Kill Bill configuration guide

Overview

Kill Bill configuration is done via several means:

Per-tenant, subsystem specific, configuration file (such as Catalog or Overdue XML configuration files, or Invoice and Payment properties).
The killbill.properties file, properties global to the system (specified via the Java System Property -Dorg.killbill.server.properties=file:///path/to/killbill.properties).
Java System Properties (rare cases).
Third Party configuration files (e.g. EhCache configuration file, location specified via the Java System Property org.killbill.cache.config.location).

Properties and their defaults are defined in the Java linked below. In these files, the value of the annotation @Config is the configuration key to use in the killbill.properties file or in the per-tenant configuration JSON. The default value is specified by the annotation @Default.

You do not have to modify these Java files to change the properties values.

For example:

@Config("org.killbill.invoice.enabled")
@Default("true")
@Description("Whether the invoicing system is enabled")
boolean isInvoicingSystemEnabled();

The configuration key org.killbill.invoice.enabled controls whether the invoicing system is enabled
The default value is true
Kill Bill, at runtime, can look up the property value via the method call isInvoicingSystemEnabled()

Per tenant properties

You can upload these properties via the /1.0/kb/tenants/uploadPerTenantConfig endpoint, e.g.:

curl -v \
     -X POST \
     -u 'admin:password' \
     -H "X-Killbill-ApiKey: bob" \
     -H "X-Killbill-ApiSecret: lazar" \
     -H "Content-Type: text/plain" \
     -H "X-Killbill-CreatedBy: configurator" \
     -d '{"org.killbill.invoice.dryRunNotificationSchedule":"48h"}' \
     "http://127.0.0.1:8080/1.0/kb/tenants/uploadPerTenantConfig"

You can also specify these values in your main killbill.properties file (used as a fallback, the per-tenant configuration takes precedence).

Global properties

Kill Bill core services can be configured through properties defined in the following classes (specify custom values in your killbill.properties file):

Broadcast service configuration
Catalog configuration: used to specify the location of the default catalog if no per-tenant catalog has been uploaded
Currency provider configuration
Cache configuration
JAX-RS configuration
Overdue configuration: used to specify the location of the default overdue configuration if no per-tenant configuration has been uploaded
Rbac configuration
Shiro configuration
Per tenant broadcast service configuration
Kill Bill Web app configuration
Metrics and Graphite configuration
OSGI related configuration - Kill Bill will look for ruby based OSGI related properties at the location specified by org.killbill.billing.osgi.bundles.jruby.conf.dir in the main killbill.properties file. This is usually in /var/lib/killbill/config so that configuration can be saved when plugins are removed or upgraded.

The properties to configure the database are split between the core Kill Bill services and the plugins, to allow plugins to use a different database or configuration:

The properties to configure the persistent buses and notification queue are shown below. Those properties are built to be used across multiple instances (we have two persistent buses) which explains the substitution parameter instanceName.

Docker

Most config properties should be specified in the killbill.properties file, located at /var/lib/killbill/killbill.properties.

You can either bind mount your own file, by specifying -v /path/to/killbill.properties:/var/lib/killbill/killbill.properties when starting your container, or specifying individual environment variables (e.g. -e KILLBILL_SERVER_TEST_MODE=false):

KILLBILL_ANALYTICS_NOTIFICATION_NB_THREADS (default 5)
KILLBILL_ANALYTICS_QUEUE_CAPACITY (default 30000)
KILLBILL_BUNDLE_CACHE_NAME (default osgi-cache)
KILLBILL_BUNDLE_INSTALL_DIR (default /var/lib/killbill/bundles)
KILLBILL_BUNDLE_PROPERTY_NAME (default killbill.properties)
KILLBILL_BUS_EXTERNAL_HISTORY_TABLE_NAME (default bus_ext_events_history)
KILLBILL_BUS_EXTERNAL_IN_MEMORY (default true)
KILLBILL_BUS_EXTERNAL_NB_THREADS (default 50)
KILLBILL_BUS_EXTERNAL_SLEEP (default 0)
KILLBILL_BUS_EXTERNAL_TABLE_NAME (default bus_ext_events)
KILLBILL_BUS_EXTERNAL_USE_INFLIGHT_Q (default true)
KILLBILL_BUS_MAIN_CLAIMED (default 10)
KILLBILL_BUS_MAIN_HISTORY_TABLE_NAME (default bus_events_history)
KILLBILL_BUS_MAIN_IN_MEMORY (default false)
KILLBILL_BUS_MAIN_NB_THREADS (default 50)
KILLBILL_BUS_MAIN_OFF (default false)
KILLBILL_BUS_MAIN_SLEEP (default 0)
KILLBILL_BUS_MAIN_TABLE_NAME (default bus_events)
KILLBILL_CACHE_CONFIG_LOCATION (default ehcache.xml)
KILLBILL_CATALOG_BUNDLE_PATH (default org/killbill/billing/util/template/translation/CatalogTranslation)
KILLBILL_CATALOG_URI (default SpyCarBasic.xml)
KILLBILL_CURRENCY_PROVIDER_DEFAULT (default killbill-currency-plugin)
KILLBILL_DAO_CACHE_PREP_STMTS (default true)
KILLBILL_DAO_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT (default 100s)
KILLBILL_DAO_HEALTH_CHECK_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT (default 10s)
KILLBILL_DAO_HEALTH_CHECK_EXPECTED99TH_PERCENTILE (default 50ms)
KILLBILL_DAO_IDLE_CONNECTION_TEST_PERIOD (default 5m)
KILLBILL_DAO_IDLE_MAX_AGE (default 2m)
KILLBILL_DAO_LOG_LEVEL (default DEBUG)
KILLBILL_DAO_MAX_ACTIVE (default 150)
KILLBILL_DAO_MAX_CONNECTION_AGE (default 0m)
KILLBILL_DAO_MIN_IDLE (default 5)
KILLBILL_DAO_MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION (default 4.0)
KILLBILL_DAO_PASSWORD (default killkill)
KILLBILL_DAO_POOLING_TYPE (default HIKARICP)
KILLBILL_DAO_PREP_STMT_CACHE_SIZE (default 500)
KILLBILL_DAO_PREP_STMT_CACHE_SQL_LIMIT (default 2048)
KILLBILL_DAO_URL (default jdbc:h2:file:/var/lib/killbill/killbill;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;MVCC=true;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE)
KILLBILL_DAO_USER (default killbill)
KILLBILL_DAO_USE_SERVER_PREP_STMTS (default true)
KILLBILL_DEFAULT_LOCALE (default en_US)
KILLBILL_EXPORT_PACKAGES_API (default org.killbill.billing.account.api,org.killbill.billing.analytics.api.sanity,org.killbill.billing.analytics.api.user,org.killbill.billing.beatrix.bus.api,org.killbill.billing.catalog.api,org.killbill.billing.catalog.api.rules,org.killbill.billing.invoice.plugin.api,org.killbill.billing.invoice.api,org.killbill.billing.invoice.api.formatters,org.killbill.billing.entitlement.api,org.killbill.billing,org.killbill.clock,org.killbill.billing.notification.api,org.killbill.billing.notification.plugin.api,org.killbill.billing.notification.plugin,org.killbill.billing.osgi.api,org.killbill.billing.osgi.api.config,org.killbill.billing.overdue,org.killbill.billing.payment.api,org.killbill.billing.payment.plugin.api,org.killbill.billing.control.plugin.api,org.killbill.billing.tenant.api,org.killbill.billing.usage.api,org.killbill.billing.util.api,org.killbill.billing.util.nodes,org.killbill.billing.util.audit,org.killbill.billing.util.callcontext,org.killbill.billing.util.customfield,org.killbill.billing.util.email,org.killbill.billing.util.entity,org.killbill.billing.util.tag,org.killbill.billing.util.template,org.killbill.billing.util.template.translation,org.killbill.billing.currency.plugin.api,org.killbill.billing.catalog.plugin.api,org.killbill.billing.entitlement.plugin.api,org.killbill.billing.currency.api,org.killbill.billing.security.api,org.killbill.billing.osgi.libs.killbill,org.joda.time;org.joda.time.format;version=2.9,org.slf4j;version=1.7.2,org.osgi.service.log;version=1.3,org.osgi.service.http;version=1.2.0,org.osgi.service.deploymentadmin;version=1.1.0,org.osgi.service.event;version=1.2.0)
KILLBILL_EXPORT_PACKAGES_EXTRA (default ``)
KILLBILL_EXPORT_PACKAGES_JAVA (default com.sun.xml.internal.ws,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.addressing,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.addressing.model,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.addressing.policy,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.addressing.v200408,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.addressing,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.client,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.config.management,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.config.management.policy,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.fastinfoset,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.ha,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.handler,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.message,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.message.stream,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.model,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.model.soap,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.model.wsdl,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.helper,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.policy,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.server,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.streaming,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.wsdl.parser,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.wsdl.writer,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.binding,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.dispatch,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.sei,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.config.management.policy,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.developer,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding.fastinfoset,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding.policy,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding.soap,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding.soap.streaming,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding.xml,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.fault,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.handler,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.message,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.message.jaxb,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.message.saaj,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.message.source,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.message.stream,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.model,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.model.soap,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.model.wsdl,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.org.objectweb.asm,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.jaxws,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.jaxws.spi,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.privateutil,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.sourcemodel,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.sourcemodel.attach,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.sourcemodel.wspolicy,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.spi,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.subject,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.protocol.soap,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.protocol.xml,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.resources,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.server,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.server.provider,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.server.sei,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.streaming,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport.http,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport.http.client,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport.http.server,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util.exception,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util.localization,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util.pipe,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util.xml,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.parser,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.writer,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.writer.document,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.writer.document.http,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.writer.document.soap,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.writer.document.soap12,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.writer.document.xsd,javax.annotation,javax.management,javax.naming,javax.naming.ldap,javax.net,javax.net.ssl,javax.crypto,javax.crypto.spec,javax.sql,javax.sql.rowset,javax.sql.rowset.serial,javax.transaction,javax.transaction.xa,javax.xml,javax.xml.bind,javax.xml.validation,javax.xml.namespace,javax.xml.parsers,javax.xml.validation,javax.xml.stream,javax.xml.stream.events,javax.xml.stream.util,javax.xml.transform,javax.xml.transform.dom,javax.xml.transform.sax,javax.xml.transform.stax,javax.xml.transform.stream,javax.xml.xpath,javax.jws.soap,com.sun.org,com.sun.org.apache,com.sun.org.apache.xml,com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal,com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils,com.sun.org.apache.xpath,com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal,com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp,com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects,org.w3c.dom,org.w3c.dom.bootstrap,org.w3c.dom.events,org.w3c.dom.ls,org.w3c.dom.css,org.w3c.dom.html,org.w3c.dom.ranges,org.w3c.dom.stylesheets,org.w3c.dom.traversal,org.w3c.dom.views,org.xml.sax,org.xml.sax.ext,org.xml.sax.helpers,sun.misc,sun.misc.unsafe,sun.security,sun.security.util,javax.servlet;version=3.1,javax.servlet.http;version=3.1)
KILLBILL_EXTERNAL_CLAIM_TIME (default 5m)
KILLBILL_EXTERNAL_INFLIGHT_CLAIMED (default 500)
KILLBILL_EXTERNAL_QUEUE_CAPACITY (default 1000000)
KILLBILL_FAILURE_RETRY_MULTIPLIER (default 2)
KILLBILL_INVOICE_DRY_RUN_NOTIFICATION_SCHEDULE (default 0s)
KILLBILL_INVOICE_ENABLED (default true)
KILLBILL_INVOICE_GLOBAL_LOCK_RETRIES (default 50)
KILLBILL_INVOICE_MAX_DAILY_NUMBER_OF_ITEMS_SAFETY_BOUND (default 15)
KILLBILL_INVOICE_MAX_NUMBER_OF_MONTHS_IN_FUTURE (default 36)
KILLBILL_INVOICE_READ_MAX_RAW_USAGE_PREVIOUS_PERIOD (default 2)
KILLBILL_INVOICE_SANITY_SAFETY_BOUND_ENABLED (default true)
KILLBILL_JANITOR_ATTEMPTS_DELAY (default 12h)
KILLBILL_JANITOR_PENDING_RETRIES (default 65m,3h,3h,5h,1d,1d,1d,1d)
KILLBILL_JANITOR_UNKNOWN_RETRIES (default 1h,6h,17h)
KILLBILL_JAXRS_LOCATION_HOST (default ``)
KILLBILL_JAXRS_LOCATION_USE_FORWARD_HEADERS (default true)
KILLBILL_JAXRS_TIMEOUT (default 30s)
KILLBILL_JRUBY_CONF_DIR (default /var/lib/killbill/config)
KILLBILL_JRUBY_CONTEXT_SCOPE (default THREADSAFE)
KILLBILL_LOCATION_FULL_URL (default true)
KILLBILL_MAIN_CLAIM_TIME (default 5m)
KILLBILL_MAIN_NOTIFICATION_NB_THREADS (default 10)
KILLBILL_MAIN_NOTIFICATION_OFF (default false)
KILLBILL_MAIN_QUEUE_CAPACITY (default 1000000)
KILLBILL_MAIN_QUEUE_CAPACITY (default 100)
KILLBILL_MAIN_QUEUE_MODE (default STICKY_POLLING)
KILLBILL_MANUAL_PAY_TEMPLATE_NAME (default org/killbill/billing/util/email/templates/HtmlInvoiceTemplate.mustache)
KILLBILL_MAX_FAILURE_RETRY (default 3)
KILLBILL_METRICS_GRAPHITE_HOST (default localhost)
KILLBILL_METRICS_GRAPHITE_INTERVAL (default 30)
KILLBILL_METRICS_GRAPHITE_PORT (default 2003)
KILLBILL_METRICS_GRAPHITE_PREFIX (default killbill)
KILLBILL_METRICS_GRAPHITE (default false)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB_DATABASE (default 30)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB_HOST (default localhost)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB_INTERVAL (default 30)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB_PORT (default 2003)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB_PREFIX (default killbill)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB_SENDER_TYPE (default killbill)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB_SOCKET_TIMEOUT (default 30)
KILLBILL_METRICS_INFLUXDB (default false)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_ANALYTICS_CLAIMED (default 100)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_ANALYTICS_HISTORY_TABLE_NAME (default analytics_notifications_history)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_ANALYTICS_IN_MEMORY (default false)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_ANALYTICS_SLEEP (default 3000)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_ANALYTICS_TABLE_NAME (default analytics_notifications)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_MAIN_CLAIMED (default 100)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_MAIN_HISTORY_TABLE_NAME (default notifications_history)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_MAIN_IN_MEMORY (default false)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_MAIN_SLEEP (default 70000)
KILLBILL_NOTIFICATIONQ_MAIN_TABLE_NAME (default notifications)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_CACHE_PREP_STMTS (default true)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT (default 100s)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_IDLE_CONNECTION_TEST_PERIOD (default 5m)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_IDLE_MAX_AGE (default 2m)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_LOG_LEVEL (default DEBUG)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_MAX_ACTIVE (default 150)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_MAX_CONNECTION_AGE (default 0m)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_MIN_IDLE (default 5)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION (default 4.0)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_PASSWORD (default killbill)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_POOLING_TYPE (default HIKARICP)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_PREP_STMT_CACHE_SIZE (default 500)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_PREP_STMT_CACHE_SQL_LIMIT (default 2048)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_URL (default jdbc:h2:file:/var/lib/killbill/killbill;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;MVCC=true;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_USER (default killbill)
KILLBILL_OSGI_DAO_USE_SERVER_PREP_STMTS (default true)
KILLBILL_OSGI_ROOT_DIR (default /var/tmp/felix)
KILLBILL_OVERDUE_URI (default NoOverdueConfig.xml)
KILLBILL_PAYMENT_GLOBAL_LOCK_RETRIES (default 50)
KILLBILL_PAYMENT_INVOICE_PLUGIN (default ``)
KILLBILL_PAYMENT_JANITOR_RATE (default 5m)
KILLBILL_PAYMENT_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT (default 64s)
KILLBILL_PAYMENT_PROVIDER_DEFAULT (default EXTERNAL_PAYMENT)
KILLBILL_PAYMENT_RETRY_DAYS (default 8,8,8)
KILLBILL_PLUGIN_THREADS_NB (default 100)
KILLBILL_RBAC_GLOBAL_SESSION_TIMEOUT (default 1h)
KILLBILL_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS (default 8)
KILLBILL_RETRY_START_SEC (default 300)
KILLBILL_SECURITY_SHIRO_NB_HASH_ITERATIONS (default 200000)
KILLBILL_SECURITY_SHIRO_RESOURCE_PATH (default classpath:shiro.ini)
KILLBILL_SERVER_BASE_URL (default http://127.0.0.1:8080)
KILLBILL_SERVER_HTTP_GZIP (default false)
KILLBILL_SERVER_MULTITENANT (default true)
KILLBILL_SERVER_NOTIFICATIONS_RETRIES (default 15m,30m,2h,12h,1d)
KILLBILL_SERVER_REGION (default local)
KILLBILL_SERVER_SHUTDOWN_DELAY (default 0s)
KILLBILL_SERVER_TEST_MODE (default true)
KILLBILL_TEMPLATE_BUNDLE_PATH (default org/killbill/billing/util/template/translation/InvoiceTranslation)
KILLBILL_TEMPLATE_INVOICE_FORMATTER_FACTORY_CLASS (default org.killbill.billing.invoice.template.formatters.DefaultInvoiceFormatterFactory)
KILLBILL_TEMPLATE_NAME (default org/killbill/billing/util/email/templates/HtmlInvoiceTemplate.mustache)
KILLBILL_TENANT_BROADCAST_RATE (default 5s)
KILLBILL_THREADS_POOL_NB (default 30)
KILLBILL_UTIL_BROADCAST_RATE (default 5s)