Setting Environment Variables

You can set environment variables in a Linux profile, in the Environment properties dialog box of the Microsoft Windows System control panel, or, for the current session, at the command line. Environment variables are listed when you run a command with --help.

The following example shows the contents of a /root/.visdkrc file that uses environment variables.

VI_SERVER = <server>
VI_USERNAME = <usr>
VI_PASSWORD = <root_password>
VI_PROTOCOL = https
VI_PORTNUMBER = 443

Do not escape special characters in the file that specifies environment variables.

If you have set up your system to run this file, you can run scripts on the specified server afterwards.