Configuration

Triton Control reads backend configuration from environment variables. For local development, copy triton-backend/.env.example to triton-backend/.env. For Docker, Kubernetes, Flux, Argo CD, or another GitOps flow, provide the same values through Compose environment entries, Helm app.env, Helm app.secretEnv, or a Kubernetes Secret referenced by app.existingSecret or app.envFrom.

OIDC Configuration Source

OIDC_CONFIG_SOURCE controls where OIDC settings are managed.

OIDC login is independent of the deployment target and has been tested with Microsoft Entra ID, Keycloak, and Dex. For Kubernetes GitOps deployments, Triton Control has been tested with Argo CD managing the Helm chart and environment values.

Value	Behavior	Typical Use
db	OIDC settings are stored in the database and managed through the application settings UI. Runtime OIDC_REDIRECT_URI and APP_BASE_URL can still override stored redirect values.	Local setup or UI-managed deployments.
env	OIDC settings come from environment variables and are read-only through the API/UI.	GitOps deployments with Flux, Argo CD, Helm values, sealed secrets, or external secret operators.

Use OIDC_CONFIG_SOURCE=env when deployment manifests are the source of truth. This prevents UI changes from drifting away from the Git-managed configuration.

In db mode, the Settings page does not display the stored OIDC client secret after it has been saved. If a secret already exists, the field shows that a stored secret is configured. Leave the field empty to keep the stored secret, or enter a new value to replace it.

Backend Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default / Example	Description
BACKEND_VERBOSE	No	false	Enables info-level backend logs and Uvicorn access logs when true.
LOG_LEVEL	No	WARNING	Explicit Python logging level, for example DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, or ERROR.
LOG_FORMAT	No	backend default format	Optional Python logging format string.
DATABASE_URL	Yes	postgresql://triton:tritonpw@localhost:5433/triton_backend	SQLAlchemy/PostgreSQL connection URL. Add sslmode=verify-full&sslrootcert=/path/to/rootCA.pem when using verified PostgreSQL TLS.
DATABASE_ECHO	No	false	Enables SQLAlchemy SQL statement logging when true. Use only for debugging.
TRITON_SERVER_URL	No	http://localhost:8888	Default Triton server URL used by local backend workflows.
TRITON_CONNECTION_VALIDATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS	No	5	Timeout in seconds for validating a Triton URL when creating or editing an instance. Keep low enough that unreachable URLs fail quickly in the UI.
TRITON_HEALTH_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS	No	10	Interval in seconds for the background poller that refreshes instance health, metrics, and model repository snapshots in the database.
TRITON_HTTP_TRUST_ENV	No	false	Allows direct Triton HTTP clients to honor HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY when true. Keep false for local Minikube/hosts-file ingress names unless a proxy is required.
KUBERNETES_ENABLED	No	auto-detected	Optional override for whether Kubernetes-backed features should be considered available. If unset, the backend detects in-cluster ServiceAccount credentials.
KUBERNETES_KUBECONFIG_PATH	No	unset	Development/testing kubeconfig path for backend runs outside Kubernetes. Leave unset for in-cluster deployments.
TRITON_DEPLOY_CODE_SERVER_EXTENSION_DIR	No	auto-detected	Optional source directory for the bundled Triton Deploy extension used by Development workspaces. Set this for local backend runs if the repository extension directory is not found automatically. Use forward slashes in Windows .env files.
ARGO_WORKFLOWS_ENABLED	No	false	Enables the global Argo Workflows status and authenticated proxy. Helm sets this from argoWorkflows.enabled.
ARGO_WORKFLOWS_SERVER_URL	When enabled	Helm-derived Service URL	Internal Argo Server base URL, normally port 2746.
ARGO_WORKFLOWS_NAMESPACE	No	Helm release namespace	Namespace containing Triton Control, Argo components, and user Workflows.
ARGO_WORKFLOWS_SERVICE_NAME	No	Helm-derived	Argo Server Service name shown in status responses.
ARGO_WORKFLOWS_BASE_PATH	No	/api/workflows/proxy/	Browser-facing proxy path; must match Argo Server baseHref.
TRITON_DEPLOY_S3_SYNC_IMAGE	No	amazon/aws-cli:2.22.35	Default image for vLLM S3 repository init containers and sidecars created by Add Deployment. For a host-run backend, set it in triton-backend/.env or the backend process environment. Helm sets it from tritonDeployments.s3SyncImage. Non-vLLM deployments do not use it.
TRITON_DEPLOY_MODEL_REPOSITORY_EMPTYDIR_SIZE	No	unset	Optional Kubernetes emptyDir.sizeLimit for the local /models volume used by vLLM init/sidecar repository sync. Helm sets it from tritonDeployments.modelRepositoryEmptyDirSize.
TRITON_DEPLOY_S3_SYNC_STAGING_EMPTYDIR_SIZE	No	unset	Optional Kubernetes emptyDir.sizeLimit for the /staging volume used by vLLM init/sidecar repository sync. Helm sets it from tritonDeployments.s3SyncStagingEmptyDirSize.
OIDC_CONFIG_SOURCE	No	db	Selects OIDC source: db for application-managed settings, env for environment-managed settings.
OIDC_ENABLED	No	true in .env.example, false in Compose/Helm defaults	Enables OIDC login when OIDC settings are valid.
OIDC_ISSUER	In env mode	https://identity.example.com/realms/triton	OIDC issuer URL published by your identity provider.
OIDC_CLIENT_ID	In env mode when OIDC is enabled	triton-fastapi	OIDC client ID.
OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET	In env mode when OIDC is enabled	change-me	OIDC confidential client secret. Store as a secret in shared environments.
APP_BASE_URL	Recommended	https://127.0.0.1:8000	Public backend base URL used for OIDC redirect-sensitive behavior.
OIDC_REDIRECT_URI	Recommended	https://127.0.0.1:8000/auth/callback	Runtime OIDC callback URL. This value takes precedence over DB-stored redirect settings.
OIDC_SCOPE	No	openid profile email	Space-separated OIDC scopes requested during login.
OIDC_SSL_VERIFY	No	false in .env.example	Enables TLS verification for OIDC discovery and token validation when true. In DB mode, the UI SSL setting controls this instead.
OIDC_CA_BUNDLE	No	unset	File path to a CA bundle used by env-managed OIDC TLS validation. DB mode uses the certificate stored through the UI instead.
FRONTEND_REDIRECT_URL	Recommended	https://127.0.0.1:4200	Browser destination after successful login.
OIDC_ADMIN_EMAILS	No	empty	Comma-separated allowlist of emails that may become the first auto-bootstrapped OIDC admin when OIDC_CONFIG_SOURCE=env.
SESSION_SECRET	Yes	change-me-please	Signing key for the session cookie. Use a strong random value in production.
SESSION_COOKIE	No	session	Session cookie name.
SESSION_SAMESITE	No	lax	Session cookie SameSite policy.
SESSION_HTTPS_ONLY	Recommended	true in .env.example	Marks the session cookie HTTPS-only. Set true when browsers access the backend through HTTPS, including HTTPS ingress.
SESSION_MAX_AGE_SECONDS	No	1209600	Session cookie lifetime in seconds. Default is 14 days.
SERVER_HTTPS_ENABLED	No	true in .env.example	Enables HTTPS directly in Uvicorn. Keep false when TLS terminates at an ingress or reverse proxy.
TLS_KEY_FILE	If direct backend HTTPS is enabled	./tls/key.pem	Uvicorn TLS private key path.
TLS_CERT_FILE	If direct backend HTTPS is enabled	./tls/cert.pem	Uvicorn TLS certificate path.
JWT_SECRET	Yes	change-me-jwt	Signing secret for local auth JWTs. Use a strong random value in production.
JWT_ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRES_MINUTES	No	60	Lifetime of local email/password JWT access tokens in minutes.
S3_SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY	Yes	change-me-s3	Fernet key used to encrypt stored S3 secret keys for instance S3 settings and reusable S3 deployment profiles.
CORS_ORIGINS	No	local Angular dev origins	Comma-separated list of allowed frontend origins.

Set OIDC_ISSUER to the exact issuer URL published by your OIDC provider. Do not configure provider-specific base or realm variables; Triton Control uses the issuer URL directly.

CORS_ORIGINS must list each browser origin exactly, including scheme, host, and port. HTTP and HTTPS are different origins, so include both when both are used in development:

http://localhost:4200,https://localhost:4200

For production, set CORS_ORIGINS to the real external URL users open in the browser, for example:

https://triton-control.example.com

GitOps Example

For GitOps, keep non-secret values in Helm values and secret values in a Kubernetes Secret, sealed secret, SOPS-encrypted manifest, or external secret.

app:
  env:
    - name: OIDC_CONFIG_SOURCE
      value: "env"
    - name: OIDC_ENABLED
      value: "true"
    - name: OIDC_ISSUER
      value: "https://identity.example.com/realms/triton"
    - name: OIDC_CLIENT_ID
      value: "triton-control"
    - name: APP_BASE_URL
      value: "https://triton-control.example.com"
    - name: OIDC_REDIRECT_URI
      value: "https://triton-control.example.com/auth/callback"
    - name: FRONTEND_REDIRECT_URL
      value: "https://triton-control.example.com"
    - name: OIDC_SCOPE
      value: "openid profile email"
    - name: OIDC_SSL_VERIFY
      value: "true"
    - name: SESSION_HTTPS_ONLY
      value: "true"
    - name: SERVER_HTTPS_ENABLED
      value: "false"
    - name: CORS_ORIGINS
      value: "https://triton-control.example.com"
  secretEnv:
    SESSION_SECRET: "replace-with-generated-secret"
    JWT_SECRET: "replace-with-generated-secret"
    S3_SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY: "replace-with-fernet-key"
    OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET: "replace-with-oidc-client-secret"

If the secret values already exist in a Kubernetes Secret, reference that Secret instead of putting them in secretEnv:

app:
  existingSecret: triton-control-backend-secrets

TLS And Ingress Notes

For Kubernetes ingress, normally set:

SESSION_HTTPS_ONLY=true
SERVER_HTTPS_ENABLED=false

This means the browser only sends cookies over HTTPS, while Uvicorn still runs plain HTTP inside the cluster behind the ingress controller.

Set SERVER_HTTPS_ENABLED=true only when Uvicorn itself terminates TLS and can read TLS_KEY_FILE and TLS_CERT_FILE.