influxdata / influxdata/kapacitor

Environment Interpolation

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Description

In influxdb & telegraf, you can substitute in environment variables with the `$VAR` syntax. This throws an error in kapacitor. My test case is changing this line in kapacitor.conf:

`bind-address = ":$PORT"`

Which then errors out on start (With the PORT env variable set)

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Research direction

Start with configuration loading for kapacitor.conf and reproduce the startup failure using bind-address = ":$PORT" with PORT set. Trace how the value is parsed, then verify that startup accepts the setting and uses the environment value for the bind address.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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