Environment Variables
A list of available environment variables for the Anka CLI
By default, all anka config options are available as Environment Variables by simply converting their name to uppercase and prefixing it with ANKA_. So, default_user becomes ANKA_DEFAULT_USER and the ENV takes precedence.
Outside of the config environment variables, there are a few others you might find useful:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ANKA_CREATE_SUSPEND | 0 produces VM in stopped state on anka create |
| ANKA_UPDATE_SUSPEND | 0 do not suspend VM on anka start -u |
| ANKA_HOSTNAME | allows to specify VM host name on VM start |
| ANKA_BLOCK_SIZE | ANKA image block size (1MB default) |
| ANKA_GPU_LOCATION | allows to specify GPU location on VM start |
| ANKA_GPU_NAME | allows to specify GPU name on VM start |
| ANKA_CHECK_CONSISTENCY | 0 turns off file system integrity checks |
| ANKA_CHECK_FREE_SPACE | 0 turns off free space validation on pull |
| ANKA_CLAIM_NAME | implicit claim name in the usb claim command |
| ANKA_DELETE_IGNORE_ABSENT | 1 to not fail anka delete {VM} if VM is missing |
| ANKA_DELETE_LOGS | 0 do not delete VM logs after VM deletion |
| ANKA_DISK_CONTROLLER | allows to specify disk controller on anka create |
| ANKA_FORCE_ABORT | 1 kills VM with SIGABRT on anka stop -f |
| ANKA_IMG_PATH | allows to override igm_lib_dir and state_lib_dir search paths |
| ANKA_MACHINE_READABLE | same as --machine-readable |
| ANKA_NETWORK_CONTROLLER | allows to specify network controller on anka create |
| ANKA_NETWORK_MODE | allows to specify network mode on anka create |
| ANKA_NO_ADDONS | 1 do not create addons USB device |
| ANKA_NO_RUN | 1 do not create ankarun USB device |
| ANKA_NO_SHAREDFS | 1 do not create ankacp USB device |
| ANKA_NO_VIEW | 1 do not create anka view USB device |
| ANKA_USER | specifies user for policy affected commands |
| ANKA_PASSWORD | specify password for policy operations |
| ANKA_PG_BIOS | path to the PG video BIOS |
| ANKA_PREEMPTION_RATE | allows to control preempt parameter on anka create |
| ANKA_PROPAGATE_LICENSE | 1 makes Anka license visible inside VM guest |
| ANKA_RFB_FPS | specify refresh rate of VNC (25Hz by default) |
| ANKA_SHAREDFS_ATTACH | 0 do not attach ankacp USB device on VM start |
| ANKA_SUSPEND_AFTERBOOT_INTERVAL | specify interval between first boot (after VM create) and suspend (5 min default) |
| ANKA_SUSPEND_TIMEOUT | configures minimum VM uptime before suspend |
| ANKA_UHOST_RESETCONFIGURATION | 0 do issue SET_CONFIGURATION to the usb device if it’s also configured to the same number |
| ANKA_UHOST_RESETTIMEOUT | wait after USB reset to continue |
| ANKA_VIEW_ATTACH | 0 do not attach anka view USB device initially |
| ANKA_VLAN | specifies network VID on VM start |
| ANKA_ADDONS_ATTACH | 0 means do not attach addonsd to the hypervisor (graceful shutdown, timesync won’t work)) |
| ANKA_BLOCK_NOCACHE | 1 turns on the F_NOCACHE flag (default) |
| ANKA_BLOCK_NODIRECT | 0 turns off the F_NODIRECT flag |
| ANKA_TIME_SYNC | 0 turns off the built in time sync for Apple’s hypervisor |