Environment Variables

• Low Disk Space

The behavior of the client can also be controlled using environment variables. The value of the environment variables overrides the values in the configuration file.

The environment variables are:

• OWNCLOUD_CHUNK_SIZE (default: 5242880; 5 MiB) – Specifies the chunk size of uploaded files in bytes. Increasing this value may help with synchronization problems in certain configurations.
• OWNCLOUD_TIMEOUT (default: 300 s) – The timeout for network connections in seconds.
• OWNCLOUD_CRITICAL_FREE_SPACE_BYTES (default: 512*1000*1000 bytes) - The minimum disk space needed for operation. A fatal error is raised if less free space is available.
• OWNCLOUD_FREE_SPACE_BYTES (default: 1000*1000*1000 bytes) - Downloads that would reduce the free space below this value are skipped. More information available under the "Low Disk Space" section.
• OWNCLOUD_MAX_PARALLEL (default: 6) - Maximum number of parallel jobs.
• OWNCLOUD_BLACKLIST_TIME_MIN (default: 25 s) - Minimum timeout for blacklisted files.
• OWNCLOUD_BLACKLIST_TIME_MAX (default: 24*60*60 s; one day) - Maximum timeout for blacklisted files.
• OWNCLOUD_HTTP2_ENABLED (default: false) - If the client should communicate with the server using HTTP/2. (This may not be compatible with all server setups)

Low Disk Space

When disk space is low the Nextcloud Client will be unable to synchronize all files. This section describes its behavior in a low disk space situation as well as the options that influence it.

1. Synchronization of a folder aborts entirely if the remaining disk space falls below 512 MB. This threshold can be adjusted with the OWNCLOUD_CRITICAL_FREE_SPACE_BYTES environment variable.
2. Downloads that would reduce the free disk space below 1 GB will be skipped or aborted. The download will be retried regularly and other synchronization is unaffected. This threshold can be adjusted with the OWNCLOUD_FREE_SPACE_BYTES environment variable.