Specifying context values in the CDKTF CLI

[lucasvieirasilva]

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Description

This feature is about adding the CLI option --context or -c to pass runtime context values to your CDK app, like in the AWS CDK.

This feature can be helpful in providing runtime values to the CDK app using a CLI format, currently, the only way is using environment variables.

References

• AWS CDK CLI

[jsteinich]

#347 has some additional thoughts on this topic.

[DanielMSchmidt]

One can use a workaround by passing your context values in as environment variables and read them from your CDKTF program. I think one can also put them in the cdktf.json's context section, right @jsteinich ?

[lucasvieirasilva]

One can use a workaround by passing your context values in as environment variables and read them from your CDKTF program. I think one can also put them in the cdktf.json's context section, right @jsteinich ?

Yes, if you add in the cdktf.json you cannot change at runtime like you can in the AWS CDK by passing the --context var1=value1.

Regarding the values as environment variables, I'm already doing that.

[jamrod]

This is essential for maintaining multi-environment stacks, please integrate this functionality

[billyjbryant]

Any word on context support in CDKTF?