---
title: "bench set-config\n"
space: "Framework"
url: "https://docs.frappe.io/framework/user/en/bench/reference/set-config"
updated: "2026-02-17"
---


## Usage

```bash
bench set-config [OPTIONS] KEY VALUE
```

## Description

Bench provides a wrapper command to insert or update values in the site config
files. You can update values in your site's `site_config.json`, along with the
bench directory's `common_site_config.json` through the same command.

To read more about site configuration and understanding key precedence, refer to
the docs [here](/framework/v14/user/en/basics/site_config).

## Flags

 - `-g`, `--global` Set value in the Bench's Common Site Config
 - `-p`, `--parse` Parse given value instead of string. You can use this to set
 dict and list values. This was `--as-dict` in earlier versions.

## Examples

1. Enable tests for given site.

 ```bash
 bench --site {site} set-config allow_tests true
 ```

1. Enable tests for all sites.

 ```bash
 bench --site all set-config allow_tests true
 ```

 Using the above command, each site's `site_config.json` will have the
 key-value `"allow_tests": true`. This allows running tests on all of the
 sites.

 ```bash
 bench set-config -g allow_tests true
 ```

 Using the above command, the bench's `common_site_config.json` will have the
 key-value `"allow_tests": true`. This will allow each site on the bench to
 have tests run unless they have a value defined for the sma in their
 `site_config.json`.

1. Set a dict value in your site's `frappe.conf`

 ```bash
 bench --site {site} set-config backup '{"includes": ["Not", "ToDo"]}' --parse
 ```

 You can now access the list in code as `frappe.conf.backup.get("includes")`.