HV Environment Variables

This tables lists all of the HV_ environment variables.

environment variable	description
HV_ANSIBLE_DIR	stores the location of the Ansible directory on the deployment server
HV_UPGRADE_HPOD	runs tasks necessary to upgrade HPod, such as validation
HV_UPGRADE_PAGES	upgrades the Pages configuration files
HV_INTERNET_AVAILABLE	indicates whether the internet is available (True or False)
HV_YUM_COMMAND	stores the command for installing RPMs (defaults to `yum`)
HV_CLUSTER_PATH	provides the absolute path to the Hedvig Storage Cluster directory
HV_SSH_PORT	provides the port to be used for `ssh` (defaults to 22)
HV_PERL_PYTHON_SWITCH	indicates the version of `extract-tar` in use (`pl` or `py`)
HV_AUTH_TIMEOUT	sets a timeout for authorization of node services
HV_SKIP_VALIDATE	skips validation steps
HV_MEM_PROFILE	holds the memory profile
HV_PREMADE	indicates that certain parts of the deployment process are already complete
HV_FORCE_INIT_DRIVE	forces the running of `init_drive.pl`
HV_BACKUP_PASS	maintains the password for the backup directory
HV_BACKUP_DIR	stores the backup directory, in the form s3://host/dir or scp://host/dir
HV_MINOR_UPDATE	forces a minor RPM update
HV_FORCE_RPM	forces RPM installation
HV_FORCE_INSTALL	forces the code to be reinstalled
HV_UPGRADE_RPM	upgrades the RPMs on the current Hedvig Storage Cluster
HV_PAUSE_ANSIBLE	adds a pause to `upgrade_cluster_ndu` and `upgrade_hacvmpair` that requires pressing the Enter key
HV_ROLE	controls the type of device
HV_ROOTPASS	maintains the password used to `ssh` into the nodes and storage proxies
HV_SUDOPASS	maintains the `sudo` password on the remote nodes
HV_LOCAL_SUDOPASS	maintains the `sudo` password on the deployment server
HV_VENDOR	stores the location of the builds to use
HV_USER	maintains the `ssh` user
HV_GLOBAL_USER	maintains the default HV_USER for all Hedvig Storage Clusters
HV_CLUSTER_NAME	stores the name of the current Hedvig Storage Cluster
HV_QA	provides the absolute path to the Perl libraries on the deployment server
HV_HTTP_PROXY_PASS	maintains the password of the Hedvig Storage Proxy that will connect to the internet
HV_HTTP_PROXY_USER	maintains the user of the Hedvig Storage Proxy that will connect to the internet
HV_HTTP_PROXY	maintains the name of the Hedvig Storage Proxy that will connect to the internet
HV_ANSIBLE_PATH	provides the path to Hedvig Ansible
HV_INSTALLER_DIR	provides the location of the hv_installer directory
HV_CONFIG_PATH	provides the absolute path to the Python configuration file
HV_UPLOAD_USER	maintains the upload user for uploading logs to Hedvig
HV_UPLOAD_PASS	maintains the password for the upload user for uploading logs to Hedvig
HV_PEM	stores a filename for a PEM (privacy enhanced mail) key to use in deployment
HV_SSH_DELAY	provides the `ssh` delay (in seconds) for environments that have a spam firewall
HV_DEPLOYNODE_REPO_NOT_AVAILABLE	indicates whether the deployment server repository is available from the nodes
HV_PREMADE_MINIMAL	skips several steps during installation
HV_NO_REBOOT	turns off reboot during installation
HV_PUBKEY	sets whether a public key is used during installation
HV_NO_PING	indicates the availability of `ping`
HV_SKIP_RPM	skips RPM installation
HV_CLUSTER_FILE	provides the absolute path to the Hedvig Storage Cluster configuration file
HV_PREMADE_LITE	skips the `init_drive` and `install-rpm` steps during installation
HV_LOGLEVEL	sets the logging verbosity
HV_TEMP_DIR	provides the location of the temp directory
HV_SHUFFLE_NO	sets the number of times that the shuffle utility shuffles given arguments
HV_NO_PASS_CHECK	skips password checks
HV_PY_EXE	stores the Python executable in use
HV_TMUX	stores the `tmux` executable in use
HV_PYTHON	stores the Python executable in use
HV_GIT	provides the location of a git directory
HV_NO_RUN_PRE_PROCESS	skips a portion of `check_new_cluster`
HV_TIMEIT	prints timestamps during command execution
HV_BASH	provides the location of the bash binary
HV_USE_LZ	indicates the compression type used in git
HV_TIMEOUT	sets the timeout for `fabric` commands
HV_SILENT	silences some errors
HV_NO_SYNTAX_CHECK	skips the syntax check in certain functions
HV_PYVMOMI	provides the executable for reverting nodes to snapshot
HV_DATE_FORMAT	provides the format that `time2str` uses for timestamps
HV_PRESERVE_ANSIBLE	prevents certain `tar` extractions from overwriting important directories
HV_USE_SUDO	uses `sudo` on certain commands if the device is vCenter