Pad web UI. Browse to http://[your-tower]:[port]/ after install.

Target

7777

Default

7777

Value

7777

Pad's persistent data: SQLite database, attachments, encryption key, logs, and config. Back this up to keep your workspace safe.

Target

/data

Default

/mnt/user/appdata/pad/

Value

/mnt/user/appdata/pad/

User ID the pad process runs as. Default 99 (nobody) matches Unraid's appdata permissions. Change only if you know what you're doing — must be a positive integer.

Default

99

Value

99

Group ID the pad process runs as. Default 100 (users) matches Unraid's appdata permissions. Change only if you know what you're doing — must be a positive integer.

Default

100

Value

100

Verbosity for the server log. One of: debug, info, warn, error.

Target

PAD_LOG_LEVEL

Default

info

Value

info

If true, the first admin account can be created directly from the web UI (browse to http://[your-tower]:[port]/setup) without copying a bootstrap token from the container logs. Convenient for trusted home networks. Default false (token required from logs). WARNING: while no users exist, anyone who can reach the WebUI port can claim the first admin account — only set true on networks you trust (LAN behind a firewall, Tailscale, etc.). Once an admin exists this setting has no effect.

Target

PAD_BYPASS_SETUP_TOKEN

Default

false

Value

false

External URL when pad is behind a reverse proxy (SWAG / NGINX Proxy Manager / etc.). Required for emailed invitation links to point at the right host. Example: https://pad.example.com

Target

PAD_URL

Optional. Enables transactional email (workspace invitations). Without it, invites use copyable join codes via the CLI. Sign up at maileroo.com.

Target

PAD_MAILEROO_API_KEY

Sender address for invitation emails. Required if Maileroo API Key is set. Must be on a domain you control.

Target

PAD_EMAIL_FROM

Display name on outbound emails (the human-friendly part before the address). Defaults to 'Pad'.

Target

PAD_EMAIL_FROM_NAME

Default

Pad

Value

Pad