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user2725109
user2725109

Reputation: 2386

Cloud9 environment variables

I am developing a Rails 4 app on cloud9 (c9.io). When I placed SECRET="geheim" in config file, it works fine. I tried setting an environment variable using

echo "export SECRET=geheim" >> ~/.profile

and then using ENV['SECRET'] in config file, but it doesn't work. When I type printenv SECRET in console, it returns nothing, meaning the variable is not set. How can I fix this? Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3406

Answers (2)

Hache Laborde
Hache Laborde

Reputation: 1

In the linux terminal:

% export <env-variable-name> = <env-variable-value>

For example, setting an AWS-S3 bucket:

% export PHOTOS_BUCKET='s3://edx-photo-lab/photos/'

source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud9/latest/user-guide/env-vars.html

The above solution has the problem that the variables are cleared when the Cloud9 EC2 is rebooted. To persist the variable you must add the export statement to the ~/.bashrc. You could use vim for edit:

% sudo vim ~/.bashrc

Upvotes: 0

Algis
Algis

Reputation: 51

You can add environment variables on cloud9 only if you are using the run panel to run your application. In the run panel theres a ENV button at the far right side where you can set your environment variables.

Heres some documentation about setting up your run command:
https://docs.c9.io/v1.0/docs/run-an-application

Unfortunately, this doesnt work if you're running your app from the terminal as cloud9 doesnt seem to support environment variables directly from the terminal.

Upvotes: 4

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