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diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/config-from-environment-3feba7b4cc747d2b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/config-from-environment-3feba7b4cc747d2b.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d78337e --- /dev/null +++ b/releasenotes/notes/config-from-environment-3feba7b4cc747d2b.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +features: + - | + Support for accessing configuration data in environment variables via the + environment backend driver, enabled by default. The environment is checked + after command line options, but before configuration files. + + Environment variables are checked for any configuration data. The variable + names take the form: + + * A prefix of ``OS_`` + * The group name, uppercased + * Separated from the option name by a `__` (double underscore) + * Followed by the name + + For an option that looks like this in the usual INI format:: + + [placement_database] + connection = sqlite:/// + + the corresponding environment variable would be + ``OS_PLACEMENT_DATABASE__CONNECTION``. |