Problem

It can be quite useful to declare some general parameters in the global account a reference them in repository variables.

If for instance, we declare the following ones in the account area:

SERVICE_1_PORT=8080
SERVICE_2_PORT=8081

And then declare the following one in the repository area:

THIS_SERVICE_PORT=$SERVICE_1_PORT

The variable THIS_SERVICE_PORT will not have the value 8080, but the literal $SERVICE_1_PORT.

Workaround

Use the eval command to create a new variable with the correct value.

e.g.

- eval export SERVER_PORT=$THIS_SERVICE_PORT