Kubernetes Patterns Environment Variable-Based Configuration: Difference between revisions

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As long as the application is coded to expect configuration as environment variables, the actual values of those environment variables can be provided in different layers:
As long as the application is coded to expect configuration as environment variables, the actual values of those environment variables can be provided in different layers:
* Dockerfile [[Dockerfile#ENV|<code>ENV</code> directive]].
* Dockerfile [[Dockerfile#ENV|<code>ENV</code> directive]].
* As [[Dockerfile#Env_Override|command line override]] when running the container.

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Overview

Environment variables are universally supported and suited for configuration values that are small in size. Every operating systems allows definition of environment variable, and every programming language allows easy access to these environment variables.

As long as the application is coded to expect configuration as environment variables, the actual values of those environment variables can be provided in different layers: