How do I configure environment variables? - Intelligent Media Management

This topic describes how to configure environment variables.

Environment variable configuration

After you create an AccessKey pair, we recommend that you configure environment variables for the AccessKey pair (AccessKey ID and AccessKey secret).

Important

The AccessKey pair of an Alibaba Cloud account has permissions on all API operations. We recommend that you use the AccessKey pair of a RAM user to call API operations or perform routine O&M.

Configure an AccessKey pair in the environment variables of Linux and macOS

In this example, the ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID and ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. You can replace the variable names based on your business requirements, such as OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET.

Configure environment variables by using the export command

Important

The temporary environment variables configured by using the export command are valid only for the current session. After you exit the session, the configured environment variables become invalid. To configure permanent environment variables, you can add the export command to the startup configuration file of the corresponding operating system.

Configure the AccessKey ID and press Enter.

# Replace <ACCESS_KEY_ID> with your AccessKey ID. 
export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID=yourAccessKeyID

Configure the AccessKey secret and press Enter.

# Replace <ACCESS_KEY_SECRET> with your AccessKey secret. 
export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET=yourAccessKeySecret

Check whether the configuration is successful.
Run the echo $ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID command. If the valid AccessKey ID is returned, the environment variables are configured.

Windows

This section provides examples on how to configure the ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID and ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables:

Use GUI

Procedure
If you want to use GUI to configure environment variables in Windows 10, perform the following steps:
On the Windows desktop, right-click This PC and select Properties. On the page that appears, click Advanced system settings. In the System Properties dialog box, click Environment Variables on the Advanced tab. In the Environment Variables dialog box, click New in the User variables or System variables section. Then, configure the variables described in the following table.
Variable
Example
AccessKey ID
Variable name: ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID
Variable value: yourAccessKeyID
AccessKey Secret
Variable name: ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET
Variable value: yourAccessKeySecret
Check whether the configuration is successful.
On the Windows desktop, click Start or press Win + R. In the Run dialog box, enter cmd. Then, click OK or press Enter. On the page that appears, run the echo %ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID% and echo %ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET% commands. If the valid AccessKey pair is returned, the configuration is successful.

Use CMD

Procedure
Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator and run the following commands to add environment variables in the operating system:
```
setx ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID yourAccessKeyID /M
setx ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET yourAccessKeySecret /M
```
/M indicates that the environment variable is of system level. You can choose not to use this parameter when you configure a user-level environment variable.
Check whether the configuration is successful.
On the Windows desktop, click Start or press Win + R. In the Run dialog box, enter cmd. Then, click OK or press Enter. On the page that appears, run the echo %ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID% and echo %ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET% commands. If the valid AccessKey pair is returned, the configuration is successful.

Use Windows PowerShell

In PowerShell, configure new environment variables. The environment variables apply to all new sessions.

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'yourAccessKeyID', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET', 'yourAccessKeySecret', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)

Configure environment variables for all users. You must run the following commands as an administrator.

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'yourAccessKeyID', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET', 'yourAccessKeySecret', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)

Configure temporary environment variables. The environment variables apply only to the current session.

$env:ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID = "yourAccessKeyID"
$env:ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET = "yourAccessKeySecret"

In PowerShell, run the Get-ChildItem env:ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID and Get-ChildItem env:ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET commands. If the valid AccessKey pair is returned, the configuration is successful.

Variable	Example
AccessKey ID	Variable name: ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID Variable value: yourAccessKeyID
AccessKey Secret	Variable name: ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET Variable value: yourAccessKeySecret