This blog post addresses the topic, how to use environment variables to make a containerized Vue.js frontend application more flexible. We will touch following technologies Vue.js, NGINX, JavaScript, Dockerfile and Code Engine.

When you run a containerized application on a container orchestration platform like Kubernetes, Open Shift or on a serverless frameworks like Knative or Code Engine or other platforms, it’s helpful to pass endpoints to other applications to the containerized application by using environment variables. When the container will be restarted, these variables can be provided to the container and no adjustment in the source code is necessary. You can use configmaps or in Code Engine simply the environment variable itself.

The example source code you find in this workshop.

In addition, it’s useful when you take a look into this awesome blog post: Externalise and Configure Frontend Environment Variables on Kubernetes which was used for the starting point for the configuration.

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