Introduction
Configuration
When executed Amman will look for the configuration .ammanrc.js in the project root. If this file is not present Amman will load up with a default configuration.
The config should be a JavaScript module exporting 'validator' with any of the below properties:
- killRunningValidators: if true will kill any solana-test-validators currently running on the system.
 - programs: bpf programs which should be loaded into the test validator
 - accountsCluster: default cluster to clone remote accounts from
 - accounts: array of remote accounts to load into the test validator
 - jsonRpcUrl: the URL at which the test validator should listen for JSON RPC requests
 - websocketUrl: for the RPC websocket
 - ledgerDir: where the solana test validator writes the ledger
 - resetLedger: if true the ledger is reset to genesis at startup
 - verifyFees: if true the validator is not considered fully started up until it charges transaction fees
 
Example Configs
Validator/Relay/Storage Config with Defaults
Below is an example config with all values set to the defaults except for an added program and a relay and storage config.
A amman-explorer relay is launched automatically with the validator unless it is running in a CI environment and if a relay is already running on the known relay port, it is killed first.
A mock storage is launched only if a storage config is provided. In case a storage server is already running on the known storage port, it is killed first.
import { LOCALHOST, tmpLedgerDir } from '@metaplex-foundation/amman'
module.exports = {
  validator: {
    killRunningValidators: true,
    programs: [
      {
        label: 'Token Metadata Program',
        programId: programIds.metadata,
        deployPath: localDeployPath('mpl_token_metadata'),
      },
    ],
    jsonRpcUrl: LOCALHOST,
    websocketUrl: '',
    commitment: 'confirmed',
    ledgerDir: tmpLedgerDir(),
    resetLedger: true,
    verifyFees: false,
    detached: process.env.CI != null,
  },
  relay: {
    enabled: process.env.CI == null,
    killRunningRelay: true,
  },
  storage: {
    enabled: process.env.CI == null,
    storageId: 'mock-storage',
    clearOnStart: true,
  },
}
Config with Remote Accounts and Programs
Amman can pull both accounts and programs for local use and testing from the cluster of your choice.
module.exports = {
  validator: {
    // By default Amman will pull the account data from the accountsCluster (can be overridden on a per account basis)
    accountsCluster: 'https://api.metaplex.solana.com',
    accounts: [
      {
        label: 'Token Metadata Program',
        accountId: 'metaqbxxUerdq28cj1RbAWkYQm3ybzjb6a8bt518x1s',
        // marking executable as true will cause Amman to pull the executable data account as well automatically
        executable: true,
      },
      {
        label: 'Random other account',
        accountId: '4VLgNs1jXgdciSidxcaLKfrR9WjATkj6vmTm5yCwNwui',
        // By default executable is false and is not required to be in the config
        // executable: false,
        // Providing a cluster here will override the accountsCluster field
        cluster: 'https://metaplex.devnet.rpcpool.com',
      },
    ],
  },
}
Deactivating Test Validator Features
For the different clusters like devnet some features are disabled. By default the locally running solana-test-validator does not disable any features and thus behaves differently than the provided clusters.
In order to run tests in a scenario that is closer to how they would run against a specific cluster you can match the features of it via the matchFeatures config property:
module.exports = {
  validator: {
    ...
    // The below disables any features that are deactivated for the `mainnet-beta` cluster
    matchFeatures: 'mainnet-beta',
  }
}
If you want to explicitly disable a set of features you can do so via the deactivateFeatures property:
module.exports = {
  validator: {
    ...
   deactivateFeatures: ['21AWDosvp3pBamFW91KB35pNoaoZVTM7ess8nr2nt53B'],
  }
}
NOTE: that only one of the above properties can be set