Configuring Environment Variable

Introduction

In the Environments module, variables, which are also referred to as Environment Variables, allow you to share data with the client application environment. An environment variable may contain several types of values, such as a URL to the published API, a URL to access Vahana Cloud resources, critical data, and others.

In the Environments module, you create environment variables to manage a variety of data at the environment level. Each environment variable contains a specific type of data. Creating and using environment variables helps you only share intended data with the client application, thereby securing other critical resources on the Vahana platform.

You can create and configure the environment variable as follows:

To create and configure environment variable:

On the Vahana dashboard, find the Variables tab.

Click the Variables tab, and then click Add Variable to display the Create Variable dialog box.

On the Create Variable dialog box, enter or select a value in the related box as follows:

Box/List	Description
Variable Name	In this box, enter the name of variable (For example:- Demo_Var1)
Variable Scope	Click this list to select any of the following values: a. Server Only Select this option to grant access to the exported variables on the server machine only. b. Server and Mobile Select this option to grant access to the exported variables on the server machine and mobile phone device.
Variable Declaration Source	Click this list to select any of the following values: a. Cloud Select this value if you want to give access to the environment variable at the global level. Access at the global level means that the users from the external domain can access the environment variable based on the importing rights and permissions. b. VRT Select this value if you want to provide access to the environment variable at the VRT level only.
Sand_box, UAT	The Create Variable dialog box displays different boxes of all the available environments. In these boxes, you can enter IP address/URL (detail of the resource) that you want to export to the client application environment. These boxes only become active after you choose CLOUD in the Variable Declaration Source list. Note:- If you have not created the VRT apart from the SAND_BOX* VRT, the Create Variable dialog box will only display the SAND_BOX text box.*

After you enter or select the values in the boxes, click Create to create a new environment variable.

Viewing Environment Variable

On the Vahana dashboard, when you click the Variables tab to display the list of earlier created environment variables.

The list displays the variables’ details under different columns/fields that are described as follows:

Field/Column	Description
Variable Name	This field displays the name of environment variable.
SAND_BOX, UAT, UATONE	These fields denote the name of existing environment. The field of specific environment displays any of the following icons: a. ():- This icon specifies that the environment variable is configured for the respective environment. b. ():- This icon specifies that the environment variable is not configured for the respective environment.
Action	This column displays three icons, which are described as below: a. ():- Click this icon to modify the configuration details of the environment variable. b. ():- Click this icon to view the configuration details of the environment variable. c. ():- Click this icon to delete the environment variable.