Manage environment variables in the XM Cloud Deploy app

You can manage settings that change by environment by declaring environment variables.

Important

Modifying environment variables requires a rebuild/redeploy of your environment for the changes to take effect.

Environment variables tab

Create an environment variable

To create an environment variable:

  1. On the navigation pane of the XM Cloud Deploy app, click Projects.

  2. On the Projects page, click the project that contains the environment where you want to create an environment variable.

  3. On the project page, click the environment where you want to create a variable.

  4. On the environment page, click Variables, then click Create variable.

  5. In the Create variable dialog, in the Name field, enter a name for your environment variable.

  6. In the Value field, enter a value for your variable.

  7. If you want to encrypt your variable and hide its value, turn on the Secret toggle.

  8. In the Target field, choose the target for your environment variable.

    Note

    If the target is a rendering host, the Rendering host name value must be one of the rendering hosts defined in the xmcloud.build.json file. For example: xmcloudpreview.

  9. Click Save.

Edit an environment variable

To edit an environment variable:

  1. On the navigation pane of the XM Cloud Deploy app, click Projects.

  2. On the Projects page, click the project that contains the environment where you want to edit an environment variable.

  3. On the project page, click the environment where you want to edit a variable.

  4. On the environment page, click Variables.

  5. On the Variables tab, locate the variable you want to edit, then click Actions > Edit variable.

  6. In the Edit variable dialog, edit your variable, then click Save.

Delete an environment variable

To delete an environment variable:

  1. On the navigation pane of the XM Cloud Deploy app, click Projects.

  2. On the Projects page, click the project that contains the environment where you want to delete an environment variable.

  3. On the project page, click the environment where you want to delete a variable.

  4. On the environment page, click Variables.

  5. On the Variables tab, locate the variable you want to delete, then click Actions > Delete variable.

  6. In the Delete variable dialog, click Delete.

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