This describes the basic server configuration that is loaded by all the server processes; the same file is loaded by all. See also the json "specFile" descriptions in [Realtime](Realtime.html) and [Batch-ingestion](Batch-ingestion.html).
1.`-Duser.timezone=UTC` This sets the default timezone of the JVM to UTC. We always set this and do not test with other default timezones, so local timezones might work, but they also might uncover weird and interesting bugs.
2.`-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8` This is similar to timezone, we test assuming UTF-8. Local encodings might work, but they also might result in weird and interesting bugs.
3.`-Djava.io.tmpdir=<a path>` Various parts of the system that interact with the file system do it via temporary files, and these files can get somewhat large. Many production systems are set up to have small (but fast) `/tmp` directories, which can be problematic with Druid so we recommend pointing the JVM’s tmp directory to something with a little more meat.
As of Druid v0.6, most core Druid functionality has been compartmentalized into modules. There are a set of default modules that may apply to any node type, and there are specific modules for the different node types. Default modules are __lazily instantiated__. Each module has its own set of configuration.
This page describes the configuration of the default modules. Node-specific configuration is discussed on each node's respective page. In addition, you can add custom modules to [extend Druid](Modules.html).
Configuration of the various modules is done via Java properties. These can either be provided as `-D` system properties on the java command line or they can be passed in via a file called `runtime.properties` that exists on the classpath.
The Druid servers emit various metrics and alerts via something we call an Emitter. There are two emitter implementations included with the code, one that just logs to log4j and one that does POSTs of JSON events to a server. The properties for using the logging emitter are described below.
|`druid.emitter.logging.loggerClass`|Choices: HttpPostEmitter, LoggingEmitter, NoopServiceEmitter, ServiceEmitter. The class used for logging.|LoggingEmitter|
|`druid.emitter.logging.logLevel`|Choices: debug, info, warn, error. The log level at which message are logged.|info|
|`druid.broker.http.numConnections`|Size of connection pool for the Broker to connect to historical and real-time nodes. If there are more queries than this number that all need to speak to the same node, then they will queue up.|5|
|`druid.broker.http.readTimeout`|The timeout for data reads.|none|
|`druid.processing.buffer.sizeBytes`|This specifies a buffer size for the storage of intermediate results. The computation engine in both the Historical and Realtime nodes will use a scratch buffer of this size to do all of their intermediate computations off-heap. Larger values allow for more aggregations in a single pass over the data while smaller values can require more passes depending on the query that is being executed.|1073741824 (1GB)|
|`druid.processing.formatString`|Realtime and historical nodes use this format string to name their processing threads.|processing-%s|
|`druid.processing.numThreads`|The number of processing threads to have available for parallel processing of segments. Our rule of thumb is `num_cores - 1`, this means that even under heavy load there will still be one core available to do background tasks like talking with ZK and pulling down segments.|1|
|`druid.host`|The host for the current node. This is used to advertise the current processes location as reachable from another node and should generally be specified such that `http://${druid.host}/` could actually talk to this process|none|
|`druid.port`|This is the port to actually listen on; unless port mapping is used, this will be the same port as is on `druid.host`|none|
|`druid.service`|The name of the service. This is used as a dimension when emitting metrics and alerts to differentiate between the various services|none|
This module is used by nodes that store data (historical and real-time nodes).
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.server.maxSize`|The maximum number of bytes worth of segments that the node wants assigned to it. This is not a limit that the historical nodes actually enforce, they just publish it to the coordinator and trust the coordinator to do the right thing|0|
|`druid.server.tier`|Druid server host port.|none|
#### Segment Cache
Druid storage nodes maintain information about segments they have already downloaded.
|`druid.segmentCache.locations`|Segments assigned to a historical node are first stored on the local file system and then served by the historical node. These locations define where that local cache resides|none|
|`druid.segmentCache.deleteOnRemove`|Delete segment files from cache once a node is no longer serving a segment.|true|
|`druid.segmentCache.infoDir`|Historical nodes keep track of the segments they are serving so that when the process is restarted they can reload the same segments without waiting for the coordinator to reassign. This path defines where this metadata is kept. Directory will be created if needed.|${first_location}/info_dir|
### Jetty Server Module
Druid uses Jetty to serve HTTP requests.
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.server.http.numThreads`|Number of threads for HTTP requests.|10|
|`druid.server.http.maxIdleTime`|The Jetty max idle time for a connection.|PT5m|
### Queryable Module
This module is used by all nodes that can serve queries.
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.request.logging.type`|Choices: noop, file, emitter. How to log every request.|noop|
#### File Request Logging
Daily request logs are stored on disk.
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.request.logging.dir`|Historical, Realtime and Broker nodes maintain request logs of all of the requests they get (interacton is via POST, so normal request logs don’t generally capture information about the actual query), this specifies the directory to store the request logs in|none|
#### Emitter Request Logging
Every request is emitted to some external location.
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.request.logging.feed`|Feed name for requests.|none|
### Query Runner Factory Module
This module is required by nodes that can serve queries.
|`druid.query.groupBy.singleThreaded`|Run single threaded group By queries.|false|
|`druid.query.groupBy.maxIntermediateRows`|Maximum number of intermediate rows.|50000|
|`druid.query.groupBy.maxResults`|Maximum number of results.|500000|
#### Search Query Config
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.query.search.maxSearchLimit`|Maximum number of search results to return.|1000|
### Discovery Module
The discovery module is used for service discovery.
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.discovery.curator.path`|Services announce themselves under this Zookeeper path.|/druid/discovery|
### Server Inventory View Module
This module is used to read announcements of segments in Zookeeper. The configs are identical to the Announcer Module.
### Database Connector Module
These properties specify the jdbc connection and other configuration around the database. The only processes that connect to the DB with these properties are the [Coordinator](Coordinator.html) and [Indexing service](Indexing-service.html). This is tested on MySQL.
