Configuration Manager
The mycroft-config utility simplifies management of the the various configuration files that control Mycroft. Commands include: edit, show, get, set, reload.
- Default - mycroft-core/mycroft/configuration/mycroft.conf
- Remote - Home.Mycroft.ai
- System - /etc/mycroft/mycroft.conf
- User - $HOME/.mycroft/mycroft.conf
When the configuration loader starts, it looks in these locations in this order, and loads all configurations. Keys that exist in multiple configuration files will be overridden by the last file to contain the value.
For example, if your account settings at Home.Mycroft.ai set the
date_format
variable to MDY
, but the User
configuration file on your device contains a date_format
value of DMY
, the loaded configuration will be DMY
and dates will be provided in the format "29-11-2018".This process results in a minimal amount being written for a specific device and user, without modifying default distribution files.
When directly editing configuration files it is very easy for even the most careful person to make a minor syntax error. In the past, this has been an extremely common cause of problems. A small error such as a comma in the wrong place breaks your configuration and results in "Mycroft not working".
We strongly recommend that you use the configuration manager rather than directly editing mycroft.conf files.
mycroft-config get <var>
To display the requested value, this command first loads the mycroft.conf stack, then outputs the effective value(s).
The variable is specified using jq-style specifiers. For example:
Display a specific value
mycroft-config get location.timezone.code
Display all values in the location block
mycroft-config get location
Display all loaded configuration values
mycroft-config get
mycroft-config set <var> <value>
Set the given variable in the
User
configuration file. For example:Set language to es-es"
mycroft-config set lang "es-es"
Set the Mimic1 voice to "Alan Pope" aka British Male
mycroft-config set tts.mimic.voice "ap"
mycroft-config edit (default|remote|system|user)
Open the requested file in an editor (nano by default), performing JSON validation warnings to minimize accidental edit errors.
mycroft-config show (default|remote|system|user)
Display the contents of the selected configuration file.
mycroft-config reload
Sends a signal on the messagebus telling services to reload the configuration. This automatically occurs after a
set
or edit
command.For more information on the configuration options available, continue to the mycroft.conf documentation.
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