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Version: 5.x

Runtime Variables

Runtime variables are special variables that are only available in certain config areas and are filled during runtime. Those variables are useful to access certain runtime information, such as hook output or image tags.

images:
app:
image: registry.url/repo/image
deployments:
- name: backend
helm:
chart:
name: chart-name
repo: https://my-charts.company.tld/
values:
# Will be rewritten to registry.url/repo/image:generated_tag
imageWithTag: ${runtime.images.app}
# Will be rewritten to registry.url/repo/image
imageWithoutTag: ${runtime.images.app.image}
# Will be rewritten to generated_tag
onlyTag: ${runtime.images.app.tag}
Runtime variables can be used in the following DevSpace config sections:
/images/*/build/custom/command
/images/*/build/custom/commands/*/command
/images/*/build/custom/args/*
/images/*/build/custom/appendArgs/*
/deployments/*/helm/values/**
/hooks/*/command
/hooks/*/args/*
/hooks/*/container/imageSelector
/dev/ports/*/imageSelector
/dev/sync/*/imageSelector
/dev/replacePods/*/imageSelector
/dev/replacePods/*/replaceImage
/dev/logs/*/selectors/*/imageSelector
/dev/terminal/imageSelector
info

If you try to use a runtime variable in a different config section, DevSpace will print an error and fail.

The following runtime variables exist:

  • runtime.images.IMAGE_NAME: Holds the image name (defined at images.*.image) and tag that was built by DevSpace (e.g. my-repo.com/image:latest)
  • runtime.images.IMAGE_NAME.tag: Holds the image tag that was built by DevSpace (e.g. asdHTR or latest)
  • runtime.images.IMAGE_NAME.image: Holds the image name (defined at images.*.image) that was used for building (e.g. my-repo.com/image)
  • runtime.hooks.HOOK_NAME.stdout: Holds the stdout output of an executed local or remote hook command
  • runtime.hooks.HOOK_NAME.stderr: Holds the stderr output of an executed local or remote hook command

Accessing runtime variables of dependencies

You can also access runtime variables of an executed dependency by using runtime.dependencies.DEPENDENCY_NAME....

For example:

dependencies:
- name: dep1
source:
path: dep1
dev:
# Will open a terminal to the pod with the
# image from dep1
terminal:
imageSelector: ${runtime.dependencies.dep1.images.image1}