owaisqayum
Best way of passing arguments with a mix release?
How can I pass command line arguments with a mix release?
Once an elixir application is built using mix release.init followed by MIX_ENV=prod mix release. Is there a way to pass arguments when running _build/prod/rel/prod/bin/prod start.
I was able to do it with bakeware. Can I do it with mix release?
I have an idea that i can do it in rel/vm.args.eex but I don’t know how to do it.
Thanks
First Post!
perzanko
If you mean environment variables as “command line arguments”, it’s a very easy way to do that.
First, you need to create runtime configuration, adding stuff to config/runtime.ex. Then you need to export the environment variable before starting the app
$ export FOO=bar
$ _build/prod/rel/prod/bin/prod start
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