Setting environment variables¶

This article describes how to set configure environment variables in different environment and even on some common used webservers.

Global configuration of environment variables¶

Shopsys Platform as Symfony based application is using the same environment configuration as Symfony.

We recommend using .env files for configuring environment variables as it can be easily maintained. There is also advantage of different configuration through different application environments (such as dev, test and prod).

Note

You may also use .env.local file for your personal configuration. The *.local files should not be commited so they are ingored with .gitignore by default.

For better understanding visit the whole documentation here where you can find more info about priority, variables encrypting, syntax and much more.

Overriding by real environment variable of webserver¶

When .env files are not enough for your purpose you may override environment variables directly by webserver setting. These settings override any variables configured in .env files.

Note

Bellow is described the easiest way. For better understanding, we recommend finding out the documentation of the specific platform.

Docker¶

When using docker containers, add the environment variable to the docker-compose.yml file to php-fpm definition like in the example below

    php-fpm:
        build:
            context: .
            dockerfile: docker/php-fpm/Dockerfile
            target: development
            args:
                www_data_uid: 1000
                www_data_gid: 1000
        container_name: shopsys-framework-php-fpm
        volumes:
            - shopsys-framework-sync:/var/www/html
            - shopsys-framework-vendor-sync:/var/www/html/vendor
            - shopsys-framework-web-sync:/var/www/html/web
        ports:
            - "35729:35729"
+       environment:
+           - REDIS_PREFIX='my_awesome_app'

Native installation¶

Without containers, you must set environment variable on the host machine, typically in unix like OS by executing

export REDIS_PREFIX='my_awesome_app'