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<p>This page describes the ways of configuring the cunīcu daemon (<code>cunicu daemon</code>).</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="command-line-flags">Command Line Flags<a class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Command Line Flags" title="Direct link to Command Line Flags" href="/docs/config#command-line-flags"></a></h2>
<p>Basic options of <code>cunicu daemon</code> can be configured by passing command line arguments.
A full overview is available in its <a href="/docs/usage/man/daemon">manpage</a>.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="configuration-file">Configuration File<a class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Configuration File" title="Direct link to Configuration File" href="/docs/config#configuration-file"></a></h2>
<p>For more advanced setups, a configuration file can be used for a persistent configuration:</p>
<p>Please have a look at the <a href="/docs/config/example-advanced">example configuration file</a> for a full reference of all available settings.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="environment-variables">Environment Variables<a class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Environment Variables" title="Direct link to Environment Variables" href="/docs/config#environment-variables"></a></h2>
<p>All the settings from the configuration file can also be passed via environment variables by following the following rules:</p>
<ul>
<li>Convert the setting name to uppercase</li>
<li>Prefixing the setting name with <code>CUNICU_</code></li>
<li>Nested settings are separated by underscores</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Example:</strong> The setting <code>ice.max_binding_requests</code> can be set by the environment variable <code>CUNICU_ICE_MAX_BINDING_REQUESTS</code></p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="at-runtime">At Runtime<a class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to At Runtime" title="Direct link to At Runtime" href="/docs/config#at-runtime"></a></h2>
<p>cunīcu&#x27;s configuration can also be updated at runtime, alleviating daemon restarts and interruption of connectivity.</p>
<p>Please have a look at the <a href="/docs/usage/man/config"><code>cunicu config</code></a> commands.</p>
<p>Currently, not all settings are runtime tunable.</p>
<p>Changed settings via the <code>cunicu config set</code> command are persisted in a runtime configuration file at <code>/var/lib/cunicu/runtime.yaml</code>.
So runtime changes will also be taken into account for subsequent starts of the daemon.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="dns-auto-configuration">DNS Auto-configuration<a class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to DNS Auto-configuration" title="Direct link to DNS Auto-configuration" href="/docs/config#dns-auto-configuration"></a></h2>
<p>cunīcu als supports retrieving parts of the configuration via DNS lookups.
This is useful for corporate environments in which a fleet of cunīcu daemon need to be configured centrally.</p>
<p>In this case <code>cunicu daemon</code> is started one or more <code>--domain example.com</code> parameters to look for the following DNS records to obtain its configuration.</p>
<p>STUN and TURN servers used for ICE are retrieved by SVR lookups and other cunīcu settings are retrieved via <code>SRV</code> and <code>TXT</code> lookups:</p>
<div class="language-text codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">_stun._udp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 0 3478 stun.example.com.</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">_stuns._tcp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 0 3478 stun.example.com.</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">_turn._udp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 0 3478 turn.example.com.</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">_turn._tcp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 0 3478 turn.example.com.</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">_turns._tcp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 0 5349 turn.example.com.</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">example.com. 3600 IN TXT &quot;cunicu-config=https://example.com/cunicu.yaml&quot;</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">example.com. 3600 IN TXT &quot;cunicu-backend=grpc://signal.example.com:443&quot;</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">example.com. 3600 IN TXT &quot;cunicu-community=my-community-password&quot;</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">example.com. 3600 IN TXT &quot;cunicu-ice-username=user1&quot;</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">example.com. 3600 IN TXT &quot;cunicu-ice-password=pass1&quot;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="remote-configuration-files">Remote Configuration Files<a class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Remote Configuration Files" title="Direct link to Remote Configuration Files" href="/docs/config#remote-configuration-files"></a></h2>
<p>When <code>cunicu daemon</code> can be started with <code>--config</code> options pointing to HTTPS URIs:</p>
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<p>cunīcu will download all configuration files in the order they are specified on the command line and merge them subsequently.</p>
<p>This feature can be combined with the DNS auto-configuration method by providing a TXT record pointing to the configuration file:</p>
<div class="language-text codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">example.com. 3600 IN TXT &quot;cunicu-config=https://example.com/cunicu.yaml&quot;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
<div class="theme-admonition theme-admonition-note admonition_xJq3 alert alert--secondary"><div class="admonitionHeading_Gvgb"><span class="admonitionIcon_Rf37"><svg viewBox="0 0 14 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M6.3 5.69a.942.942 0 0 1-.28-.7c0-.28.09-.52.28-.7.19-.18.42-.28.7-.28.28 0 .52.09.7.28.18.19.28.42.28.7 0 .28-.09.52-.28.7a1 1 0 0 1-.7.3c-.28 0-.52-.11-.7-.3zM8 7.99c-.02-.25-.11-.48-.31-.69-.2-.19-.42-.3-.69-.31H6c-.27.02-.48.13-.69.31-.2.2-.3.44-.31.69h1v3c.02.27.11.5.31.69.2.2.42.31.69.31h1c.27 0 .48-.11.69-.31.2-.19.3-.42.31-.69H8V7.98v.01zM7 2.3c-3.14 0-5.7 2.54-5.7 5.68 0 3.14 2.56 5.7 5.7 5.7s5.7-2.55 5.7-5.7c0-3.15-2.56-5.69-5.7-5.69v.01zM7 .98c3.86 0 7 3.14 7 7s-3.14 7-7 7-7-3.12-7-7 3.14-7 7-7z"></path></svg></span>note</div><div class="admonitionContent_BuS1"><p>Remote configuration files must be fetched via HTTPS if they are not hosted locally and required a trusted server certificate.</p></div></div>
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<p>cunīcu can watch local and remote files as well as the DNS configuration for changes and automatically reloads its configuration from them whenever a change has been detected.</p>
<p>Pass the <code>--watch-config</code> or <code>-w</code> command line options to <code>cunicu daemon</code> to enable this feature.</p>
<p>For local files the change is detected by <a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inotify.7.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">inotify(7)</a>.
For remote sources, cunīcu periodically checks the <code>Last-Modified</code> and <code>Etag</code> headers in case of HTTP files or the DNS zone&#x27;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOA_record#Structure" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SOA serial number</a> to detect changes without request the full remote source.</p>
<div class="theme-admonition theme-admonition-note admonition_xJq3 alert alert--secondary"><div class="admonitionHeading_Gvgb"><span class="admonitionIcon_Rf37"><svg viewBox="0 0 14 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M6.3 5.69a.942.942 0 0 1-.28-.7c0-.28.09-.52.28-.7.19-.18.42-.28.7-.28.28 0 .52.09.7.28.18.19.28.42.28.7 0 .28-.09.52-.28.7a1 1 0 0 1-.7.3c-.28 0-.52-.11-.7-.3zM8 7.99c-.02-.25-.11-.48-.31-.69-.2-.19-.42-.3-.69-.31H6c-.27.02-.48.13-.69.31-.2.2-.3.44-.31.69h1v3c.02.27.11.5.31.69.2.2.42.31.69.31h1c.27 0 .48-.11.69-.31.2-.19.3-.42.31-.69H8V7.98v.01zM7 2.3c-3.14 0-5.7 2.54-5.7 5.68 0 3.14 2.56 5.7 5.7 5.7s5.7-2.55 5.7-5.7c0-3.15-2.56-5.69-5.7-5.69v.01zM7 .98c3.86 0 7 3.14 7 7s-3.14 7-7 7-7-3.12-7-7 3.14-7 7-7z"></path></svg></span>note</div><div class="admonitionContent_BuS1"><p>Configuration file distributed via <code>conicu-config</code> DNS TXT record are not yet monitored for changes.</p></div></div></div><footer class="theme-doc-footer docusaurus-mt-lg"><div class="row margin-top--sm theme-doc-footer-edit-meta-row"><div class="col"><a href="https://github.com/cunicu/cunicu/edit/main/docs/config/config.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="theme-edit-this-page"><svg fill="currentColor" height="20" width="20" viewBox="0 0 40 40" class="iconEdit_Z9Sw" aria-hidden="true"><g><path d="m34.5 11.7l-3 3.1-6.3-6.3 3.1-3q0.5-0.5 1.2-0.5t1.1 0.5l3.9 3.9q0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1t-0.5 1.2z m-29.5 17.1l18.4-18.5 6.3 6.3-18.4 18.4h-6.3v-6.2z"></path></g></svg>Edit this page</a></div><div class="col lastUpdated_JAkA"></div></div></footer></article><nav class="pagination-nav docusaurus-mt-lg" aria-label="Docs pages"><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--prev" href="/docs/usage/man/wg/showconf"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Previous</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">wg showconf</div></a><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--next" href="/docs/config/example-simple"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Next</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">Simple Example</div></a></nav></div></div><div class="col col--3"><div class="tableOfContents_bqdL thin-scrollbar theme-doc-toc-desktop"><ul class="table-of-contents table-of-contents__left-border"><li><a class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight" href="/docs/config#command-line-flags">Command Line Flags</a></li><li><a class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight" href="/docs/config#configuration-file">Configuration File</a></li><li><a class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight" href="/docs/config#environment-variables">Environment Variables</a></li><li><a class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight" href="/docs/config#at-runtime">At Runtime</a></li><li><a class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight" href="/docs/config#dns-auto-configuration">DNS Auto-configuration</a></li><li><a class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight" href="/docs/config#remote-configuration-files">Remote Configuration Files</a></li><li><a class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight" href="/docs/config#auto-reload">Auto-reload</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></main></div></div></div><footer class="footer footer--dark"><div class="container container-fluid"><div class="row footer__links"><div class="col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">Documentation</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs">Tutorial</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/legal">Legal</a></li></ul></div><div class="col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">Community</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://discuss.cunicu.li" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Forum<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21 13v10h-21v-19h12v2h-10v15h17v-8h2zm3-12h-10.988l4.035 4-6.977 7.07 2.828 2.828 6.977-7.07 4.125 4.172v-11z"></path></svg></a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@cunicu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Fediverse<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21 13v10h-21v-19h12v2h-10v15h17v-8h2zm3-12h-10.988l4.035 4-6.977 7.07 2.828 2.828 6.977-7.07 4.125 4.172v-11z"></path></svg></a></li></ul></div><div class="col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">More</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/blog">Blog</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/contact">Contact</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="footer__bottom text--center"><div class="footer__copyright">Copyright © 2025 Steffen Vogel.</div></div></div></footer></div>
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