [log.query] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| on | Enables logging query execution details to the query-details folder in the log directory. Defaults to on. Consider disabling when storage space is limited. |
[log.tracing] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [log.tracing] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| capture_log_level | Sets the log level (DEBUG, TRACE, INFO, WARN, or ERROR) for capturing traces during execution. |
| on | Controls whether tracing is enabled. Default value is 'false' for disabled. Set to 'true' to enable tracing. |
| otlp_endpoint | Specifies the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) endpoint for tracing. Defaults to 'http://127.0.0.1:4317', but you can replace it with the desired OTLP endpoint. |
[meta] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [meta] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| username | The username used to connect to the Meta service. Default: "root". |
| password | The password used to connect to the Meta service. Databend recommends using the environment variable META_PASSWORD to provide the password. Default: "root". |
| endpoints | Sets one or more meta server endpoints that this query server can connect to. For robust connection to Meta, include multiple meta servers within the cluster as backups if possible. Example: ["192.168.0.1:9191", "192.168.0.2:9191"]. Default: ["0.0.0.0:9191"]. |
| client_timeout_in_second | Sets the wait time (in seconds) before terminating the attempt to connect to a meta server. Default: 60. |
| auto_sync_interval | Sets how often (in seconds) this query server should automatically sync up endpoints from the meta servers within the cluster. When enabled, Databend-query contacts a Databend-meta server periodically to obtain a list of grpc_api_advertise_host:grpc-api-port. To disable the sync up, set it to 0. Default: 60. |
| unhealth_endpoint_evict_time | Internal time (in seconds) for not querying an unhealthy meta node endpoint. Default: 120. |
[storage] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| type | The type of storage used. It can be one of the following: fs, s3, azblob, gcs, oss, cos, hdfs, webhdfs. |
| allow_insecure | Defaults to false. Set it to true when deploying Databend on MinIO or loading data via a URL prefixed by http://, otherwise, you may encounter the following error: "copy from insecure storage is not allowed. Please set allow_insecure=true". |
[storage.fs] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.fs] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| data_path | The path to the data storage location. |
[storage.s3] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.s3] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| bucket | The name of your Amazon S3-like storage bucket. |
| endpoint_url | The URL endpoint for the S3-like storage service. Defaults to "https://s3.amazonaws.com". |
| access_key_id | The access key ID for authenticating with the storage service. |
| secret_access_key | The secret access key for authenticating with the storage service. |
| enable_virtual_host_style | A boolean flag indicating whether to enable virtual host-style addressing. |
| external_id | External ID for authentication. |
| master_key | Master key for authentication. |
| region | The region for the S3-like storage service. |
| role_arn | ARN (Amazon Resource Name) for authentication. |
| root | Specifies a directory within the bucket from which Databend will operate. Example: if a bucket's root directory has a folder called myroot, then root = "myroot/". |
| security_token | Security token for authentication. |
[storage.azblob] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.azblob] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| endpoint_url | The URL endpoint for Azure Blob Storage (e.g., https://<your-storage-account-name>.blob.core.windows.net). |
| container | The name of your Azure storage container. |
| account_name | The name of your Azure storage account. |
| account_key | The account key for authenticating with Azure Blob Storage. |
| root | Specifies a directory within the bucket from which Databend will operate. Example: if a bucket's root directory has a folder called myroot, then root = "myroot/". |
[storage.gcs] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.gcs] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| bucket | The name of your Google Cloud Storage bucket. |
| credential | The base64 encoded service account key file for Google Cloud Storage authentication. |
| root | Specifies a directory within the bucket from which Databend will operate. Example: if a bucket's root directory has a folder called myroot, then root = "myroot/". |
To get the credential, you could follow the topic Create a service account key
from the Google documentation to create and download a service account key file. After downloading the service account key file, you could
convert it into a base64 string via the following command:
base64 -i -o ~/Desktop/base64-encoded-key.txt
[storage.oss] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.oss] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| bucket | The name of your Alibaba Cloud OSS bucket. |
| endpoint_url | The URL endpoint for Alibaba Cloud OSS. |
| access_key_id | The access key ID for authenticating with Alibaba Cloud OSS. |
| access_key_secret | The access key secret for authenticating with Alibaba Cloud OSS. |
| presign_endpoint_url | The URL endpoint for presigned operations with Alibaba Cloud OSS. |
| root | Specifies a directory within the bucket from which Databend will operate. Example: if a bucket's root directory has a folder called myroot, then root = "myroot/". |
[storage.cos] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.cos] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| bucket | The name of your Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) bucket. |
| endpoint_url | The URL endpoint for Tencent COS (optional). |
| secret_id | The secret ID for authenticating with Tencent COS. |
| secret_key | The secret key for authenticating with Tencent COS. |
| root | Specifies a directory within the bucket from which Databend will operate. Example: if a bucket's root directory has a folder called myroot, then root = "myroot/". |
[storage.hdfs] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.hdfs] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| name_node | The name node address for Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). |
| root | Specifies a directory from which Databend will operate. |
[storage.webhdfs] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [storage.webhdfs] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| endpoint_url | The URL endpoint for WebHDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System). |
| root | Specifies a directory from which Databend will operate. |
| delegation | Delegation token for authentication and authorization. |
[cache] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [cache] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| data_cache_storage | The type of storage used for table data cache. Available options: "none" (disables table data cache), "disk" (enables disk cache). Defaults to "none". |
[cache.disk] Section
The following is a list of the parameters available within the [cache.disk] section:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| path | The path where the cache is stored when using disk cache. |
| max_bytes | The maximum amount of cached data in bytes when using disk cache. Defaults to 21474836480 bytes (20 GB). |