Decision Control Tower Sidecar — Configuration

The Sidecar is configured entirely through environment variables. This chapter is the reference; for how to run it, see Deployment.

Core

Variable	Default	Description
`APP_HOST`	`localhost`	Bind address. Set to `0.0.0.0` in a container.
`BACKEND_PORT`	`8080`	HTTP port the Sidecar listens on.
`SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE`	`prod`	Active configuration profile.

Database

The Sidecar requires its own PostgreSQL database — never share a schema with Tower.

Variable	Default	Description
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_DB_URL`	(required)	JDBC URL, e.g. `jdbc:postgresql://sidecar-postgres:5432/decision_tower_sidecar`.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_DB_USERNAME`	(required)	Database user.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_DB_PASSWORD`	(required)	Database password. Source from a secret manager.

Tower callbacks

How the Sidecar reaches Tower Core. The secret must match the value configured on Tower.

Variable	Default	Description
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_TOWER_CALLBACK_URL`	(required)	Base URL of Tower Core, e.g. `http://decision-control-tower:8080`.
`ALETYX_OIDC_CALLBACK_SECRET`	(empty)	Shared secret authenticating Sidecar → Tower callbacks. Must match Tower. Rotate on both sides simultaneously.

Integrations (optional)

These variables configure the example actions. An action only runs if the workflow includes it — there is no single “integrations” switch. Git push additionally has its own master switch (…GITHUB_ENABLED, default false); Slack has no enable flag and simply stays inactive until a token and channel are set. With the shipped defaults, an approved promotion performs no outbound Git or messaging calls.

Never ship credentials in the imageProvide tokens only through environment variables / your secret manager. Do not bake them into configuration files or images — a token committed to a repository will be detected and revoked.

Git versioning

Commits the promoted model’s files to a Git repository on approval. See Git Model Versioning.

Variable	Default	Description
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_GITHUB_ENABLED`	`false`	Master switch. When `false`, the Git step is a no-op and no model is fetched.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_GITHUB_API_URL`	`https://api.github.com`	Git host API base URL.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_GITHUB_TOKEN`	(empty)	Access token with Contents: read and write on the target repository.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_GITHUB_REPO`	(empty)	Target repository in `owner/repo` form.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_GITHUB_BRANCH`	`main`	Branch to commit to.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_GITHUB_COMMITTER_NAME`	`Aletyx Tower`	Commit author/committer name.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_GITHUB_COMMITTER_EMAIL`	`tower@aletyx.ai`	Commit author/committer email.

Messaging (Slack)

Posts a message when a promotion completes.

Variable	Default	Description
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_SLACK_API_URL`	`https://slack.com/api`	Messaging API base URL.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_SLACK_TOKEN`	(empty)	Bot token. Blank disables messaging.
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_SLACK_CHANNEL`	(empty)	Target channel ID. Blank disables messaging.

REST callout

Variable	Default	Description
`ALETYX_DC_TOWER_SIDECAR_HOLIDAYS_API_URL`	`https://date.nager.at`	Base URL for the example public-REST callout used by the integration workflow.

Next Steps

Git Model Versioning: enable and use the Git integration
Architecture: how these pieces fit together

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