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<pre data-code-wrap="elixir"><code class="lang-elixir">web:
  environment:
    - DEBUG=1
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								<p>This one was tricky… Found the answer in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/52430444/9119424" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">docker-compose build environment variable - Stack Overflow</a></p>
<p>As the mix run is running on the Dockerfile, the environment section of docker-compose won’t work, so I had to use the args section on the docker-compose</p>
<pre data-code-wrap="elixir"><code class="lang-elixir">version: "3.2"

services:
  checker:
    build:
      context: .
      args:
        - MY_VAR=hello
    restart: on-failure
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<p>And also declare the arg in the dockerfile</p>
<pre data-code-wrap="elixir"><code class="lang-elixir">FROM elixir:1.11-slim
RUN mkdir /app
COPY . /app
WORKDIR /app

ARG MY_VAR
ENV MY_VAR $MY_VAR


# Install hex
RUN mix local.hex --force

#Install rebar
RUN mix local.rebar --force

#Get dependencies
RUN mix deps.get

RUN mix run
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<p>This runs <code>mix</code> during build time of the container. At that point in time <code>docker-compose</code> has not yet set the environment.</p>
<p>You want to use <code>CMD</code> or <code>ENTRYPOINT</code> depending on your exact needs.</p> 
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								<p>Yeah, this is the best answer, with it I don’t even need to use the args on docker-compose.</p>
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