+++ title = "set environment variables in smf manifests" date = "2011-09-26T14:35:10+00:00" author = "Gibheer" draft = false +++

If you are in the need to set an environment variable for an smf service, you are looking for envvar. It get's set in the service scope or in the exec_method scope. Here is a small example, how it's used.

<exec_method type="method" name="start" exec="/bin/bash">
  <method_context>
    <method_environment>
      <envvar name="FOO" value="bar" />
    </method_environment>
  </method_context>
</exec_method>

This example sets the environment variable FOO to bar. This is espacially useful, when you have to modify PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Just don't forget, that you did it.