github.com/jrxfive/nomad@v0.6.1-0.20170802162750-1fef470e89bf/website/source/docs/job-specification/env.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "env Stanza - Job Specification" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-job-specification-env" 5 description: |- 6 The "env" stanza configures a list of environment variables to populate the 7 task's environment before starting. 8 --- 9 10 # `env` Stanza 11 12 <table class="table table-bordered table-striped"> 13 <tr> 14 <th width="120">Placement</th> 15 <td> 16 <code>job -> group -> task -> **env**</code> 17 </td> 18 </tr> 19 </table> 20 21 The `env` stanza configures a list of environment variables to populate the 22 task's environment before starting. 23 24 ```hcl 25 job "docs" { 26 group "example" { 27 task "server" { 28 env { 29 my_key = "my-value" 30 } 31 } 32 } 33 } 34 ``` 35 36 ## `env` Parameters 37 38 The "parameters" for the `env` stanza can be any key-value. The keys and values 39 are both of type `string`, but they can be specified as other types. They will 40 automatically be converted to strings. Invalid characters such as dashes (`-`) 41 will be converted to underscores. 42 43 ## `env` Examples 44 45 The following examples only show the `env` stanzas. Remember that the 46 `env` stanza is only valid in the placements listed above. 47 48 ### Coercion 49 50 This example shows the different ways to specify key-value pairs. Internally, 51 these values will be stored as their string representation. No type information 52 is preserved. 53 54 ```hcl 55 env { 56 key = "true" 57 key = true 58 59 "key" = true 60 61 key = 1.4 62 key = "1.4" 63 } 64 ``` 65 66 ### Interpolation 67 68 This example shows using [Nomad interpolation][interpolation] to populate 69 environment variables. 70 71 ```hcl 72 env { 73 NODE_CLASS = "${nomad.class}" 74 } 75 ``` 76 77 [interpolation]: /docs/runtime/interpolation.html "Nomad interpolation"