# Configuring Opensearch Dashboards Advanced settings from config file (Docker)

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configuring-opensearch-dashboards-advanced-settings-from-config-file-docker/13837>\
**Category:** OpenSearch Dashboards\
**Tags:** configure\
**Created:** [April 7, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configuring-opensearch-dashboards-advanced-settings-from-config-file-docker/13837 "2023-04-07T11:16:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sukur55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sukur55](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/sukur55)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configuring-opensearch-dashboards-advanced-settings-from-config-file-docker/13837/1 "2023-04-07T11:16:11Z")

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Is it possible to configure advanced settings from configuration file or docker env variables? particularly state:storeInSessionStorage. If possible can anyone please explain how?

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**Author:** ![gaobinlong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/gaobinlong/32/5242_2.png) [@gaobinlong](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/gaobinlong)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configuring-opensearch-dashboards-advanced-settings-from-config-file-docker/13837/2 "2023-04-17T09:53:48Z")

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It seems impossible to configure advanced settings from config file or env, but advanced settings can be set by API, like this:

```auto
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "osd-xsrf: true" -d '{"value":true}' http://localhost:5601/api/opensearch-dashboards/settings/state:storeInSessionStorage

```

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**Author:** ![joshuarrrr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/joshuarrrr/32/4947_2.png) [@joshuarrrr](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/joshuarrrr)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configuring-opensearch-dashboards-advanced-settings-from-config-file-docker/13837/3 "2023-04-25T18:43:18Z")

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Additional context and discussion: [Customizing Advanced Settings on Docker environments · Issue #3814 · opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards · GitHub](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/3814)