🧬Array Driver

The default app driver used by soketi is the array driver. This is a static, in-memory array of app credentials that is kept in memory while the underlying uWS Server process is running. Whenever a connection is made or an event is broadcast, the app credentials will be verified against these in-memory credentials.

By default, default values are defined for the app ID, key, and secret for ease of installation and development. However, you should change these credentials before launching your application in production.

For rate limits and max connections options, setting the variable value to -1 will disable the rate limits and / or max allowed connections.

Environment Variables

Name	Default	Possible values	Description
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_ID	app-id	Any string	The default app id for the array driver.
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_KEY	app-key	Any string	The default app key for the array driver.
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_SECRET	app-secret	Any string	The default app secret for the array driver.
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_MAX_CONNS	-1	Any integer	The default app's limit of concurrent connections.
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_ENABLE_CLIENT_MESSAGES	false	true, false	Whether client messages should be enabled for the app.
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_ENABLED	true	true, false	Whether the app is activated. This option can be used to disable an app.
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_MAX_BACKEND_EVENTS_PER_SEC	-1	Any integer	The default app's limit of /events endpoint events broadcast per second. You can configure rate limiting database store
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_MAX_CLIENT_EVENTS_PER_SEC	-1	Any integer	The default app's limit of client events broadcast per second by a single socket. You can configure rate limiting database store
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_MAX_READ_REQ_PER_SEC	-1	Any integer	The default app's limit of read endpoint calls per second. You can configure rate limiting database store
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_WEBHOOKS	[]	[{"url": "string", "event_types": ["string", ...]}, ...]	The webhooks list for the app. See below
SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_USER_AUTHENTICATION	false	true, false	Enable/disable the user authentication feature.

App-level Limits

The array driver does not support setting limits at the app-level variables using environment variables. However, you can use configuration files to set limits for your apps:

{
    "appManager.array.apps": [
        {
            "id": "app-id",
            "key": "app-key",
            "secret": "app-secret",
            "enabled": true,
            "enableClientMessages": true,
            "webhooks": [],
            "maxBackendEventsPerSecond": -1,
            "maxClientEventsPerSecond": -1,
            "maxReadRequestsPerSecond": -1,
            "maxPresenceMembersPerChannel": 100,
            "maxPresenceMemberSizeInKb": 2,
            "maxChannelNameLength": 200,
            "maxEventChannelsAtOnce": 10,
            "maxEventNameLength": 100,
            "maxEventPayloadInKb": 4,
            "maxEventBatchSize": 10
        }
    ]
}

Keep in mind, the fields are optional and you can omit them in case you want to keep the default ones defined with the events & channels limits environment variables.