Dockerfile Overriding ENV variable

bash, docker, environment-variables

Solution

What you have described should work just fine. Given:

$ cat Dockerfile
FROM socialengine/nginx-spa
ENV API_URL localhost:6007
$ docker build -t ui .
[...]

Consider this:

$ docker run -it --rm ui env | grep API_URL
API_URL=localhost:6007

Compared to:

$ docker run -it --rm -e API_URL='production:6007' ui env | grep API_URL
API_URL=production:6007

Passing a `-e VARNAME=varvalue` on the `docker run` command line will override a default set in your Dockerfile.

If you are seeing different behavior, please update your question to show exactly the command you are running and the associated output.

Problem

I have a Dockerfile and I'd like to make the API configurable with a default value. FROM socialengine/nginx-spa ENV API_URL localhost:6007 So when I run this image I'd to be able to override the localhost:6007 with something like below: docker run -e API_URL=production.com:6007 ui This doesn't work and I can't find a clear explanation of how to do this. Any advice?

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