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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
ESCALATOR_PROXY_URLNoProxy URL, e.g. http://user:pass@host:port or socks5://... Used as the middle rung.
ESCALATOR_PROXY_LISTNoComma-separated list of proxy URLs, used round-robin. Can be combined with URL.
ESCALATOR_SERVER_HOSTNoHost interface for the server to bind to. Use 127.0.0.1 for loopback-only, or 0.0.0.0 inside containers when behind a reverse proxy.127.0.0.1
ESCALATOR_SERVER_PORTNoTCP port for the HTTP API and MCP endpoint.8000
ESCALATOR_BROWSER_PATHNoAbsolute path to a Chrome, Chromium, Edge, or Brave binary. Empty means auto-detect.
ESCALATOR_PROXY_ENABLEDNoSet to 'true' to enable the residential proxy rungs. Ignored when false.false
ESCALATOR_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MSNoPer-fetch timeout (milliseconds) for the two plain-HTTP rungs.10000
ESCALATOR_SERVER_API_KEYSYesComma-separated bearer API keys for `escalator serve`. Required to authenticate requests; without at least one key, the server rejects every request.
ESCALATOR_BROWSER_HEADLESSNoSet to 'false' to run the browser with a display (requires Xvfb or a desktop session).true
ESCALATOR_STORAGE_DATA_DIRNoDirectory for persistent data: SQLite database, managed browser, and caches. Defaults to a platform-specific location.
ESCALATOR_BROWSER_VIA_PROXYNoWhether browser rendering should also be routed through the configured proxy.true
ESCALATOR_BROWSER_TIMEOUT_MSNoPer-fetch timeout (milliseconds) for the browser rung of the ladder.30000
ESCALATOR_POLITENESS_USER_AGENTNoUser agent string used for robots.txt matching and HTTP requests. Defaults to a Chrome user agent.
ESCALATOR_BROWSER_MAX_CONCURRENTNoMaximum number of concurrent browser instances. Lower this on memory-constrained hosts.4
ESCALATOR_LADDER_MIN_CONTENT_CHARSNoMinimum number of extracted characters for a page to count as 'content'; below this the ladder climbs.200
ESCALATOR_POLITENESS_RATE_LIMIT_RPSNoPer-domain requests-per-second rate limit. 0 disables the delay.1.0
ESCALATOR_POLITENESS_RESPECT_ROBOTSNoWhether to respect robots.txt when deciding to fetch or skip.true
ESCALATOR_STORAGE_REQUEST_LOG_LIMITNoMaximum number of request-log rows retained; old rows are trimmed on insert.5000
ESCALATOR_LADDER_TIER_CACHE_TTL_HOURSNoHow many hours a learned tier survives before the cache lets the domain retry a cheaper rung.72

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