Dataflow VMs cannot know your local env variable. I think you should use custom container: https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/using-custom-containers. Here is a sample project: https://github.com/google/dataflow-ml-starter
On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 4:57 AM Sofia’s World <mmistr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Sumit > Thanks. Sorry...I guess if the value of the env variable is always the > same u can pass it as job params?..though it doesn't sound like a > viable option... > Hth > > On Wed, 20 Dec 2023, 09:49 Sumit Desai, <sumit.de...@uplight.com> wrote: > >> Hi Sofia, >> >> Thanks for the response. For now, we have decided not to use flex >> template. Is there a way to pass environmental variables without using any >> template? >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> Sumit Desai >> >> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 3:16 PM Sofia’s World <mmistr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> My 2 cents. .have u ever considered using flex templates to run your >>> pipeline? Then you can pass all your parameters at runtime.. >>> (Apologies in advance if it does not cover your use case...) >>> >>> On Wed, 20 Dec 2023, 09:35 Sumit Desai via user, <user@beam.apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have a Python application which is using Apache beam and Dataflow as >>>> runner. The application uses a non-public Python package >>>> 'uplight-telemetry' which is configured using 'extra_packages' while >>>> creating pipeline_options object. This package expects an environmental >>>> variable named 'OTEL_SERVICE_NAME' and since this variable is not present >>>> in the Dataflow worker, it is resulting in an error during application >>>> startup. >>>> >>>> I am passing this variable using custom pipeline options. Code to >>>> create pipeline options is as follows- >>>> >>>> pipeline_options = ProcessBillRequests.CustomOptions( >>>> project=gcp_project_id, >>>> region="us-east1", >>>> job_name=job_name, >>>> >>>> temp_location=f'gs://{TAS_GCS_BUCKET_NAME_PREFIX}{os.getenv("UP_PLATFORM_ENV")}/temp', >>>> >>>> staging_location=f'gs://{TAS_GCS_BUCKET_NAME_PREFIX}{os.getenv("UP_PLATFORM_ENV")}/staging', >>>> runner='DataflowRunner', >>>> save_main_session=True, >>>> service_account_email= service_account, >>>> subnetwork=os.environ.get(SUBNETWORK_URL), >>>> extra_packages=[uplight_telemetry_tar_file_path], >>>> setup_file=setup_file_path, >>>> OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=otel_service_name, >>>> OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=otel_resource_attributes >>>> # Set values for additional custom variables as needed >>>> ) >>>> >>>> >>>> And the code that executes the pipeline is as follows- >>>> >>>> >>>> result = ( >>>> pipeline >>>> | "ReadPendingRecordsFromDB" >> read_from_db >>>> | "Parse input PCollection" >> >>>> beam.Map(ProcessBillRequests.parse_bill_data_requests) >>>> | "Fetch bills " >> >>>> beam.ParDo(ProcessBillRequests.FetchBillInformation()) >>>> ) >>>> >>>> pipeline.run().wait_until_finish() >>>> >>>> Is there a way I can set the environmental variables in custom options >>>> available in the worker? >>>> >>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>> Sumit Desai >>>> >>>