Configuration

Introduction

Both, the server and app components can be fully customized using a single YAML configuration file but none of the keys are actually required. The file can be placed in one of the following destinations inside the container where it will be automatically picked up:

/etc/magicmirror/config.yml (preferred)
/config.yml

Alternatively you could explicitly pass in the configuration file via flag:

$ /magicmirror --config /foo/bar/baz.yml

Full example with all possible keys

/etc/magicmirror/config.yml

# optional: http listener port for the server
port: 9000

# optional: configuration for logging, possible values: 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error', 'fatal'
log:
  level: debug

# optional: configuration for prometheus metrics endpoint
metrics:
  enabled: true
  path: /metrics

# optional: geo location, only required for various cards and apis, e.g. weather card
location:
  latitude: 1.2345678
  longitude: 1.234567

# optional: rss feeds displayed inside news card
feeds:
  - https://my-news.org/rss/feed

# optional: api keys for the respective data apis
apiKeys:
  # optional: open weather api key, required if weather card is used
  openWeather: my-api-key-123

Check-only mode

You can just validate the configuration file using the following sub command:

# default config path
$ /magicmirror config validate

# custom config path
$ /magicmirror config validate --config /foo/bar/baz.yml

Sections

To keep things simple the configuration file is divided into multiple sections. Almost all of them can be omitted as they are optional.

Basic

Key	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
`port`	`int`	no	`9000`	Port for the HTTP server to serve the web UI.

Example

port: 9000

Log

Key	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
`level`	`enum` (`debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`, `fatal`)	no	`info`	Log level for the server component.

Example

log:
  level: debug

Metrics

The server is capable of exposing some basic metrics for Prometheus. To enable them the following configuration values can be used:

Key	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
`enabled`	`bool`	no	`true`	Enable/Disable Prometheus metrics endpoint.
`path`	`string`	no	`/metrics`	Path of the metrics endpoint. The default value is ready for Prometheus to be consumed.

Example

metrics:
  enabled: true
  path: /metrics

Location

Customize your geo location. It is needed for various cards, such as the weather card.

Note: If you skip this section those cards will be disabled automatically.

Key	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
`latitude`	`float`	no	-	Latitude as float for your geo location.
`longitude`	`float`	no	-	Longitude as float for your geo location.

Example

location:
  latitude: 1.2345678
  longitude: 1.234567

Feeds

The news card requires RSS feeds to display them on the mirror. This section enables you to pass in one or more URLs inside a top-level list configuration item.

Example

feeds:
  - https://my-news.org/rss/feed

API Keys

Some cards (e.g. the weather card) need an API key to authenticate you against their data APIs.

Note: If you skip this section those cards will be disabled automatically.

Key	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
`openWeather`	`string`	no	-	OpenWeather API key required for the weather card.

Example

apiKeys:
  openWeather: my-api-key-123