# Debug Settings

This reference covers Pomerium's **Debug Settings**:

- [Debug Address](#debug-address)

## Debug Address

**Debug Address** exposes a debug endpoint on the specified address. This endpoint provides access to debugging information such as configuration dumps.

**Use with caution:** the debug endpoint can expose sensitive configuration values. Do not externally expose this endpoint.

By default, the debug server starts on a random port accessible only to localhost. Setting this option allows you to explicitly configure the address.

### How to configure

**Core:**

| **Config file keys** | **Environment variables** | **Type** | **Usage** | **Default** |
| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| `debug_address` | `DEBUG_ADDRESS` | `string` | **optional** | Random localhost port |

#### Examples

```yaml
debug_address: 127.0.0.1:6060
```

```bash
DEBUG_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1:6060
```

**Enterprise:**

`debug_address` is a bootstrap configuration setting and is not configurable in the Console.

**Kubernetes:**

Kubernetes does not support `debug_address`.

### Available Endpoints

When the debug address is configured, the following endpoints are available:

| Endpoint       | Description                                  |
| :------------- | :------------------------------------------- |
| `/`            | Index page listing available debug endpoints |
| `/config_dump` | Dumps the current Pomerium configuration     |

### Security Considerations

The debug endpoint exposes sensitive configuration information. Only enable this setting in controlled environments and ensure the endpoint is not accessible from untrusted networks.