Variable levels

Project variables apply to all environments within the project. Environment variables apply to a specific environment or branch. An environment inherits variable definitions from the parent environment. You can override an inherited value by defining the variable specifically for the environment. For example, to set variables for development, define the variable values in the .magento.env.yaml file in the Integration environment. All environments branching from the Integration environment inherit those values. See Deployment configuration for details about configuring your environment using the .magento.env.yaml file.

To set variables using the CLI, first choose one of the following levels:

• Project-specific variables—To set the same value for all environments in your project. These variables are available at build and runtime in all environments.

  magento-cloud variable:create --level project --name <variable-name> --value <variable-value>
  

• Environment-specific variables—To set a unique value for a specific environment. These variables are available at runtime and are inherited by child environments. Specify the environment in your command using the -e option.

  magento-cloud variable:create --level environment --name <variable-name> --value <variable-value>
  

Visibility

You can limit the visibility of a variable during build or runtime using the --visible-<build|runtime> command. Also, there are options to set inheritance and sensitivity.

Use the following options to prevent a variable from being seen or inherited:

• --inheritable false—disables inheritance for child environments. This is useful for setting production-only values on the master branch and allowing all other environments to use a project-level variable of the same name.
• --sensitive true—marks the variable as non-readable in the Project Web Interface. You cannot view the variable in the user interface; however, you can view the variable from the application container, like any other variable.

The following demonstrates a specific case for preventing a variable from being seen or inherited. You can only specify these options in the CLI. This case does not pertain to all available environment variables.

magento-cloud variable:create --name <variable-name> --value <variable-value> --inheritable false --sensitive true

Verify variable levels and values

You can view a list of existing variables:

magento-cloud variables

Variables on the project Project-Name (<project-id>), environment <environment-name>:
+----------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------+
| Name                       | Level       | Value                                     |
+----------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------+
| env:COMPOSER_AUTH          | project     | {                                         |
|                            |             |    "http-basic": {                        |
|                            |             |       "repo.magento.com": {               |
|                            |             |       "username":                         |
|                            |             | "<public-key>",                           |
|                            |             |       "password":                         |
|                            |             | "<private-key>"                           |
|                            |             |     }                                     |
|                            |             |   }                                       |
|                            |             | }                                         |
| ADMIN_EMAIL                | project     | admin@123.com                             |
| ADMIN_EMAIL                | environment | admin@123.com                             |
| ADMIN_PASSWORD             | environment | password                                  |
| ADMIN_URL                  | environment | admin123                                  |
| ADMIN_USERNAME             | environment | admin                                     |
| php:newrelic.license       | environment | xxxx71fb030366182117f955a22e4baf8exxxxxx  |
+----------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------+