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Dapr arguments and annotations for daprd, CLI, and Kubernetes

The arguments and annotations available when configuring Dapr in different environments

This table is meant to help users understand the equivalent options for running Dapr sidecars in different contexts–via the CLI directly, via daprd, or on Kubernetes via annotations.

daprd Dapr CLI CLI shorthand Kubernetes annotations Description
--allowed-origins not supported not supported Allowed HTTP origins (default “*”)
--app-id --app-id -i dapr.io/app-id The unique ID of the application. Used for service discovery, state encapsulation and the pub/sub consumer ID
--app-port --app-port -p dapr.io/app-port This parameter tells Dapr which port your application is listening on
--app-ssl --app-ssl dapr.io/app-ssl Sets the URI scheme of the app to https and attempts an SSL connection
--components-path --components-path -d not supported Path for components directory. If empty, components will not be loaded.
--config --config -c dapr.io/config Tells Dapr which Configuration CRD to use
--control-plane-address not supported not supported Address for a Dapr control plane
--dapr-grpc-port --dapr-grpc-port not supported gRPC port for the Dapr API to listen on (default “50001”)
--dapr-http-port --dapr-http-port not supported The HTTP port for the Dapr API
--dapr-http-max-request-size –dapr-http-max-request-size dapr.io/http-max-request-size Increasing max size of request body http and grpc servers parameter in MB to handle uploading of big files. Default is 4 MB
--dapr-http-read-buffer-size –dapr-http-read-buffer-size dapr.io/http-read-buffer-size Increasing max size of http header read buffer in KB to handle when sending multi-KB headers. The default 4 KB. When sending bigger than default 4KB http headers, you should set this to a larger value, for example 16 (for 16KB)
not supported --image dapr.io/sidecar-image Dapr sidecar image. Default is daprio/daprd:latest. Use this when building your own custom image of Dapr and the Dapr sidecar will use this image instead of the default image of Dapr
--internal-grpc-port not supported not supported gRPC port for the Dapr Internal API to listen on
--enable-metrics not supported configuration spec Enable prometheus metric (default true)
--enable-mtls not supported configuration spec Enables automatic mTLS for daprd to daprd communication channels
--enable-profiling --enable-profiling dapr.io/enable-profiling Enable profiling
--unix-domain-socket --unix-domain-socket -u dapr.io/unix-domain-socket-path On Linux, when communicating with the Dapr sidecar, use unix domain sockets for lower latency and greater throughput compared to TCP ports. Not available on Windows OS
--log-as-json not supported dapr.io/log-as-json Setting this parameter to true outputs logs in JSON format. Default is false
--log-level --log-level dapr.io/log-level Sets the log level for the Dapr sidecar. Allowed values are debug, info, warn, error. Default is info
--enable-api-logging --enable-api-logging dapr.io/enable-api-logging Enables API logging for the Dapr sidecar
--app-max-concurrency --app-max-concurrency dapr.io/app-max-concurrency Limit the concurrency of your application. A valid value is any number larger than 0
--metrics-port --metrics-port dapr.io/metrics-port Sets the port for the sidecar metrics server. Default is 9090
--mode not supported not supported Runtime mode for Dapr (default “standalone”)
--placement-address --placement-address not supported Addresses for Dapr Actor Placement servers
--profiling-port --profiling-port not supported The port for the profile server (default “7777”)
--app-protocol --app-protocol -P dapr.io/app-protocol Tells Dapr which protocol your application is using. Valid options are http and grpc. Default is http
--sentry-address --sentry-address not supported Address for the Sentry CA service
--version --version -v not supported Prints the runtime version
--dapr-graceful-shutdown-seconds not supported dapr.io/graceful-shutdown-seconds Graceful shutdown duration in seconds for Dapr, the maximum duration before forced shutdown when waiting for all in-progress requests to complete. Defaults to 5. If you are running in Kubernetes mode, this value should not be larger than the Kubernetes termination grace period, who’s default value is 30.
not supported not supported dapr.io/enabled Setting this paramater to true injects the Dapr sidecar into the pod
not supported not supported dapr.io/api-token-secret Tells Dapr which Kubernetes secret to use for token based API authentication. By default this is not set
--dapr-listen-addresses not supported dapr.io/sidecar-listen-addresses Comma separated list of IP addresses that sidecar will listen to. Defaults to all in standalone mode. Defaults to [::1],127.0.0.1 in Kubernetes. To listen to all IPv4 addresses, use 0.0.0.0. To listen to all IPv6 addresses, use [::].
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-cpu-limit Maximum amount of CPU that the Dapr sidecar can use. See valid values here. By default this is not set
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-memory-limit Maximum amount of Memory that the Dapr sidecar can use. See valid values here. By default this is not set
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-cpu-request Amount of CPU that the Dapr sidecar requests. See valid values here. By default this is not set
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-memory-request Amount of Memory that the Dapr sidecar requests .See valid values here. By default this is not set
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-delay-seconds Number of seconds after the sidecar container has started before liveness probe is initiated. Read more here. Default is 3
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-timeout-seconds Number of seconds after which the sidecar liveness probe times out. Read more here. Default is 3
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-period-seconds How often (in seconds) to perform the sidecar liveness probe. Read more here. Default is 6
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-threshold When the sidecar liveness probe fails, Kubernetes will try N times before giving up. In this case, the Pod will be marked Unhealthy. Read more about failureThreshold here. Default is 3
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-delay-seconds Number of seconds after the sidecar container has started before readiness probe is initiated. Read more here. Default is 3
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-timeout-seconds Number of seconds after which the sidecar readiness probe times out. Read more here. Default is 3
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-period-seconds How often (in seconds) to perform the sidecar readiness probe. Read more here. Default is 6
not supported not supported dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-threshold When the sidecar readiness probe fails, Kubernetes will try N times before giving up. In this case, the Pod will be marked Unready. Read more about failureThreshold here. Default is 3
not supported not supported dapr.io/env List of environment variable to be injected into the sidecar. Strings consisting of key=value pairs separated by a comma.

Last modified May 18, 2022: Update daprdocs/content/en/reference/arguments-annotations-overview.md (6a6d8c0e)