Overview

Additional configuration is not required to run canary. To see the current configuration, issue

$ canary config show
0001: canary:
0002:   debug: false
0003:   environment:
0004:     append-path: {}
0005:     prepend-path: {}
0006:     set: {}
0007:     unset: []
0008:   log_level: INFO
0009:   plugins: []
0010:   run:
0011:     default_tag: ':all:'
0012:     timeout:
0013:       ctest: 1500.0
0014:       default: 300.0
0015:       fast: 120.0
0016:       long: 900.0
0017:       multiplier: 1.0
0018:       session: -1.0
0019:   scratch:
0020:     gpu:
0021:       selected_plugin: null
0022:   system:
0023:     arch: x86_64
0024:     host: build-32357075-project-1150422-canary-wm
0025:     name: build-32357075-project-1150422-canary-wm
0026:     node: build-32357075-project-1150422-canary-wm
0027:     os:
0028:       fullversion: 'Linux build-32357075-project-1150422-canary-wm 6.17.0-1007-aws
0029:         #7~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 22 21:04:49 UTC 2026 x86_64 x86_64'
0030:       name: ubuntu24.04
0031:       release: 6.17.0-1007-aws
0032:       vendor: ubuntu
0033:       version: '24.04'
0034:     platform: Linux
0035:     site: build-32357075-project-1150422-canary-wm
0036:   workspace:
0037:     view:
0038:       mode: symlink
0039:       name: TestResults
0040:

Configuration variables can be set on the command line or read from a configuration file.