Troubleshooting 'datahub docker quickstart' CLI ignoring environment variables

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Original Slack Thread

Hey folks :wave:,

Could anyone help me figuring out why datahub docker quickstart CLI ignores env variables? I’m just trying to set DATAHUB_VERSION both in my current session and in .zshrc, but it has no effect. What am I doing wrong there?

datahub docker quickstart -f docker-compose.quickstart.yml```
Compose file contains just a single change (attaching extra volume to `datahub-gms`), otherwise unchanged.
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<@U04UKA5L5LK> Could you help here? thanks!

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Hey <@U05NDLFDWPK>, I think this is the correct way to set the version:
DATAHUB_VERSION=v0.8.30 datahub docker quickstart
Can you try including the v?

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<@U04UKA5L5LK>, thanks for suggestion (and actually I included v, just forgot to add it in example), but it still doesn’t work for me (even if I’m not providing my own compose file). I also tried .env file with no luck.

DATAHUB_VERSION=v0.10.5 datahub docker quickstart

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                   COMMAND                  CREATED         STATUS                             PORTS                                        NAMES
aa94511f01d2   linkedin/datahub-frontend-react:head    "/bin/sh -c ./start.…"   4 minutes ago   Up 20 seconds (health: starting)   0.0.0.0:9002-&gt;9002/tcp                       datahub-frontend-react
f8314f3fae91   linkedin/datahub-gms:head               "/bin/sh -c /datahub…"   4 minutes ago   Up 37 seconds (healthy)            0.0.0.0:8080-&gt;8080/tcp                       datahub-gms
...```
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What is the error you get with that command? That one works for me!

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There are no errors, everything’s fine. It’s just that env vars are ignored (still head and not v0.10.5 is being deployed).

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Oh! I see. Let me see. To unblock you, do you want to check out the repo at that version?

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Nothing blocks my work, since I’m customizing compose file - I can hardcode the version I need anyway. I’m just curious, why env var is ignored there.

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I see. Actually, the same thing is happening to me. Let me look into it and get back to you!

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If you’re not blocked, I will take some time to look into it if that’s okay!

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I’m on a latest CLI version on M2 Mac:

DataHub CLI version: 0.10.5.5
Python version: 3.10.12 (main, Aug  4 2023, 11:27:01) [Clang 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)]```
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Thanks, same as me, so hopefully I can figure it out!

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Hey <@U05NDLFDWPK>, here’s what I found: there is a command line flag that will allow this:


  Start an instance of DataHub locally using docker-compose.

  This command will automatically download the latest docker-compose configuration from GitHub, pull the latest
  images, and bring up the DataHub system. There are options to override the docker-compose config file, build the
  containers locally, and dump logs to the console or to a file if something goes wrong.

Options:
  --version TEXT                  Datahub version to be deployed. If not set, deploy using the defaults from the
                                  quickstart compose. Use 'stable' to start the latest stable version.```
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Try using that flag and see if it gives the behavior you want!