Configuration

config/danio.toml holds only this computer's own settings. It is the one file danio leaves for people to edit by hand, so it uses TOML; every other file danio writes is JSON.

Workspace and project settings are kept in the host's database, not in this file.

Where the file is

The file is in the config folder inside the data directory. The data directory is:

When the environment variable DANIO_HOME is set, the data directory is that. If the file does not exist, every setting has its default; the file is created the first time you change a setting. Under Settings, Data on this device shows the path to this file.

How to change it

• In the interface: most settings can be changed on the Settings page. For other devices, change their settings under Device settings in the device details.
• On the command line:

  danio config                    # list every setting and its value
  danio config get node.gpus      # read one
  danio config set node.gpus 0,1  # change one
  

  
  config set checks the value, then writes it to the file. While danio is running, the change applies at once; only cache_dir and work_dir need a restart.
• By editing the file: edit danio.toml in an editor and restart danio. If the file has a setting danio doesn't know, or a value that breaks the rules, danio reports an error and names the setting.

Keys on the command line are the names in the file, with table settings joined by a dot, such as node.render and blender.path. Lists are separated by commas: danio config set addon.blenders "D:\Blender-A\blender.exe,D:\Blender-B\blender.exe". For number and string settings, an empty value ("") restores the default.

Cache and folders

Folders must be absolute paths. cache_dir, work_dir and shared_cache_dir can also be network shares, such as //NAS/cache.

cache_keep_days and cache_max_gb do not accept 0. To use the default, leave the setting out.

Running and updates

Tasks and uploads

mounts

When the system doesn't show where an SMB share is mounted, tell danio with mounts. The key is the share, written at least down to the share name, such as //NAS/work; the value is its absolute path on this computer:

[mounts]
"//NAS/work" = "/mnt/nas/work"

On the command line: danio config set mounts.//NAS/work /mnt/nas/work. An empty value removes the entry.

node

[node]
render = true
gpus = [0, 1]

• render (boolean): accept render work. false when not written. It matches the Render switch in the interface.
• gpus (integer array): the GPU numbers Cycles uses. Empty means all GPUs.

blender

[blender]
path = "C:/Program Files/Blender Foundation/Blender 5.1/blender.exe"

• path (string): the absolute path to the Blender program. When empty, danio finds one itself: the Blender this computer opens .blend files with (Windows), then the usual places and PATH.
• pack (string): the ID of a resource pack installed on this computer. With a resource pack, path is the installed program. The danio config command can't set this one.

ffmpeg

[ffmpeg]
path = ""

• path (string): the absolute path to the FFmpeg program. With both empty, rendering uses the workspace's FFmpeg resource pack for this platform first, else the one on PATH (FFmpeg).
• pack (string): the same as in [blender].

addon

[addon]
blenders = ["D:/Blender-5.1.1/blender.exe"]

• blenders (string array): Blenders danio doesn't find by itself, added by hand to the list so the danio add-on can be installed into them. Write absolute paths.

ui

[ui]
language = "en"

• language (string): the language of the interface, the command line, the terminal interface and the tray. One of zh-CN, en; empty follows the system.

Environment variables

danio reads these when it starts. They have nothing to do with danio.toml.

Port 7420 is the one the workspace offers to other devices, and 7421 is the local interface's; they can't be the same. danio token new makes a token you can use. For how to set these variables in Docker, see Run the host on a NAS.