---
title: Download and adjust the example configuration file containing standard configuration
---

import CodeBlock from '@/components/docusaurus/code-block';

import ExampleZITADELConfigSource from "./example-zitadel-config.yaml"
import ExampleZITADELSecretsSource from "./example-zitadel-secrets.yaml"
import ExampleZITADELInitStepsSource from "./example-zitadel-init-steps.yaml"

### Configure by Files

By executing the commands below, you will download the following files:

<details>
    <summary>example-zitadel-config.yaml</summary>
    <CodeBlock  language="yaml">{ExampleZITADELConfigSource}</CodeBlock>
</details>

<details>
    <summary>example-zitadel-secrets.yaml</summary>
    <CodeBlock  language="yaml">{ExampleZITADELSecretsSource}</CodeBlock>
</details>

<details>
    <summary>example-zitadel-init-steps.yaml</summary>
    <CodeBlock  language="yaml">{ExampleZITADELInitStepsSource}</CodeBlock>
</details>

```bash
# Download and adjust the example configuration file containing standard configuration
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zitadel/zitadel/main/docs/self-hosting/manage/configure/example-zitadel-config.yaml

# Download and adjust the example configuration file containing secret configuration
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zitadel/zitadel/main/docs/self-hosting/manage/configure/example-zitadel-secrets.yaml

# Download and adjust the example configuration file containing database initialization configuration
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zitadel/zitadel/main/docs/self-hosting/manage/configure/example-zitadel-init-steps.yaml

# A single ZITADEL instance always needs the same 32 characters long masterkey
# If you haven't done so already, you can generate a new one
# The key must be passed as argument
ZITADEL_MASTERKEY="$(LC_ALL=C tr -dc '[:graph:]' </dev/urandom | head -c 32)"

# Pass zitadel configuration by configuration files
zitadel start-from-init \
    --config ./example-zitadel-config.yaml \
    --config ./example-zitadel-secrets.yaml \
    --steps ./example-zitadel-init-steps.yaml \
    --masterkey "${ZITADEL_MASTERKEY}"
```

### Configure by Environment Variables

```bash
# Set runtime environment variables
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_HOST=my.database
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_PORT=5432
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_DATABASE=zitadel
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_USERNAME=my_zitadel_db_user
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_PASSWORD=Secret_DB_User_Password
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_SSL_MODE=disable
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_USERNAME=root
export ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_MODE=disable
export ZITADEL_FIRSTINSTANCE_ORG_HUMAN_USERNAME="root"
export ZITADEL_FIRSTINSTANCE_ORG_HUMAN_PASSWORD="RootPassword1!"

# A single ZITADEL instance always needs the same 32 bytes long masterkey
# Generate one to a file if you haven't done so already and pass it as environment variable
LC_ALL=C tr -dc '[:graph:]' </dev/urandom | head -c 32 > ./zitadel-masterkey

# Let the zitadel binary read configuration from environment variables
zitadel start-from-init --masterkey "${ZITADEL_MASTERKEY}" --tlsMode disabled --masterkeyFile ./zitadel-masterkey
```