Environment Variables

Tailpipe supports environment variables to allow you to change its default behavior. These are optional settings - You are not required to set any environment variables.

Note that plugins may also support environment variables, but these are plugin-specific - refer to your plugin's documentation on the Tailpipe Hub for details.

Tailpipe Environment Variables

Command	Default	Description
TAILPIPE_INSTALL_DIR	~/.tailpipe	The directory in which the Steampipe database, plugins, and supporting files can be found.
TAILPIPE_LOG_LEVEL	warn	Set the logging output level.
TAILPIPE_MEMORY_MAX_MB	1024	Set a soft memory limit for the tailpipe process.
TAILPIPE_PLUGIN_MEMORY_MAX_MB	1024	Set a default memory soft limit for each plugin process.
TAILPIPE_QUERY_TIMEOUT	240 for detections, unlimited in all other cases.	Set the amount of time to wait for a query to complete before
TAILPIPE_UPDATE_CHECK	true	Enable/disable automatic update checking.
TAILPIPE_WORKSPACE	default	Set the Tailpipe workspace.