Environment Variables
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Default environment variables:
DB_HOST
The address of your mongodb database.
127.0.0.1
DB_PORT
The port of your mongodb database. When using docker set this to 27017.
27017
DB_USER
Your mongodb database username.
admin
DB_PASSWORD
JWT_KEY
USE_HTTPS
If your Lynx installation will be at https://mydomain.com - this does not provide an SSL certificate, it only changes how cookies are handled.
true
CORS
Your allowed CORS origin(s), * for any (default).
*
URL_LENGTH
The length of your automatically generated slugs.
8
URL_SET
The type of characters your automatically generated slug will use.
standard
URL_ONLY_UNIQUE
Wether each new url has to be unique, e.g. if a link already redirects to https://example.com new links created cannot link to the same destination.
false
Lynx comes with full support for Umami, both standard tracking and events.
UMAMI_SITEID
Your umami site ID, blank to disable.
224d86da-1209-4b8b-ad98-b24d300efa55
UMAMI_URL
The URL to your umami instance.
For Umami to track links being used, FORCE_FRONTEND_REDIRECT will need to be set to true. This may slightly increase redirect times.
BACKUP
Wether to create backups or not. They will be in ./backups or /app/backups for Docker
true
BACKUP_SCHEDULE
0 * * * *
BACKUP_COUNT
How many backups to keep. 1 will make a backup file called backup.json, -1 will keep every backup.
5
NODE_ENV
What node environment to use, use production for any production use and/or when using in docker.
production
FORCE_FRONTEND_REDIRECT
Use the frontend to redirect instead of express, useful for hiding embeds on discord for all your rickrolling needs
false
ENABLE_REGISTRATION
Whether or not to allow registration. If not accounts exist you will be allowed to register either way. This first account will also be an admin account.
false
DOMAIN
Your Lynx installation domain
DEMO
Whether or not to enable the demo mode. In this mode features will be limited and links will be deleted after 10 minutes.
false
EXPRESS_PORT
The port to use internally for the backend.
3000
URL_REGEX
The URL_REGEX to use, I recommend using a custom one, like in the example (which adds support for twitter://user?screen_name=jackba_ links).
https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)|twitter:\/\/user\?screen_name=[a-zA-Z0-9_]+
Your mongodb password. Generate a secure one using a tool like .
The key used to verify and sign login-sessions. Use a site like to generate a 32 character password.
When to create backups. Use to create