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Pulumi CLI environment variables

    PULUMI_AI_SERVICE_ENDPOINT

    Specifies the endpoint for Pulumi AI service.

    PULUMI_AI_SERVICE_ENDPOINT="https://www.pulumi.com/ai"
    PULUMI_AUTOMATION_API_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK

    Skips the minimum CLI version check used by Automation API to ensure compatibility. We do not recommend using this variable as it may result in unexpected behavior or confusing error messages from Automation API.

    PULUMI_AUTOMATION_API_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK=true
    PULUMI_ACCESS_TOKEN

    Set this environment variable to authenticate into the Pulumi Cloud backend and bypass the access token prompt when running pulumi login .

    PULUMI_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-access-token"
    PULUMI_BACKEND_URL

    Set this environment variable to use a specified backend instead of the default backend. See State and Backends for details on valid backend URLs.

    PULUMI_BACKEND_URL="s3://your-pulumi-state-bucket"
    PULUMI_CONFIG

    Sets configuration for unit testing. Must be in JSON format.

    This environment variable is ignored during normal Pulumi operations -- e.g., up, preview, etc.

    PULUMI_CONFIG="{'project:myTag':'val1','project:mySecret':'val2'}"
    PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE

    Set this as an environment variable to protect and unlock your configuration values and secrets. Your passphrase is used to generate a unique key for your stack, and configuration and encrypted state values are then encrypted using AES-256-GCM. Read the change log and Configuration and Secrets to learn more about Pulumi's configuration and secrets management system.

    PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE="your-passphrase"
    PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE_FILE

    An alternative method to providing PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE. Set this to the path of a file that contains the passphrase value.

    PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE_FILE="/tmp/passphrase.txt"
    PULUMI_CONSOLE_DOMAIN

    Overrides the domain used when generating links to the Pulumi Cloud.

    PULUMI_CONSOLE_DOMAIN="yourhost.domain.com"
    PULUMI_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR

    Continues to perform the update/destroy operation despite the occurrence of errors.

    PULUMI_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR=true
    PULUMI_DEBUG_COMMANDS

    List commands helpful for debugging Pulumi itself.

    PULUMI_DEBUG_COMMANDS=true
    PULUMI_DEBUG_GRPC

    Enables debug tracing of Pulumi gRPC internals. The variable should be set to the log file to which gRPC debug traces will be sent.

    PULUMI_DEBUG_GRPC="/path/to/grpc-debug.log"
    PULUMI_DEBUG_PROMISE_LEAKS

    As of v0.12.2, the promise leak experience has been improved and shows a simple error message. Set this environment variable to get more verbose error messages when debugging promise leaks.

    PULUMI_DEBUG_PROMISE_LEAKS=true
    PULUMI_DEV

    Enable features for hacking on Pulumi itself.

    PULUMI_DEV=true
    PULUMI_DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_PLUGIN_ACQUISITION

    Disables the automatic installation of missing plugins.

    PULUMI_DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_PLUGIN_ACQUISITION=true
    PULUMI_DISABLE_PROVIDER_PREVIEW

    Disables provider preview and enables previous more conservative preview behavior.

    PULUMI_DISABLE_PROVIDER_PREVIEW=true
    PULUMI_DISABLE_VALIDATION

    Disables format validation of system inputs. Currently, this disables validation of stack names.

    PULUMI_DISABLE_VALIDATION=true
    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_DISABLE_CHECKPOINT_BACKUPS

    If set, checkpoint backups will not be written to the backup folder.

    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_DISABLE_CHECKPOINT_BACKUPS=true
    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_GZIP

    Enables gzip compression when writing state files.

    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_GZIP=true
    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_LEGACY_LAYOUT

    Uses the legacy layout for new buckets, which currently default to project-scoped stacks.

    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_LEGACY_LAYOUT=true
    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_NO_LEGACY_WARNING

    Disables the warning about legacy stack files mixed with project-scoped stack files.

    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_NO_LEGACY_WARNING=true
    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_RETAIN_CHECKPOINTS

    If set, every checkpoint will be duplicated to a timestamped file.

    PULUMI_DIY_BACKEND_RETAIN_CHECKPOINTS=true
    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_APPLY

    As of 1.0.0-beta1, input properties are no longer propagated to missing output properties during a pulumi preview. If this causes issues in your Pulumi program, set this to true to enable the old behavior.

    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_APPLY=true
    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_DIFF

    As of v0.17.23, the detection of differences between the actual and desired state of a resource is left entirely up to that resource's provider. This change can expose bugs in resource providers that lead to diffs being present even if the desired configuration matches the actual state of the resource. Set this to 1 or true to enable the old diff behavior.

    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_DIFF=true
    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_PLUGIN_SEARCH

    As of v0.16.18, a fix has been released to prevent the Pulumi CLI from loading the newest plugin for a resource provider instead of the requested version. This has the potential to disrupt users that previously had working configurations. Set this environment variable to opt into the legacy plugin load behavior.

    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_PLUGIN_SEARCH=true
    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_REFRESH_DIFF

    Use legacy refresh diff behaviour, in which only output changes are reported and changes against the desired state are not calculated.

    PULUMI_ENABLE_LEGACY_REFRESH_DIFF=true
    PULUMI_ERROR_ON_DEPENDENCY_CYCLES

    Enables error reporting when dependency cycles are detected.

    PULUMI_ERROR_ON_DEPENDENCY_CYCLES=true
    PULUMI_ERROR_OUTPUT_STRING

    Throws an error instead of returning a string when attempting to convert an Output to a string.

    PULUMI_ERROR_OUTPUT_STRING=true
    PULUMI_EXPERIMENTAL

    Enables experimental options and commands.

    PULUMI_EXPERIMENTAL=true
    PULUMI_HOME

    Overrides the folder where the Pulumi CLI stores its artifacts: plugins, workspaces, templates, and credentials file. By default, artifacts are stored next to Pulumi binaries in ~/.pulumi.

    PULUMI_HOME="/path/to/artifacts"
    PULUMI_IGNORE_AMBIENT_PLUGINS

    Disables discovering additional plugins by examining $PATH.

    PULUMI_IGNORE_AMBIENT_PLUGINS=true
    PULUMI_PLUGIN_DOWNLOAD_URL_OVERRIDES

    Specifies overrides for plugin-download URLs. The expected format is regexp=URL, and multiple pairs can be specified separated by commas.

    PULUMI_PLUGIN_DOWNLOAD_URL_OVERRIDES="^https://foo=https://bar,^github://=https://buzz"
    PULUMI_PREFER_YARN

    Set this environment variable to opt-in to using yarn instead of npm for installing Node.js dependencies.

    PULUMI_PREFER_YARN=true
    PULUMI_PYTHON_CMD

    As of v0.16.6, the Pulumi CLI uses python3 instead of python when running a Python program. Set this environment variable to run a different Python binary.

    PULUMI_PYTHON_CMD="python-version-binary"
    PULUMI_SKIP_CHECKPOINTS

    As of v3.40.1, you may skip saving state checkpoints and only save the final deployment. See #10668. This is an experimental feature that also requires PULUMI_EXPERIMENTAL=true to be set for versions >= v3.40.1, < v3.104.0.

    PULUMI_SKIP_CHECKPOINTS=true
    PULUMI_SKIP_CONFIRMATIONS

    As of v2.0.0, an explicit confirmation was required when running in non-interactive mode. Set this environment variable to make that explicit confirmation.

    PULUMI_SKIP_CONFIRMATIONS=true
    PULUMI_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK

    As of v0.17.9, you may skip the Pulumi version update check by setting this environment variable.

    PULUMI_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK=true
    NO_COLOR

    The presence of this environment variable (regardless of its value) strips color ANSI codes from text output to the terminal. See https://no-color.org/ for more details. When used with Automation API, this environment variable will strip color directives from the event logs.

    NO_COLOR
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