docker build not setting up environment variables using ENV

Question

Trying to build a docker image with golang and react code. The environment variable JWT_SECRET_KEY is not being set.

# Build the Go API
FROM golang:latest AS builder
ADD . /app
WORKDIR /app/server
ENV JWT_SECRET_KEY=DefaultKey
RUN go mod download
RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-w" -a -o /main .

# Build the React application
FROM node:alpine AS node_builder
COPY --from=builder /app/client ./
RUN npm install
RUN npm run build

# Final stage build, this will be the container
# that we will deploy to production
FROM alpine:latest
RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
COPY --from=builder /main ./
COPY --from=node_builder /build ./web
RUN chmod +x ./main
EXPOSE 8080
CMD ./main

To build this i ran the command

docker build -t webapp .

James Mudd · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-05 21:54:06Z

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If you want JWT_SECRET_KEY to be set in the production stage you need to move it to that stage. Or if you need it in both copy it. So change your docker file to

# Build the Go API
FROM golang:latest AS builder
ADD . /app
WORKDIR /app/server
RUN go mod download
RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-w" -a -o /main .

# Build the React application
FROM node:alpine AS node_builder
COPY --from=builder /app/client ./
RUN npm install
RUN npm run build

# Final stage build, this will be the container
# that we will deploy to production
FROM alpine:latest
RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
ENV JWT_SECRET_KEY=DefaultKey 
COPY --from=builder /main ./
COPY --from=node_builder /build ./web
RUN chmod +x ./main
EXPOSE 8080
CMD ./main

edited Jun 5, 2021 at 21:54

answered Jun 5, 2021 at 20:32

James Mudd

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4 Comments

aksh02 Over a year ago

How can i do that ? Shouldn't JWT_SECRET_KEY be available when i run my container from this image ?

camabeh Over a year ago

It's only in the first stage scope. Move it to final stage.

aksh02 Over a year ago

Got it. Thank you very much !!

O.MeeKoh Over a year ago

WOW I wish that was outlined somewhere. No where in the docs for ENV does it specify this very issue. I couldn't figure out how to set my ENV variables and when i moved them down to the final stage it all worked. Thank you!

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