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Environment Variables

IaC Code reads configuration from CLI arguments, environment variables, and configuration files. The precedence is:

CLI arguments > environment variables > configuration files

Environment variables are useful for CI/CD pipelines, containers, and one-off overrides without editing configuration files.

LLM Configuration

VariableDescription
IAC_CODE_PROVIDERModel provider name (case-insensitive). Valid values: DashScope, DashScope Token Plan, OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Gemini, Azure OpenAI, ModelScope, Kimi CN, Kimi Intl, MiniMax CN, MiniMax Intl, ZhiPu CN, ZhiPu Intl, Volcengine CN, SiliconFlow CN, SiliconFlow Intl, Aliyun CodingPlan, Aliyun CodingPlan Intl, ZhiPu CN CodingPlan, ZhiPu Intl CodingPlan, Volcengine CodingPlan, OpenAPI Compatible, Anthropic Compatible, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio
IAC_CODE_MODELModel name
IAC_CODE_BASE_URLAPI endpoint for OpenAPI Compatible and Anthropic Compatible only; ignored for other providers
IAC_CODE_API_KEYProvider API key; overrides the active provider's key in .credentials.yml

See LLM Providers for provider details.

Alibaba Cloud Credentials

VariableDescription
ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_IDAccessKey ID
ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRETAccessKey Secret
ALIBABA_CLOUD_SECURITY_TOKENSTS token; switches the credential mode to STS when set
ALIBABA_CLOUD_REGION_IDDefault region

See Alibaba Cloud Credentials for more details.

Telemetry

VariableDescription
IAC_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFICSet to 1 / true / yes / on to disable non-essential telemetry traffic
DISABLE_TELEMETRYSet to 1 / true / yes / on to disable all telemetry
IAC_CODE_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINTBase OTLP endpoint; individual signal endpoints default to this value
IAC_CODE_TELEMETRY_TRACES_ENDPOINTOverride endpoint for traces
IAC_CODE_TELEMETRY_METRICS_ENDPOINTOverride endpoint for metrics
IAC_CODE_TELEMETRY_LOGS_ENDPOINTOverride endpoint for logs
IAC_CODE_TELEMETRY_HEADERSCustom OTLP headers (JSON or key=value format)

Other

VariableDescription
IAC_CODE_CONFIG_DIROverride the runtime configuration directory (default ~/.iac-code/); supports ~ and $VAR expansion. All persisted artifacts (credentials, settings, history, projects, image cache, skills, telemetry, etc.) follow it
IAC_CODE_ENVDeployment environment label (default: production)
IAC_CODE_TENANT_IDTenant identifier for telemetry; auto-prefixed with iac_tenant_ if not already
IAC_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATHPath to Git Bash bash.exe on Windows when it is not on PATH
IAC_CODE_A2A_PUSH_KEYRINGEnvironment-managed encrypted push secret keyring for A2A (JSON format)
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINTStandard OpenTelemetry endpoint; when set, enables OTLP export
OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENTCapture GenAI message/tool content on spans: SPAN_ONLY, EVENT_ONLY, SPAN_AND_EVENT