Configuration Details

The Ed-Fi ODS / API is configurable in a number of ways. Since the source code is available to licensees, one could argue that everything is configurable – but what we’re discussing in this section are things like settings and options that do not require a change to the compiled code.

Required Configuration Settings

Some configuration must be done for every ODS / API platform instance. Examples of required configurations include database connection strings, SMTP server locations, and similar.

To make it easier for developers to install and run the Ed-Fi ODS / API, the default download from source control is pre-configured with values appropriate for a developer or single-server test instance of the system.

Application	Location	Setting Name	Value	Description
EdFi.Ods.Admin.Web	web.config	OAuthUrl	Example: http://site-address:port/oauth	Points to the root of the authorization API in the Ed-Fi ODS website.
EdFi.Ods.SecurityConfiguration .Administration.Web	web.config	KeyRetrievalSite	Example: http://site-address:port/	Points to the Key Retrieval tool application. The link in the e-mail body uses this address as the root address of the Key Retrieval Tool site.
EdFi.Ods.WebApi	web.config	owin:appStartup	Sandbox, SharedInstance, etc.	The component settings for the API. See the developers guide for more information on this setting.
EdFi.Ods.WebApi	web.config	BulkOperationWorkingFolder	Example: c:\temp	A temporary storage area used to assemble bulk upload data.
EdFi.Ods.WebApi	web.config	DescriptorNamespacePrefix	Example: http://www.ed-fi.org	The default namespace for creating and finding descriptors if none is supplied.
EdFi.Ods.SwaggerUI	web.config	swagger.webApiMetadataUrl	Example: http://site-address:port/metadata/{section}/api-docs	The location of the swagger metadata in the Ed-Fi ODS API
EdFi.Ods.SwaggerUI	web.config	swagger.adminUrl	Example: http://site-address:port/oauth/	Points to the root of the authorization API in the Ed-Fi ODS website.

A deployment to a staging or production instance is usually more involved, and requires additional configuration. Required configurations for a production instance can be found in the Deployment section of this documentation.

Optional Configuration Settings

Although these lists of settings are not exhaustive, other important and useful optional configuration values include:

Application	Location	Setting Name	Value	Description
Key Retrieval Web App	web.config	MaxChallengeRetries	Default Value: 3	This is the number of tries a vendor is allowed to enter the correct activation code to retrieve the key and secret.
EdFi.Ods.SwaggerUI	web.config	swagger.webApi	Example: http://site-address:port/api/v2.0	The top level location of the main Ed-Fi ODS APIs
EdFi.Ods.Admin.Web	web.config	TestUsers	Example: JoeAdmin;SaraUser	A list of users to automatically create during security database initialization if CreateTestUsers is set to true.
EdFi.Ods.Admin.Web	web.config	CreateTestUsers	false	True to create test users during security database initialization.
EdFi.Ods.WebApi	web.config	QueueAutoCreate	Example: 1	Whether or not a message queue should be created if it is not found. For Azure or Active Directory queues, this should be 0.
EdFi.Ods.WebApi	web.config	BearerTokenTimeoutMinutes	Example: 30	The amount of time an inactive token remains valid.