Environment Variables / System Properties for Lucee

Below is a list of environment variables and system properties you can set for the Lucee Server.

Important Settings

The following settings are very useful and important to know.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ADMIN_ENABLED
System Property: -Dlucee.admin.enabled
Should the Lucee Admin be available or not.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ADMIN_PASSWORD
System Property: -Dlucee.admin.password
Password used for the Lucee admin (when you run Lucee in multi mode, the password for the Server admin).

Environment Variable: LUCEE_DATASOURCE_POOL_VALIDATE
System Property: -Dlucee.datasource.pool.validate
If enabled, Lucee will validate existing datasource connections reused from the datasource pool before using them. This protects from exceptions caused by connections dropped by the DB server but creates additional communication between Lucee and the DB server.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_DEBUGGING_OPTIONS
System Property: -Dlucee.debugging.options
Debug options, a comma-separated list of the following possible debug options to enable:

database
exception
template
dump
tracing
timer
implicit-access
query-usage
max-records-logged

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM
System Property: -Dlucee.encryption.algorithm
Default encryption algorithm used when none is specified. The default "cfmx_compat" is not cryptographically secure - strongly recommended to use "AES" instead. Valid values: CFMX_COMPAT, AES, BLOWFISH, DES

Environment Variable: LUCEE_EXTENSIONS
System Property: -Dlucee.extensions
Define a comma-separated list of Lucee extensions to install when starting up. This can be a simple list of IDs like this, then simply the latest versions get installed:

99A4EF8D-F2FD-40C8-8FB8C2E67A4EEEB6, 671B01B8-B3B3-42B9-AC055A356BED5281, 2BCD080F-4E1E-48F5-BEFE794232A21AF6

Or with more specific information like version and label (for better readability) like this:

99A4EF8D-F2FD-40C8-8FB8C2E67A4EEEB6;name=MSSQL;label=MS SQL Server;version=12.2.0.jre8, 671B01B8-B3B3-42B9-AC055A356BED5281;name=PostgreSQL;label=PostgreSQL;version=42.7.3, 2BCD080F-4E1E-48F5-BEFE794232A21AF6;name=JDTsSQL;label=jTDS (MSSQL);version=1.3.1

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LOGINSTORAGE_ITERATIONS
System Property: -Dlucee.loginstorage.iterations
Specifies the number of encryption iterations for loginstorage. The default is 0.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LOGINSTORAGE_PRIVATEKEY
System Property: -Dlucee.loginstorage.privatekey
A private key used to encrypt loginstorage. If not defined, a simple base64 encoding is used.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LOGINSTORAGE_SALT
System Property: -Dlucee.loginstorage.salt
The salt used for encrypting loginstorage. If no salt is defined, a hardcoded salt is used.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_PASSWORD_ENC_KEY
System Property: -Dlucee.password.enc.key
The private encryption key used by Lucee to encrypt passwords stored in the configuration, such as for datasources.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_READ_CFID_FROM_URL
System Property: -Dlucee.read.cfid.from.url
A boolean value. If true, Lucee allows reading the CFID from the URL query string. It is strongly recommended to disable this.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_REQUESTTIMEOUT
System Property: -Dlucee.requesttimeout
A boolean value. If false, Lucee will disable request timeouts.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_REQUESTTIMEOUT_CONCURRENTREQUESTTHRESHOLD
System Property: -Dlucee.requesttimeout.concurrentrequestthreshold
Concurrent request threshold to enforce a request timeout. If a request reaches the timeout, Lucee will only enforce it if this threshold is also reached. For example, setting it to 100 means the timeout is enforced only if there are at least 99 other requests running.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_REQUESTTIMEOUT_CPUTHRESHOLD
System Property: -Dlucee.requesttimeout.cputhreshold
A floating-point number between 0 and 1. CPU threshold to enforce a request timeout. If a request reaches the timeout, Lucee will only enforce it if the CPU usage of the current core is at least the specified threshold. For example, setting it to 0.5 enforces the timeout if the CPU is at least 50%.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SERVER_DIR
System Property: -Dlucee.server.dir
Specifies the file directory for the Lucee server context.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_VERSION
System Property: -Dlucee.version
Defines the version of Lucee to load. For example, setting it to 6.1.0.0 will load that version. If not available locally, Lucee will automatically download it from Maven.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ADMIN_MODE="single|multi"
System Property: -Dlucee.admin.mode
This setting only applies to Lucee 6 (above 6.1.1.54), Lucee 6 can run in single mode or multi mode. In single mode, Lucee only has one set of configurations for the whole server. In multi mode, you have a base configuration for the whole server, but then every web context has its own configuration to override the base configuration. With Lucee 5, you only have multi mode and with Lucee 7, you only have single mode. By default, a new version of Lucee 6 with no .CFConfig.json provided that contains a mode:"single|multi" setting starts in single mode. When you update from Lucee 5, you start in multi mode. To change this behavior, you can set the environment variable LUCEE_ADMIN_MODE="single|multi" or system property -Dlucee.admin.mode="single|multi".

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ADMIN_MODE_DEFAULT="single|multi"
System Property: -Dlucee.admin.mode.default
This setting functions similarly to LUCEE_ADMIN_MODE, but it only affects the default behavior and can be overridden by any setting in .CFConfig.json.

Breaking Changes

Major updates for Lucee can sometimes cause breaking changes. The settings below allow you to emulate the behavior of older Lucee versions in newer versions.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_QUERY_ALLOWEMPTYASNULL
System Property: -Dlucee.query.allowemptyasnull

In Lucee 5, an empty string passed into a query parameter with a numeric type was interpreted as null. In Lucee 6, this is no longer accepted and throws an exception. You can simulate the old behavior by setting this environment variable or system property to true.

By setting the log level of the datasource log to warn, you will receive information in the log when the old behavior is used. This allows you to modify your code for the new behavior without encountering runtime issues with the existing code.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_DESERIALIZEJSON_ALLOWEMPTY
System Property: -Dlucee.deserializejson.allowempty

In Lucee 5, an empty string passed into the function deserializeJson will return an empty string back. In Lucee 6, this is no longer accepted and throws an exception. You can simulate the old behavior by setting this environment variable or system property to true.

By setting the log level of the application log to warn, you will receive information in the log when the old behavior is used. This allows you to modify your code for the new behavior without encountering runtime issues with the existing code.

Regular Settings

Settings that are nice to know, but not that important.

Environment Variable: FELIX_LOG_LEVEL
System Property: -Dfelix.log.level
Log level for the Felix Framework (OSGi).

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ALLOW_COMPRESSION
System Property: -Dlucee.allow.compression
Allows compressing (GZIP) the HTTP response if the client explicitly supports it.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_APPLICATION_PATH_CACHE_TIMEOUT
System Property: -Dlucee.application.path.cache.timeout
Lucee caches the path information to the template; this defines the idle timeout for these cache elements in milliseconds.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_COMPILER_BLOCK_BYTECODE
System Property: -Dlucee.compiler.block.bytecode
Controls whether Lucee allows the direct execution of precompiled bytecode files (.cfm). Set to true to prevent bytecode execution, requiring all CFML files to be provided as source code.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_CASCADE_TO_RESULTSET
System Property: -Dlucee.cascade.to.resultset
When a variable has no scope defined (example: #myVar# instead of #variables.myVar#), Lucee will also search available resultsets (CFML Standard) or not.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_CLI_PRINTEXCEPTIONS
System Property: -Dlucee.cli.printExceptions
Print out exceptions within the CLI interface.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ENABLE_WARMUP
System Property: -Dlucee.enable.warmup
Boolean to enable/disable Lucee warmup on start.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_EXTENSIONS_INSTALL
System Property: -Dlucee.extensions.install
A boolean value to enable/disable the installation of extensions.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_FULL_NULL_SUPPORT
System Property: -Dlucee.full.null.support
A boolean value to enable/disable full null support.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LIBRARY_ADDITIONAL_FUNCTION
System Property: -Dlucee.library.additional.function
Path to a directory for additional CFML-based functions Lucee should load to make these functions available in the application. For example, you create a file called length.cfm that looks like this:

function length(obj) {
    return len(obj);
}

Then you copy that file into that directory, and you can use the function length(any) in all your code like a built-in function.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LIBRARY_ADDITIONAL_TAG
System Property: -Dlucee.library.additional.tag
Path to a directory for additional CFML-based tags Lucee should load as globally available tags following the custom tag interface.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LIBRARY_DEFAULT_FUNCTION
System Property: -Dlucee.library.default.function
Path to a directory for CFML-based functions Lucee should load to make these functions available in the application. For example, you create a file called length.cfm that looks like this:

function length(obj) {
    return len(obj);
}

Then you copy that file into that directory, and you can use the function length(any) in all your code like a built-in function.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LIBRARY_DEFAULT_TAG
System Property: -Dlucee.library.default.tag
Path to a directory for CFML-based tags Lucee should load as globally available tags following the custom tag interface.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LIBRARY_DEFAULT_TLD
System Property: -Dlucee.library.default.tld
Tag Library Descriptor files (.tld or .tldx) Lucee should load to make these tags available in the application.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LISTENER_MODE
System Property: -Dlucee.listener.mode
Where/how does Lucee look for the Application Listener?

currenttoroot - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" from the current up to the webroot directory.
currentorroot - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" in the current directory and in the webroot directory.
root - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" only in the webroot.
current - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" only in the current template directory.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LISTENER_TYPE
System Property: -Dlucee.listener.type
Which kind of Application Listener is supported?

None - no listener at all.
Classical (CFML < 7) - Classic handling. Lucee looks for the file "Application.cfm" and a corresponding file "OnRequestEnd.cfm".
Modern - Modern handling. Lucee only looks for the file "Application.cfc".
Mixed (CFML >= 7) - Mixed handling. Lucee looks for a file "Application.cfm/OnRequestEnd.cfm" as well as for the file "Application.cfc".

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LISTENER_SINGELTON
System Property: -Dlucee.listener.singelton
Controls how Lucee manages Application.cfc instances (introduced in Lucee 7). When set to false (Classic behavior), Lucee creates a new Application.cfc instance for each request and executes the component body constructor every time. When set to true (Singleton behavior), the component loads only during startup or when the component template changes. Note: With singleton mode enabled, settings defined in the component body remain persistent between requests. Configuration changes should be made within listener functions like onApplicationStart, onSessionStart or onRequestStart.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LOGGING_MAIN
System Property: -Dlucee.logging.main
Name of the main logger used by Lucee, for example, a non-existing logger is defined.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_MAPPING_FIRST
System Property: -Dlucee.mapping.first
Let's say you have the following code:

<cfinclude template="/foo/bar/index.cfm">

And you have the following mappings defined:

/foo/bar
/foo

Then Lucee will look for /index.cfm in /foo/bar and for /bar/index.cfm in /foo and invoke the first index.cfm it finds, which could be in both mappings. If this setting is set to true, Lucee will only check /foo/bar for index.cfm.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_MVN_REPO_RELEASES
System Property: -Dlucee.mvn.repo.releases
Endpoint used by Lucee >= 6 to load releases, by default this is https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_MVN_REPO_SNAPSHOTS
System Property: -Dlucee.mvn.repo.snapshots
Endpoint used by Lucee >= 6 to load snapshots, by default this is https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_PAGEPOOL_MAXSIZE
System Property: -Dlucee.pagePool.maxSize
Max size of the template pool (page pool), the pool Lucee holds loaded .cfm/.cfc files. By default, this is 10000; no number smaller than 1000 is accepted.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_PRECISE_MATH
System Property: -Dlucee.precise.math
A boolean value. If enabled, this improves the accuracy of floating-point calculations but makes them slightly slower.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_PRESERVE_CASE
System Property: -Dlucee.preserve.case
A boolean value. If true, Lucee will not convert variable names used in "dot notation" to UPPER CASE.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_QUEUE_ENABLE
System Property: -Dlucee.queue.enable
A boolean value. If true, Lucee will enable the queue for requests.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_QUEUE_MAX
System Property: -Dlucee.queue.max
The maximum concurrent requests that the engine allows to run at the same time before the engine begins to queue the requests.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_QUEUE_TIMEOUT
System Property: -Dlucee.queue.timeout
The time in milliseconds a request is held in the queue. If the time is reached, the request is rejected with an exception. If you set it to 0 seconds, the request timeout is used instead.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_REQUEST_LIMIT_CONCURRENT_MAXNOSLEEP
System Property: -Dlucee.request.limit.concurrent.maxnosleep
The maximal number of threads that are allowed to be active on the server. If this is reached, requests get forced into a "nap" (defined by lucee.request.limit.concurrent.sleeptime).

Environment Variable: LUCEE_REQUEST_LIMIT_CONCURRENT_SLEEPTIME
System Property: -Dlucee.request.limit.concurrent.sleeptime
How long a request should "nap" in milliseconds if it reaches the lucee.request.limit.concurrent.maxnosleep.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_REQUESTTIMEOUT_MEMORYTHRESHOLD
System Property: -Dlucee.requesttimeout.memorythreshold
A floating-point number between 0 and 1. Memory threshold to enforce a request timeout. If a request reaches the request timeout, Lucee will only enforce that timeout if this threshold is also reached. For example, setting it to 0.5 enforces the timeout if the memory consumption of the server is at least 50%.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_RESOURCE_CHARSET
System Property: -Dlucee.resource.charset
Default character set for reading from/writing to various resources (files).

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SCRIPT_PROTECT
System Property: -Dlucee.script.protect
Script protect setting used by default. Consult the Lucee admin page /Settings/Request for details on possible settings.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SECURITY_LIMITEVALUATION
System Property: -Dlucee.security.limitEvaluation
A boolean value. If enabled, limits variable evaluation in functions/tags. If enabled, you cannot use expressions within [ ] like this: susi[getVariableName()]. This affects the following functions: IsDefined, structGet, empty and the following tags: savecontent attribute "variable".

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SSL_CHECKSERVERIDENTITY
System Property: -Dlucee.ssl.checkserveridentity
A boolean value. If enabled, checks the identity of the SSL certificate with SMTP.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_STATUS_CODE
System Property: -Dlucee.status.code
A boolean value. If disabled, returns a 200 status code to the client even if an uncaught exception occurs.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_STORE_EMPTY
System Property: -Dlucee.store.empty
A boolean value. If enabled, does not store empty sessions to the client or session storage.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SUPPRESS_WS_BEFORE_ARG
System Property: -Dlucee.suppress.ws.before.arg
A boolean value. If enabled, Lucee suppresses whitespace defined between the cffunction starting tag and the last cfargument tag. This setting is ignored when there is different output between these tags as whitespace.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SYSTEM_ERR
System Property: -Dlucee.system.err
Where is the error stream of the JVM sent? Possible values are:

null (the stream is ignored)
class:<class-name> - the data is sent to an instance of that class that must implement the java.io.PrintStream interface
file:<file-path> - an absolute path to a file name the stream is written to
log - stream is written to err.log in context/logs/

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SYSTEM_OUT
System Property: -Dlucee.system.out
Where is the out stream of the JVM sent? Possible values are:

null (the stream is ignored)
class:<class-name> - the data is sent to an instance of that class that must implement the java.io.PrintStream interface
file:<file-path> - an absolute path to a file name the stream is written to
log - stream is written to out.log in context/logs/

Environment Variable: LUCEE_TASKS_LIMIT
System Property: -Dlucee.tasks.limit
Defines the maximum number of elements that can be stored in the cfthread scope. Once this limit is reached, the oldest entries are automatically removed to make room for new ones. The default value is 10000.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_TEMPLATE_CHARSET
System Property: -Dlucee.template.charset
Default character set used to read templates (.cfm and .cfc files).

Environment Variable: LUCEE_TYPE_CHECKING
System Property: -Dlucee.type.checking
A boolean value. If enabled, Lucee enforces types defined in the code. If false, type definitions are ignored.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_UPLOAD_BLOCKLIST
System Property: -Dlucee.upload.blocklist
Default block list for the tag cffile action="upload". A comma-separated list of extensions that are allowed when uploading files via forms.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_USE_LUCEE_SSL_TRUSTSTORE
System Property: -Dlucee.use.lucee.SSL.TrustStore
Specifies the file location of the trust store that contains trusted Certificate Authorities (CAs) for SSL/TLS connections in Java applications.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_WEB_CHARSET
System Property: -Dlucee.web.charset
Default character set for output streams, form-, URL-, and CGI scope variables, and reading/writing the header.

Edge Case Settings

These settings are normally not needed in a regular environment.

Environment Variable: FELIX_LOG_LEVEL
System Property: -Dfelix.log.level
Log level for the Felix Framework (OSGi).

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ALLOW_COMPRESSION
System Property: -Dlucee.allow.compression
Allows compressing (GZIP) the HTTP response if the client explicitly supports it.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_CLI_PRINTEXCEPTIONS
System Property: -Dlucee.cli.printExceptions
Print out exceptions within the CLI interface.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_ENABLE_WARMUP
System Property: -Dlucee.enable.warmup
Boolean to enable/disable Lucee warmup on start.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_EXTENSIONS_INSTALL
System Property: -Dlucee.extensions.install
A boolean value to enable/disable the installation of extensions.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_FULL_NULL_SUPPORT
System Property: -Dlucee.full.null.support
A boolean value to enable/disable full null support.

<cfscript>
function length(obj) {
    return len(obj);
}
</cfscript>

Then you copy that file into that directory, and you can use the function length(any) in all your code like a built-in function.

<cfscript>
function length(obj) {
    return len(obj);
}
</cfscript>

Then you copy that file into that directory, and you can use the function length(any) in all your code like a built-in function.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LIBRARY_DEFAULT_TLD
System Property: -Dlucee.library.default.tld
Tag Library Descriptor files (.tld or .tldx) Lucee should load to make these tags available in the application.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LISTENER_MODE
System Property: -Dlucee.listener.mode
Where/how does Lucee look for the Application Listener?

currenttoroot - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" from the current up to the webroot directory.
currentorroot - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" in the current directory and in the webroot directory.
root - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" only in the webroot.
current - looks for the file "Application.cfc/Application.cfm" only in the current template directory.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LISTENER_TYPE
System Property: -Dlucee.listener.type
Which kind of Application Listener is supported?

None - no listener at all.
Classical (CFML < 7) - Classic handling. Lucee looks for the file "Application.cfm" and a corresponding file "OnRequestEnd.cfm".
Modern - Modern handling. Lucee only looks for the file "Application.cfc".
Mixed (CFML >= 7) - Mixed handling. Lucee looks for a file "Application.cfm/OnRequestEnd.cfm" as well as for the file "Application.cfc".

Environment Variable: LUCEE_LOGGING_MAIN
System Property: -Dlucee.logging.main
Name of the main logger used by Lucee, for example, a non-existing logger is defined.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_MAPPING_FIRST
System Property: -Dlucee.mapping.first
Let's say you have the following code:

<cfinclude template="/foo/bar/index.cfm">

And you have the following mappings defined:

/foo/bar
/foo

Environment Variable: LUCEE_MVN_REPO_RELEASES
System Property: -Dlucee.mvn.repo.releases
Endpoint used by Lucee >= 6 to load releases. By default, this is https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_MVN_REPO_SNAPSHOTS
System Property: -Dlucee.mvn.repo.snapshots
Endpoint used by Lucee >= 6 to load snapshots. By default, this is https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_PRESERVE_CASE
System Property: -Dlucee.preserve.case
A boolean value. If true, Lucee will not convert variable names used in "dot notation" to UPPER CASE.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_QUEUE_ENABLE
System Property: -Dlucee.queue.enable
A boolean value. If true, Lucee will enable the queue for requests.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_RESOURCE_CHARSET
System Property: -Dlucee.resource.charset
Default character set for reading from/writing to various resources (files).

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SSL_CHECKSERVERIDENTITY
System Property: -Dlucee.ssl.checkserveridentity
A boolean value. If enabled, checks the identity of the SSL certificate with SMTP.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_STATUS_CODE
System Property: -Dlucee.status.code
A boolean value. If disabled, returns a 200 status code to the client even if an uncaught exception occurs.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_STORE_EMPTY
System Property: -Dlucee.store.empty
A boolean value. If enabled, does not store empty sessions to the client or session storage.

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SYSTEM_ERR
System Property: -Dlucee.system.err
Where is the error stream of the JVM sent? Possible values are:

null (the stream is ignored)
class: - the data is sent to an instance of that class that must implement the java.io.PrintStream interface
file: - an absolute path to a file name the stream is written to
log - stream is written to err.log in context/logs/

Environment Variable: LUCEE_SYSTEM_OUT
System Property: -Dlucee.system.out
Where is the out stream of the JVM sent? Possible values are:

null (the stream is ignored)
class: - the data is sent to an instance of that class that must implement the java.io.PrintStream interface
file: - an absolute path to a file name the stream is written to
log - stream is written to out.log in context/logs/

Environment Variable: LUCEE_TEMPLATE_CHARSET
System Property: -Dlucee.template.charset
Default character set used to read templates (.cfm and .cfc files).

Environment Variables / System Properties for Lucee

Environment Variables / System Properties for Lucee

Important Settings

Breaking Changes

Regular Settings

Edge Case Settings

See also