Configuration

The following environment variables are used to configure the application. They are set via a Kubernetes ConfigMap with values coming from the Helm values.yaml. See Deployment to Kubernetes

Generally, if an variable default can be set in the application it will be. There are then also some defaults in the Helm values. For more dynamic values that depend on the release name or namespace, the environment variables have a sensible default in the ConfigMap but also can be overwritten via the values.yaml

Environment variables used by ska-oso-services

Environment variable	Description	Required/optional in the application	Corresponding Helm value	Required/optional in the Helm chart
SKUID_URL	The Kubernetes service address of a running SKUID service	Required	ska-oso-services.rest.skuid.url	Optional - will fall back on: ska-ser-skuid-{{ .Release.Name }}-svc.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.cluster_domain }}:9870
ODA_BACKEND_TYPE	Defines whether the ODA interfaces should connect to a Postgresql instance or use the filesystem.	Optional - default: postgres	ska-oso-services.rest.oda.backendType	Required - default set to postgres
POSTGRES_HOST	The address of the PostgreSQL instance that the postgres ODA will connect to.	Required if ODA_BACKEND_TYPE is postgres	ska-oso-services.rest.oda.postgres.host	Optional - will fall back on: {{ .Release.Name }}-postgresql.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.cluster_domain }}
ADMIN_POSTGRES_USER	The admin user of the PostgreSQL instance that the postgres ODA will connect to.	Optional - default: postgres	ska-oso-services.rest.oda.postgres.user	Optional - no default in chart
ADMIN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD	The admin password of the PostgreSQL instance that the postgres ODA will connect to.	Required if ODA_BACKEND_TYPE is postgres	Pulled from Vault - see Secret Management
POSTGRES_PORT	The port of the PostgreSQL instance that the postgres ODA will connect to.	Optional - default: 5432	ska-oso-services.rest.oda.postgres.port	Optional - no default in chart
POSTGRES_DB_NAME	The name of the database within a PostgreSQL instance that the postgres ODA will connect to.	Optional - default: postgres	ska-oso-services.rest.oda.postgres.db.name	Optional - no default in chart
AWS_SERVER_PUBLIC_KEY	The aws server public key used to connect to the AWS account. Used by PHT to work with S3.	Required	Pulled from Vault - see Secret Management
AWS_SERVER_SECRET_KEY	The aws server secret key used to connect to the AWS account. Used by PHT to work with S3.	Required	Pulled from Vault - see Secret Management
AWS_PHT_BUCKET_NAME	The aws S3 buket name used by PHT.	Required	Pulled from Vault - see Secret Management
SMTP_PASSWORD	The SMTP password to connect to SKAO server. Used by PHT to send emails.	Required	Pulled from Vault - see Secret Management