Environmental variables

Sparrow6 environmental variables list.

• SP6_REPO

Sets Sparrow6 Repository url.

For example:

SP6_REPO=file:///var/sparrow-local-repo

SP6_REPO=http://192.168.0.1

• SP6_TASK_ROOT

Set root directory for local tasks

For example:

SP6_TASK_ROOT=~/tasks

Once is set Sparrow6 will look tasks locations in SP6_TASK_ROOT, not just in CWD:

task-run "birds" # Will look in ./birds,  then in ~/tasks/birds

• SP6_DEBUG

Enable Sparrow6 debugging

• SP6_KEEP_CACHE

Don't remove Sparrow6 cache upon task finish. Useful when debugging.

• SP6_CONFIG

Set path to configuration file.

For example:

SP6_CONFIG=config.pl6

• SP6_CARTON_OFF

Don't use Carton to install CPAN dependencies, useful when one install CPAN modules though others means

• SP6_TAGS

Tags for hosts. Mostly used in Sparrowdo scenarios, to separate one hosts from another or supply scenarios with variables.

For example:

SP6_TAG=database,prod

So in sparrow scenario:

if tags()<database> && tags()<prod> {
  package-install "postgresql";
  task-run "harden postgresql config", "postgresql-strict-configuration";
}

Tags might also contain values, representing 'key/value' pairs:

SP6_TAG=nginx_port=443,mode=production

Sparrow scenario:

say tags()<nginx_port>;
say tags()<mode>;

• SP6_LOG_NO_TIMESTAMPS

Don't add timestamps to Sparrow reports

• SP6_FORMAT_TERSE

Enable terse format ( only scripts output ) in Sparrow reports

• SP6_FORMAT_COLOR

Enable colors in Sparrow reports