Docker-compose is not reading env variable COMPOSE_FILE

Asked Mar 09 '21 at 14:14

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I am using django cookiecutter configuration with Docker and I can not make docker-compose read $COMPOSE_FILE env variable.

I did this

export COMPOSE_FILE=local.yml

And this is the outcome when a I run either docker-compose up or build:

Can't find a suitable configuration file in this directory or any
        parent. Are you in the right directory?

        Supported filenames: docker-compose.yml, docker-compose.yaml

asked Mar 09 '21 at 14:14

Enrique Uzcategui

You're running `docker-compose` in the exact same shell as you ran the `export` command? There's not, say, a `sudo` or anything else involved? – David Maze Mar 09 '21 at 14:51
Yes its the same shell, and yes I used sudo. It is not working with all that. – Enrique Uzcategui Mar 11 '21 at 14:54
`sudo` resets the environment. Does the `sudo -E` option make a difference? (Please include the _exact_ command you ran in your question.) – David Maze Mar 11 '21 at 15:21
Yes it did! With -E flag it works! – Enrique Uzcategui Mar 24 '21 at 12:14

Docker-compose is not reading env variable COMPOSE_FILE

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