docker-compose load .env from dynamic path

Question

I have below structure

The project root .env defines the path to either ./docker/dev/.env or ./docker/prod/.env as depicted below:

environment=dev
dot_env_path=./docker/dev/.env

My docker-compose.yml contains the below service snippet:

services:
    db:
        image: mysql:5.7
        command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
        restart: always
        env_file: ${dot_env_path} <--notice this variable points to the actual .env
        environment:
            - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
            - MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER}
            - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
        ports: 
            - 3306:3306
        expose: 
            - 3306
        volumes:
            - db-tmc:/var/lib/mysql

However, when I do docker-compose build I receive below warnings; it's not detecting the ${dot_env_path} and loading it's content

Any idea, much appreciated?

Duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52429984/docker-compose-build-environment-variable — Christophe De Troyer, May 27 '20 at 08:29
No because those are for build args. OP is actually asking for something else here. A problem with the env_file option.. — Abhishek J, May 27 '20 at 13:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '20 at 13:04

Dont use environment: if you are using the env_file option. It overrides the variables already added to the environment from the env_file: option

Use this instead.

services:
    db:
        image: mysql:5.7
        command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
        restart: always
        env_file: ${dot_env_path}   
        ports: 
            - 3306:3306
        expose: 
            - 3306
        volumes:
            - db-tmc:/var/lib/mysql

docker-compose load .env from dynamic path

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