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45 changes: 32 additions & 13 deletions docs/user/environment-variables.md
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## General

| Environment Variable | Description |
|:----------------------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_BASE_DOMAIN` | The base domain of the cluster. All DNS records will be sub-domains of this base. |
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_CLUSTER_NAME` | The name of the cluster. This will be used when generating sub-domains. |
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_EMAIL_ADDRESS` | The email address of the cluster administrator. This will be used to log in to the console. |
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PASSWORD` | The password of the cluster administrator. This will be used to log in to the console. |
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PLATFORM` | The platform onto which the cluster will be installed. |
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PULL_SECRET` | The container registry pull secret for this cluster. |
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_SSH_PUB_KEY` | The SSH key used to access all nodes within the cluster. This is optional. |
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_BASE_DOMAIN`:
The base domain of the cluster. All DNS records will be sub-domains of this base.

For AWS, this must be a previously-existing public Route 53 zone. You can check for any already in your account with:

```sh
aws route53 list-hosted-zones --query 'HostedZones[? !(Config.PrivateZone)].Name' --output text
```

* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_CLUSTER_NAME`:
The name of the cluster.
This will be used when generating sub-domains.
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_EMAIL_ADDRESS`:
The email address of the cluster administrator.
This will be used to log in to the console.
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PASSWORD`:
The password of the cluster administrator.
This will be used to log in to the console.
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PLATFORM`:
The platform onto which the cluster will be installed.
Valid values are `aws` and `libvirt`.
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PULL_SECRET`:
The container registry pull secret for this cluster (e.g. `{"auths": {...}}`).
You can generate these secrets with the `podman login` command.
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_SSH_PUB_KEY`:
The SSH public key used to access all nodes within the cluster (e.g. `ssh-rsa AAAA...`).
This is optional.

## Platform-Specific

| Environment Variable | Description |
|:----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_AWS_REGION` | The AWS region to be used for installation. |
| `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_LIBVIRT_URI` | The libvirt connection URI to be used. This must be accessible from the running cluster. |
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_AWS_REGION`:
The AWS region to be used for installation.
* `OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_LIBVIRT_URI`:
The libvirt connection URI to be used.
This must be accessible from the running cluster.
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pkg/asset/installconfig/stock.go
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Question: &survey.Question{
Prompt: &survey.Input{
Message: "Base Domain",
Help: "The base domain of the cluster. All DNS records will be sub-domains of this base.",
Help: "The base domain of the cluster. All DNS records will be sub-domains of this base.\n\nFor AWS, this must be a previously-existing public Route 53 zone. You can check for any already in your account with:\n\n $ aws route53 list-hosted-zones --query 'HostedZones[? !(Config.PrivateZone)].Name' --output text",
},
Validate: survey.ComposeValidators(survey.Required, func(ans interface{}) error {
return validate.DomainName(ans.(string))
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