Environment variables

Below you can find a list of supported variables. These are listed by category:

General

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`DATABASE_URL`	Postgresql database URI	Yes	(empty)
`SECRET_KEY`	Shared key used for JWT	Yes	(empty)
`BLOBSCAN_API_PORT`	Blobscan API will listen on this port	No	`3001`
`FEEDBACK_WEBHOOK_URL`	Feedback webhook URL	No	(empty)

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`BEACON_NODE_ENDPOINT`	Beacon node endpoint	Yes	(empty)
`EXECUTION_NODE_ENDPOINT`	Execution node endpoint	Yes	(empty)
`CHAIN_ID`	EVM chain id	Yes	`1`
`NETWORK_NAME`	Network's name	Yes	`ethereum`
`NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPPORTED_NETWORKS`	Link to other pages from the Network menu	No	`[{"label":"Mainnet","href":"https://blobscan.com/"},{"label":"Holesky","href":"https://holesky.blobscan.com/"},{"label":"Sepolia","href":"https://sepolia.blobscan.com/"}]`
`NEXT_PUBLIC_BEACON_BASE_URL`	Beacon explorer URL	Yes	`https://beaconcha.in/`
`NEXT_PUBLIC_EXPLORER_BASE_URL`	Block explorer URL	Yes	`https://etherscan.io`

Blobscan can be configured to use any of the following blob storages:

At the moment Postgres is the default storage and Blobscan won't be able to run if you disable it. Other storages are optional.

Postgres

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`POSTGRES_STORAGE_ENABLED`	Store blobs in postgres database (default storage)	No	`true`

Google Cloud Storage

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`GOOGLE_STORAGE_ENABLED`	Store blobs in GCS	No	`false`
`GOOGLE_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME`	GCS bucket name	No	(empty)
`GOOGLE_STORAGE_PROJECT_ID`	GCS project ID	No	(empty)
`GOOGLE_SERVICE_KEY`	Google Cloud service key	No	(empty)
`GOOGLE_STORAGE_API_ENDPOINT`	Google Cloud API endpoint (for development)	No	(empty)

Ethereum Swarm

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`SWARM_STORAGE_ENABLED`	Store blobs in Swarm	No	`false`
`BEE_ENDPOINT`	Bee endpoint	No	(empty)
`BEE_DEBUG_ENDPOINT`	Bee debug endpoint	No	(empty)

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`BLOB_PROPAGATOR_ENABLED`	Enable blob propagation	No	`false`
`REDIS_URI`	Redis host	No	`redis://localhost:6379/1`

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`BLOBSCAN_API_ENDPOINT`	Blobscan API endpoint	Yes	(empty)
`RUST_LOG`	Configure logger	No	`blob-indexer=INFO`
`SENTRY_DSN_INDEXER`	Sentry SDN	No	(empty)

Variable	Description	Required	Default value
`METRICS_ENABLED`	Expose the /metrics endpoint	No	`false`
`TRACES_ENABLED`	Enable instrumentation of functions and sending traces to a collector	No	`false`
`OTLP_AUTH_USERNAME`	Username for basic authentication. E.g. Grafana Cloud ID	No	(empty)
`OTLP_AUTH_PASSWORD`	Password for basic authentication. E.g. Grafana Cloud Token	No	(empty)
`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL`	OTLP transport protocol to be used for all telemetry data.	No	(empty)
`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT`	Base endpoint URL for any signal type, with an optionally-specified port number	No	(empty)