How to specify environment?

[ddollar]

How to specify environment?

[ddollar]

0.16.0 adds a feature to specify the environment

foreman start -e .env

.env should be shell-formatted

FOO=bar
FRED=barney

If no file is specified, it will default to looking for a file called .env in the current directory.

[stoplion]

For commands that need to override variables in .env is is possible to set them inline. For example in the case @chrishough points out above RAILS_ENV=development.

RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec foreman start
always runs in development for me

[deepthawtz]

I love the idea of Procfile. You are on to something here.

To run with this environment idea and share some thoughts, it would be nice to have an environment-specific way of controlling what runs (perhaps arbitrary named envrionments).

Also have you thought of using ruby for the Procfile? That would allow for some cool stuff:

# Procfile
env :simple do
  proc :web, "./script/server thin"
  proc :worker, "QUEUE=critical,high bundle exec rake resque:work"
end

# then some way to inherit from :simple
env :complex => :simple do
  proc :memcached, "memcached -vv"
  # more stuff ...
end

then

$ foreman start [env]

[clifff]

Awesome, this is a great addition. Thanks!

Fantastic, heroku@home.

[chrishough]

has anyone got this to work with RAILS_ENV=development ?