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| [[appendix:reference:envvar:variables|Environment Variables]] | | [[appendix:reference:envvar:variables|Environment Variables]] | | ||
| [[appendix:reference:envvar:shell|Shell Scripts]] | | [[appendix:reference:envvar:shell|Shell Scripts]] | | ||
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| * **Test Environments** - Applications benefit from having smaller test environments where changes can be checked before being placed in production. Environment variables allow administrators to share the same metadata files between the test and production environments. | * **Test Environments** - Applications benefit from having smaller test environments where changes can be checked before being placed in production. Environment variables allow administrators to share the same metadata files between the test and production environments. | ||
| - | * **Easy releases** - A common approach to releasing an application is to take one environment offline and place the other environment online. This change can be made simple through the use of environment variables that change to point to the newly released location. | + | * **Easy releases** - A common approach to releasing an application is to take one environment offline and place the other environment online. This change can be made simple through the use of environment variables that point to the newly released location. |
| * **Replication** - Applications that are replicated and distributed to many locations will benefit from environment variables by allowing each location to set appropriate environment variables before launching their copy of the application. | * **Replication** - Applications that are replicated and distributed to many locations will benefit from environment variables by allowing each location to set appropriate environment variables before launching their copy of the application. | ||
| - | Omnidex also supports a collection of predefined environment variables, some of which are required and most of which are optional. These environment variables either point to the location of the software and or configure parts of the software. | + | Omnidex also supports a collection of reserved environment variables, some of which are required and most of which are optional. Most of these environment variables either point to the location of the software and or configure parts of the software. |