How to configure Weaviate

Configure and manage key operational aspects of your Weaviate instance with these guides:

Set up methods to authenticate and to verify user identities before granting access.

Reduce memory usage with Product, Binary, Rotational or Scalar Quantization techniques.

Configure HNSW index snapshots for faster recovery and startup.

Explore Weaviate's ecosystem of vectorizer, generative (RAG), and other modules.

Enable the built-in Model Context Protocol server so LLMs and IDE assistants can interact with your Weaviate instance.

Deployment configuration

These guides cover server-level configuration for your Weaviate deployment:

Configure environment variables, ports, and runtime settings.

Collect metrics, configure logging, and monitor cluster health.

Configure Role-Based Access Control for fine-grained permissions.

Set up data replication and scaling across nodes for high availability.

Configure backup, restore, and persistence for your Weaviate instance.

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