Environment Variables and Configuration¶

My Independent AI uses environment variables for core configuration and config.yaml for importer-specific settings.

Environment Variables (.env)¶

Copy .env.example to .env in the root directory to customize your customize your setup.

Variable	Default	Description
`OLLAMA_BASE_URL`	`http://ollama:11434`	The URL where Ollama is running (container name inside Docker).
`QDRANT_URL`	`http://qdrant:6333`	The URL for the Qdrant vector database.
`QDRANT_API_KEY`	(None)	Required only if you are using Qdrant Cloud.
`MAPPING_DB_PATH`	`apps/importers/mapping.db`	Path to the SQLite DB used for PII de-anonymization.
`IMPORTER_DB_PATH`	`apps/importers/importer.db`	Path to the SQLite DB used for tracking importer state.

Importer Configuration (config.yaml)¶

Located at apps/importers/config.yaml, this file defines which importers are active and their schedules.

importers:
    local:
        - name: local_files
          description: "Imports files from a local directory"
          enabled: true
          schedule: "0 2 * * *" # Every day at 2 AM

For more details on how to use these files, see Start Ingestion.