redpanda-data / redpanda-data/redpanda
Allow for environment variable substitution in redpanda.yaml
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area/redpanda
area/security
kind/enhance
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Allow for templating of redpanda.yaml such that environment variables could be applied when the config file is read.
It can make multi-node deployments easier/simpler such that they can be driven off the same configuration file.
JIRA Link: CORE-856
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating where redpanda.yaml is read and configuration values are resolved. Define the environment-variable substitution behavior and its edge cases before implementing it; done means a shared configuration can apply per-node environment values, with tests covering the supported syntax.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- devops, stream-processing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100