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Document DB Charset Numbers and SSL CA file usage
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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ description: Configuration for database connections.
| `DB_FILENAME` | Where to read/write the SQLite database. Required when using `sqlite3`. | |
| `DB_CONNECTION_STRING` | When using `pg`, you can submit a connection string instead of individual properties. Using this will ignore any of the other connection settings. | |
| `DB_EXCLUDE_TABLES` | CSV of tables you want Directus to ignore completely | `spatial_ref_sys,sysdiagrams` |
| `DB_CHARSET` / `DB_CHARSET_NUMBER` | Charset/collation to use in the connection to MySQL/MariaDB | `UTF8_GENERAL_CI` |
| `DB_CHARSET` / `DB_CHARSET_NUMBER` | Charset/collation to use in the connection to MySQL<sup>[1](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/charset-mysql.html)</sup>/MariaDB<sup>[2](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/character-sets/supported-character-sets-and-collations)</sup>. | `UTF8_GENERAL_CI` |
| `DB_VERSION` | Database version, in case you use the PostgreSQL adapter to connect a non-standard database. Not usually required. | |
| `DB_HEALTHCHECK_THRESHOLD` | Healthcheck timeout threshold in milliseconds. | `150` |

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