How to set environment variables in Dockerfile via Azure DevOps
You can set an ARG var_name
and reference ENV to the ARG variables. Then you can replace those variables when docker build the image $ docker build --build-arg var_name=$(VARIABLE_NAME)
For example the add ARG in dockerfile, and have the ENV variable refer to it:
ARG SECRETENV ACCEPT_EULA=YENV SA_PASSWORD=$SECRETENV MSSQL_PID=DeveloperENV MSSQL_TCP_PORT=1433
You can use dock build task and dock push task separately, as buildandpush command cannot accept arguments. And set a variable SECRET
in your pipeline.
The set the Build Arguments SECRET= $(SECRET)
to replace the ARG SECRET
You can also refer to a similar thread.
I am using the Replace Tokens extension for exactly tasks like this: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=qetza.replacetokens
However, putting secrets into your Dockerfile might not be the best idea. Usually you would provide secrets or generally runtime configuration as environment variables when you actually execute the container.
I suggest to set the environment variables at runtime. If you are deploying to an Azure App Service, app settings are injected into the process as environment variables automatically.
You can then use the same image for multiple environments. With the Deploy Azure App Service task in a release pipeline, you can change the app settings for each environment.