Running .env files within a docker container

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I have been struggling to add env variables into my container for the past 3 hrs :( I have looked through the docker run docs but haven't managed to get it to work.

I have built my image using docker build -t sellers_json_analysis . which works fine.

I then go to run it with: docker run -d --env-file ./env sellers_json_analysis

As per the docs: $ docker run --env-file ./env.list ubuntu bash but I get the following error:

docker: open ./env: no such file or directory.

The .env file is in my root directory

But when running docker run --help I am unable to find anything about env variables, but it doesn't provide the following:

Usage: docker run [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]

So not sure I am placing things incorrectly. I could add my variables into the dockerfile but I want to keep it as a public repo as it's a project I would like to display.

Tarun Lalwani · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-15 18:14:31Z

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Your problem is wrong path, either use .env or ./.env, when you use ./env it mean a file named env in current directory

docker run -d --env-file .env sellers_json_analysis

answered Mar 15, 2021 at 18:14

Tarun Lalwani

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