Configuration files

Written by Balazs Halasy, 01/28/2005 Updated 11/05/2026 by Graham Brookins

Exponential 6 in this section

Exponential 6.0.15 reads 32 configuration files the 4.x reference did not describe, and many groups were added to the files 4.x had (570 group pages, each with the release it arrived in). Override settings in settings/override, a siteaccess or an extension, as in 4.x.

File	Summary
audit.ini	Settings related to audit trailing of various user operations.
binaryfile.ini	This configuration file allows you to set handlers for new datatypes.
browse.ini	This configuration file contains settings related to the browse page.
collaboration.ini	Not documented yet.
collect.ini	This configuration file contains settings regarding information collection.
config.php	Configurations points available from file config.php
content.ini	Settings related to content.
contentstructuremenu.ini	Settings related to the "Content structure" tree menu in the admin interface.
country.ini	List of countries for the "ezcountry" datatype.
cronjob.ini	Settings related to cronjobs.
datatype.ini	This configuration file contains settings regarding datatypes.
datetime.ini	Not documented yet.
dbschema.ini	settings related to schemas
debug.ini	These files help you define settings related to debugging.
design.ini	Settings related to designs and design related files like css and javascripts.
error.ini
extendedattributefilter.ini	Not documented yet.
ezflow.ini	Controls all eZ Flow related configurations
ezxml.ini	Settings related to XML handling (the XML Block datatype).
fetchalias.ini	Not documented yet.
file.ini	Settings related to file handling
i18n.ini	Settings related to internationalization.
icon.ini	Contains settings regarding icons and flag icons
image.ini	contains settings related to images
layout.ini	Settings related to the layout module
ldap.ini	Settings regarding connection and authentication of users via LDAP
logfile.ini	Settings related to log files.
menu.ini	Settings regarding the Menu such as the location of menus and a list of the classes that are allowed to show in the top menu's
module.ini	contains settings related to modules
notification.ini	contains configuration settings regarding notification e-mails
override.ini	Not documented yet, but valuable links provided here
package.ini	Settings for the packages on the Exponential Setup Wizard
paymentgateways.ini	Setting related to the payment gateways
setup.ini	Setup.ini contains the configuration settings for all test that are run by the setup, as well as settings regarding the setup itself.
shopaccount.ini	Settings related to shop account handlers
site.ini	Controls the overall/main behavior of the system.
soap.ini	Settings related to SOAP functions and its extensions
staticcache.ini	Settings related to the static cache.
template.ini	This file controls the settings for the template engine
textfile.ini	Exponential configuration file for the textfile based login handler
texttoimage.ini	This setting relates to converting text to images
toolbar.ini	Not documented yet.
transform.ini	This file contains settings regarding character transformation.
units.ini	This file defines the units to use.
upload.ini	This setting sets up the the system so that it creates different kinds of objects based on the type of the uploaded file. For example, the default configuration makes sure that uploaded images are created as image objects.
viewcache.ini	Settings related to the view cache system.
webdav.ini	Settings related to WebDAV
wordtoimage.ini	This setting relates to converting words to images and images to words
workflow.ini	Settings related to workflows.

New in Exponential 6: configuration files

Name	Description	Since
bookmark.ini	Exponential configuration file for bookmarks of system pages.	6.0.15 (in development)
contentcheck.ini	The content checks: the assets (images, files, media) below a node that nothing uses, and visible content with links, embeds or relations to deleted, trashed, hidden or ...	6.0.15 (in development)
contentfinder.ini	The content finder: find content by an object, node, attribute or version id, a remote id, a URL alias or the path of a file, and act on it.	6.0.15 (in development)
countrygroups.ini	Exponential configuration file for the grouped country list NOTE: It is not recommended to edit this files directly, instead a file in override should be created for ...	6.0.15 (in development)
datatable.ini	Data tables: the tables of the installation's persistent classes (eZPersistentObject), the named database connections they and the tools can use, their schema, their ...	6.0.15 (in development)
debugbar.ini	The registry of the Exp Debug bar (the pinned bar at the bottom of a page with debug output).	6.0.15 (in development)
editorpolicies.ini	The Editor role: the class-limited policies an editor needs on top of the everyday ones expEditorPolicies adds (doc/eng-us/bc/6.0/editor-role-policies.md).	6.0.15 (in development)
exphelp.ini	The help system of the administration: exphelp/dashboard, exphelp/viewer, exphelp/search, exphelp/asset and exphelp/report (doc/eng-us/features/6.0/help-system.md).	6.0.15 (in development)
ezscript.ini	The settings file settings/ezscript.ini.	6.0.15 (in development)
graphql.ini	The GraphQL API of the kernel: one end point per siteaccess (/api/graphql), a schema generated from the content classes, the users, roles and policies of the ...	6.0.15 (in development)
httpcache.ini	The role-aware HTTP cache: rendered content views kept per permission context and served before the kernel boots (config.php early exit) or from Exponential Velocity's ...	6.0.15 (in development)
ini.ini	Settings of the exp:ini command (bin/php/ini.php) and of the settings editor behind it (kernel/classes/ini/).	6.0.15 (in development)
kernelservices.ini	The kernel service container: shared objects of the kernel by name, made on first use, in a scope, and the compiled boot of the web kernel.	6.0.15 (in development)
logviewer.ini	The log viewer (Setup > Log files, setup/logs): the log files of the installation, followed live, searched, cross-referenced and, when switched on here, downloaded, ...	6.0.15 (in development)
mailpreferences.ini	Exponential configuration file for the e-mail preferences and consent system.	6.0.15 (in development)
membermanagement.ini	Member management: which user groups may manage the user accounts of which other groups, with which policies, and which groups nobody manages through such a rule.	6.0.15 (in development)
migration.ini	Migrations: changes to an installation (content, classes, roles, settings, schema) written once in files under version control and applied to every installation of the ...	6.0.15 (in development)
querycache.ini	The SQL query cache: the rows a SELECT returned, answered again until a write to one of the tables it read makes them stale.	6.0.15 (in development)
rad.ini	The registries the extension point survey reads entry by entry (Setup > RAD tools > Extension point survey, setup/radsurvey/(show)/registries; ...	6.0.15 (in development)
requestclassifier.ini	The request classifier: tells a probe (/wp-login.php, /.env, /backup.zip), a path traversal (../), an injection (union select, {{7*7}}, <script>), a known attack tool ...	6.0.15 (in development)
requestrules.ini	Request rules: what happens to a request before its module view runs.	6.0.15 (in development)
secrets.ini	The kernel's secret store: passwords, tokens and API keys of the tools (data table connections, import sources, remote servers), stored encrypted in the table exp_secret.	6.0.15 (in development)
smarty.ini	Smarty (.stpl) template settings, lib/smarty.	6.0.15 (in development)
solr.ini	Exponential Solr search server settings.	6.0.15 (in development)
subitems.ini	The admin subitems list ("Table options"): which columns are shown by default, the presets everybody can choose, the defaults per place, the automatic attribute columns ...	6.0.15 (in development)
subitemscolumns.ini	The columns of the admin subitems list ("Table options" on content/view/full/<node id>).	6.0.15 (in development)
syscard.ini	The system card of the console: ./console exp:expfetch, and its larger forms exp:info (an inventory) and exp:about (the project).	6.0.15 (in development)
transfer.ini	The background runs and the run history of the import and export tools of the transfer registry (Export, CIE, Imports ...): doc/eng-us/features/6.0/transfer-runs.md.	6.0.15 (in development)
twig.ini	Twig templates (.twig, .html.twig) inside the template system (lib/twig).	6.0.15 (in development)
uiswitch.ini	UI switch: choices a signed-in user makes for the administration interface itself (the display language first), kept in the session and applied early in every request.	6.0.15 (in development)
upgrade.ini	Upgrades from the console: ./console exp:upgrade (dry run), ./console exp:upgrade --apply.	6.0.15 (in development)
velocity.ini	The settings file settings/velocity.ini.	6.0.15 (in development)

Older than Exponential 6, first described here

These existed before Exponential 6 (or come from an extension, as the Since column says); the 4.x reference had no page for them.

Name	Description	Since
admininterface.ini	Settings to load additional menu items based on templates	older than 6.0
codetemplate.ini	Exponential configuration file.	older than 6.0
dashboard.ini	The settings file settings/dashboard.ini.	older than 6.0
mime.ini	Exponential configuration file.	older than 6.0
pdf.ini	Exponential configuration file.	older than 6.0
rest.ini	Exponential configuration file for modules NOTE: It is not recommended to edit this files directly, instead a file in override should be created for setting the values ...	older than 6.0
shop.ini	Exponential configuration file.	older than 6.0
wordmatch.ini	Exponential configuration file for content copied from word document Syntax under each tag block: MatString[$className]=$matchString, could be multiple lines.	older than 6.0

New in Exponential 6: groups

The pages of the 1158 groups the 4.x reference did not describe, by the release they arrived in (each group page says it, and each file page lists its groups):

Since	Groups
older than 6.0	588
6.0.0	1
6.0.15 (in development)	569

Changed in Exponential 6

These pages have a section "Changed in Exponential 6.0.15" with what differs in 6.x:

Not part of Exponential 6

The kernel of 6.0.15 no longer has these; their pages are kept and marked "Not part of Exponential 6.0.15":

animatedgif: AllowedFilters
binaryfilesettings: ExtensionRepositories
clusteringsettings: DBChunkSize
clusteringsettings: ExtensionDirectories
clusteringsettings: NonExistentStaleCacheHandling
controlsettings: AlloUserVariables
controlsettings: OldStyleUserVariables
: ezflow.ini
foldersettings: NameAttribute
gd: Filters
iconsettings: Repsitory
leftmenu_media: LinkNames
leftmenu_media: Links
operationsettings: AvailableOperations
reference: Reference
rolesettings: UserPolicyCache
siteaccesssettings: DebugAccess
siteaccesssettings: DebugExtraAccess
sitesettings: RootNodeDepth
topmenu_setup: PolicyList
urltranslator: Filters
usersettings: VerifyUserEmail
versionview: AllowChangeButtons
versionview: AllowVersionsButton
versionview: DefaultPreviewDesign

Added for Exponential 6.0.15 and the earlier 6.0.x releases.

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Balazs Halasy Author 01/28/2005
Graham Brookins Updated 11/05/2026

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