Admin Configuration

The admin configuration allows device or system administrators to define environment properties for Cryptomator so it runs in the desired context for all users on a device. It is a system-level key-value file that persists across updates.

Location of the Admin Configuration

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Editing the admin configuration may require elevated privileges (i.e. admin or root permissions).

The storage location of the admin configuration file config.properties depends on the OS. The following table shows the storage path for each OS:

OS	Default Path
Windows	C:\ProgramData\Cryptomator\config.properties
macOS	/Library/Application Support/Cryptomator/config.properties
Linux	/etc/cryptomator/config.properties

Editing the Admin Configuration

The admin configuration is a simple, UTF-8 encoded key-value file. Entries are of the form property-key=property-value.

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Backward slashes \ in property values must be escaped with another \. For example, setting a value of C:\Logs\Cryptomator has to be entered as C:\\Logs\\Cryptomator.

Example: To allow loading of external plugins, you have to set cryptomator.pluginDir to a directory of your choice. If you want to set it to ~/cryptomator/plugins, the line in the admin file looks like this:

cryptomator.pluginDir=@{userhome}/cryptomator/plugins

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After creating/editing the file, ensure correct file access permissions!

We recommend read access for all users, write access only for system/device admins.

Configurable Properties

The following property keys are supported.

Property Key	Description
cryptomator.logDir=[DirPath]	The directory where Cryptomator stores its log files (e.g. application log, migration log).
cryptomator.pluginDir=[DirPath]	The directory where Cryptomator discovers plugins.
cryptomator.p12Path=[FilePath]	The path to the device key.
cryptomator.mountPointsDir=[DirPath]	The directory where Cryptomator mounts vaults if no per-vault location has been set.
cryptomator.disableUpdateCheck=[Boolean]	Whether to disable automatic update checks (true) or allow them (false). Defaults to false.

Substitutions

Substitutions are used to dynamically resolve the content of some properties depending on the environment Cryptomator is started in, e.g. by inserting the path to the user's home folder. They may only be used in properties that start with cryptomator. (mind the dot) like cryptomator.logDir. All occurrences of the following substitution keys – in supported properties – are replaced by their respective variable values:

Substitution Key	Variable Value
@{appdir}	The application installation directory.
@{appdata}	%APPDATA% (Windows only).
@{localappdata}	%LOCALAPPDATA% (Windows only).
@{userhome}	The user's home directory.

Unknown substitution keys remain unchanged; a key without a value is replaced with an empty string.