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Configuration

EventCatalog allows you to define overrides for your organization. These exist in the eventcatalog.config.js file.

Catalog configuration

The eventcatalog.config.js file is the heart of your application. It allows you to define overrides for EventCatalog.

See the API documentation to override defaults for EventCatalog.

Setting up VSCode

EventCatalog uses MDX file format for documentation.

If you are using VSCode you can install the MDX plugin, for the .mdx files.

Recommended Plugins:

Customize favicon

You can customize the favicon for your EventCatalog by adding a favicon in in the public directory: /public/favicon.ico.

Configuring environment variables

EventCatalog can use environment variables to configure the site, depending on what features you are using (e.g plugins or plans).

If you are using EventCatalog Plugins, or any EventCatalog Plans you can put these into your .env file.

.env
EVENTCATALOG_SCALE_LICENSE_KEY=your-api-key
Understanding EventCatalog License Keys and Plans

EventCatalog community edition is free to use and does not require a license key.

Some features of EventCatalog require a license key, these include:

You can get a 14 day free trial of any of the plans here. Once you get the license key you can put it in your .env file.

Setting up GitHub Action

If you want to use the EventCatalog GitHub Action, you can read the documentation here.