Configuration

Valqore is configured through environment variables and YAML files in your project's .valqore/ directory.

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
`VALQORE_TENANT_ID`	Tenant identifier for isolated memory	`default`
`VALQORE_MEMORY_BACKEND`	Storage backend: `local`, `postgresql`, `s3`	`local`
`VALQORE_MEMORY_ENCRYPTION_KEY`	Encryption key for data at rest	--
`VALQORE_MEMORY_RETENTION_DAYS`	Auto-purge after N days	`365`
`VALQORE_SLACK_WEBHOOK`	Slack notification URL	--
`VALQORE_TEAMS_WEBHOOK`	Teams notification URL	--
`VALQORE_PAGERDUTY_ROUTING_KEY`	PagerDuty routing key	--
`VALQORE_AI_PROVIDER`	AI provider: `azure_openai`, `anthropic`, `ollama`	`ollama`
`VALQORE_OLLAMA_MODEL`	Ollama model name	`valqore`
`VALQORE_DATABASE_URL`	PostgreSQL connection URL	--
`VALQORE_CORS_ORIGINS`	Allowed CORS origins	`*`

Configuration Files

Path	Purpose
`.valqore/policy.yaml`	Environment promotion policies
`.valqore/notifications.yaml`	Notification channels and routing
`.valqore/compliance-packs/`	Custom compliance packs
`.valqore/inventory.yaml`	On-prem resource inventory
`.valqore/triage/`	Incident memory storage

policy.yaml

# .valqore/policy.yaml
environments:
  staging:
    min_score: 60
    block_on:
      - public_s3
      - no_resource_limits
    require_review: false
 
  production:
    min_score: 80
    block_on:
      - public_s3
      - no_resource_limits
      - root_container
      - missing_health_check
    require_review: true
    max_monthly_cost: 5000

notifications.yaml

# .valqore/notifications.yaml
channels:
  - name: slack-ops
    type: slack
    webhook: ${VALQORE_SLACK_WEBHOOK}
    events:
      - evaluation.block
      - checkup.critical
 
  - name: teams-finance
    type: teams
    webhook: ${VALQORE_TEAMS_WEBHOOK}
    events:
      - cost.anomaly
      - cost.threshold_exceeded
 
  - name: pagerduty-oncall
    type: pagerduty
    routing_key: ${VALQORE_PAGERDUTY_ROUTING_KEY}
    events:
      - checkup.critical
      - reliability.incident

compliance-packs/

# .valqore/compliance-packs/hipaa.yaml
name: HIPAA
version: "1.0"
min_score: 80
max_critical: 0

inventory.yaml

# .valqore/inventory.yaml
hosts:
  - name: app-server-01
    address: 10.0.1.10
    role: application
    os: ubuntu-22.04
    cpu: 8
    memory_gb: 32
    tags:
      team: platform
      environment: production

triage/

Valqore stores incident memory here for learning from past issues. Files are created automatically.

# .valqore/triage/2026-03-15-oom-kill.yaml
incident:
  date: "2026-03-15"
  service: payments-api
  type: oom_kill
  description: Pod killed due to memory limit exceeded
  root_cause: Memory leak in connection pool
  resolution: Upgraded library and set pool max size
  labels:
    severity: high
    environment: production