Configuration Properties

The PowerAuth Server uses the following public configuration properties:

Database Configuration

Property	Default	Note
spring.datasource.url	jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/powerauth	Database JDBC URL
spring.datasource.username	powerauth	Database JDBC username
spring.datasource.password	_empty_	Database JDBC password
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto	none	Configuration of automatic database schema creation
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.characterEncoding	utf8	Character encoding
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.useUnicode	true	Character encoding - Unicode support

PowerAuth Service Configuration

Property	Default	Note
powerauth.service.applicationName	powerauth-server	Application name exposed in status endpoint
powerauth.service.applicationDisplayName	PowerAuth Server	Application display name exposed in status endpoint
powerauth.service.applicationEnvironment	_empty_	Application environment exposed in status endpoint
powerauth.service.restrictAccess	false	Whether access to the REST API is restricted

Activation and Cryptography Configuration

Property	Default	Note
powerauth.service.crypto.activationValidityInMilliseconds	120000	Default activation validity period in miliseconds
powerauth.service.crypto.signatureMaxFailedAttempts	5	Maximum failed attempts for signature verification
powerauth.service.crypto.requestExpirationInMilliseconds	60000	Expiration for ECIES and MAC token requests.
powerauth.service.crypto.requestExpirationInMillisecondsExtended	7200000	Expiration for ECIES and MAC token requests for protocol versions 3.1 and older.
powerauth.service.crypto.replayVerificationService	default	Request replay verification service, options: default, none
powerauth.service.token.timestamp.validity	7200000	PowerAuth MAC token timestamp validity in miliseconds
powerauth.service.recovery.maxFailedAttempts	5	Maximum failed attempts for activation recovery
powerauth.service.secureVault.enableBiometricAuthentication	false	Whether biometric authentication is enabled when accessing Secure Vault
powerauth.server.db.master.encryption.key	_empty_	Master DB encryption key for decryption of server private key in database
powerauth.service.proximity-check.otp.length	8	Length of OTP generated for proximity check
powerauth.service.pagination.default-page-size	500	The default number of records per page when paginated results are requested
powerauth.service.pagination.default-page-number	0	The default page number when paginated results are requested. Page numbers start from 0

HTTP Configuration

Property	Default	Note
powerauth.service.http.proxy.enabled	false	Whether proxy is enabled for outgoing HTTP requests
powerauth.service.http.proxy.host	127.0.0.1	Proxy host for outgoing HTTP requests
powerauth.service.http.proxy.port	8080	Proxy port for outgoing HTTP requests
powerauth.service.http.proxy.username	_emtpy_	Proxy username for outgoing HTTP requests
powerauth.service.http.proxy.password	_empty_	Proxy password for outgoing HTTP requests
powerauth.service.http.connection.timeout	5s	HTTP connection timeout
powerauth.service.http.response.timeout	60s	HTTP response timeout
powerauth.service.http.connection.max-idle-time	200s	HTTP max idle time

Spring Vault Configuration

Property	Default	Note
spring.cloud.vault.enabled	false	Whether Spring Vault integration is enabled
spring.cloud.vault.kv.enabled	true	Whether the Spring Vault integration uses the versioned key-value backend

Correlation HTTP Header Configuration

Property	Default	Note
powerauth.service.correlation-header.enabled	false	Whether correlation header is enabled
powerauth.service.correlation-header.name	X-Correlation-ID	Correlation header name
powerauth.service.correlation-header.value.validation-regexp	[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]{8,1024}	Regular expression for correlation header value validation
logging.pattern.console	See value in application.properties	Logging pattern for console which includes the correlation header value

Monitoring and Observability

Property	Default	Note
management.tracing.sampling.probability	1.0	Specifies the proportion of requests that are sampled for tracing. A value of 1.0 means that 100% of requests are sampled, while a value of 0 effectively disables tracing.

The WAR file includes the micrometer-registry-prometheus dependency. Discuss its configuration with the Spring Boot documentation.

Scheduled Jobs Configuration

Property	Default	Note
powerauth.service.scheduled.job.operationCleanup	5000	Time delay in milliseconds between two consecutive tasks that expire long pending operations.
powerauth.service.scheduled.job.activationsCleanup	5000	Time delay in milliseconds between two consecutive tasks that expire abandoned activations.
powerauth.service.scheduled.job.activationsCleanup.lookBackInMilliseconds	3600000	Number of milliseconds to look back in the past when looking for abandoned activations.
powerauth.service.scheduled.job.uniqueValueCleanup	60000	Time delay in milliseconds between two consecutive tasks that delete expired unique values.
powerauth.service.scheduled.job.fido2AuthenticatorCacheEviction	3600000	Duration in milliseconds for which the internal cache holds details of FIDO2 Authenticator models.