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Fallback for environment variables with docker-compose

Given the following configuration:

mysql:
    environment:
        MY_MYSQL_PORT:
    image: mysql
    ports:
        - "${MY_MYSQL_PORT}:3306"

There's a way to provide a fallback value for MY_MYSQL_PORT without relying on wrapper scripts? I already tested like bash ${MY_MYSQL_PORT-3306} but it doesn't work.

Solution

  • They implemented that feature with compose 1.9 release:

    Added support for shell-style inline defaults in variable interpolation.

    The supported forms are ${FOO-default} (fall back if FOO is unset) and ${FOO:-default} (fall back if FOO is unset or empty).

    Release Notes Docker Compose 1.9