paketo-buildpacks/environment-variables

A Cloud Native Buildpack that embeds environment variables into an image

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Paketo Buildpack for Environment Variables

Buildpack ID: `paketo-buildpacks/environment-variables`

Registry URLs: `docker.io/paketobuildpacks/environment-variables`

The Paketo Buildpack for Environment Variables is a Cloud Native Buildpack that embeds environment variables into an image.

Behavior

This buildpack will participate all the following conditions are met

Any environment variable matching $BPE_* is set

The buildpack will do the following:

Modify the launch environment using the $BPE_* envrionment variables, as described in the Configuration section below

Configuration

Environment Variable	Description
`$BPE_<NAME>`	set `$NAME` to value (same as override)
`$BPE_APPEND_<NAME>`	append value to `$NAME`
`$BPE_DEFAULT_<NAME>`	set default value for `$NAME`
`$BPE_DELIM_<NAME>`	set delimeter to use when appending or prepending to $NAME
`$BPE_OVERRIDE_<NAME>`	set `$NAME` to value
`$BPE_PREPEND_<NAME>`	prepend value to `$NAME`

The default delimiter is an empty string, i.e. there is no default delimiter.

License

This buildpack is released under version 2.0 of the Apache License.

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paketo-buildpacks/environment-variables

A Cloud Native Buildpack that embeds environment variables into an image

stars

401

commits

primary language

Sep 10, 2026

updated

all-applications

cnb

environment-variables

utilities

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README

Paketo Buildpack for Environment Variables

Buildpack ID: `paketo-buildpacks/environment-variables`

Registry URLs: `docker.io/paketobuildpacks/environment-variables`

The Paketo Buildpack for Environment Variables is a Cloud Native Buildpack that embeds environment variables into an image.

Behavior

This buildpack will participate all the following conditions are met

Any environment variable matching $BPE_* is set

The buildpack will do the following:

Modify the launch environment using the $BPE_* envrionment variables, as described in the Configuration section below

Configuration

Environment Variable	Description
`$BPE_<NAME>`	set `$NAME` to value (same as override)
`$BPE_APPEND_<NAME>`	append value to `$NAME`
`$BPE_DEFAULT_<NAME>`	set default value for `$NAME`
`$BPE_DELIM_<NAME>`	set delimeter to use when appending or prepending to $NAME
`$BPE_OVERRIDE_<NAME>`	set `$NAME` to value
`$BPE_PREPEND_<NAME>`	prepend value to `$NAME`