HCL Commerce Version 9.1.9.0 or later

Starting the GraphQL Docker container with default configurations

Learn about how to start the GraphQL Docker container by specifying CONFIGURE_MODE=Vault.

Mandatory environment variables

These are the mandatory environment variables that you must specify to configure the GraphQL Docker container to retrieve additional parameters from Vault.
Environment variable name Description Comments
TENANT The name of the group that contains your set of environments. For example, MyCompany. Container environment variable. This can be specified in the values.yaml configuration file under common.tenant.
ENVIRONMENT The name of the environment. For example, Non-production. Container environment variable. This can be specified in the values.yaml configuration file under common.environmentName.
ENVTYPE The environment type. Accepted values are auth and live. Container environment variable. This can be specified in the values.yaml configuration file under common.environmentType.
VAULT_TOKEN The Vault token to use to connect to Vault and request certification from Vault PKI. Container environment variable. This can be specified in the values.yaml configuration file under common.vaultToken.
VAULT_URL The Vault URL to use to connect to Vault and request certification from Vault PKI. Container environment variable. This can be specified in the values.yaml configuration file under common.vaultUrl.
CONFIGURE_MODE The configure mode.
Accepted values are:
  • Vault for Vault configuration.
  • EnvVariables for environment variables configuration.
Set this value to Vault to use Vault configuration, and the configurations present within this reference.
Container environment variable. This can be specified in the values.yaml configuration file under common.configureMode.

Optional Vault configuration variables

These are the optional Vault key values that you can specify within Vault to configure the GraphQL Docker container when used with the Vault configuration mode.

Vault path Description Reference Environment Variable
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/domainName Specify the internal service domain name. If the deployed environment is on a special namespace on Kubernetes, then the domain name should be .svc.cluster.local.

If no value is specified, then the default, default.svc.cluster.local, is used.

DOMAIN_NAME
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/txHost The Transaction server host name.

The default value is app.

TX_HOST
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/txPort The Transaction server port number.

The default value is 5443.

TX_PORT
HCL Commerce Version 9.1.12.0 or later${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/queryHost The Search server host name for the Elasticsearch-based search solution. Specify a value if you want to set queryHost, instead of using the default value. SEARCH_HOST
HCL Commerce Version 9.1.12.0 or later${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/queryPort The Search server port number for the Elasticsearch-based search solution. Specify a value if you want to set queryPort, instead of using the default value.

The default value is 30901.

SEARCH_PORT
HCL Commerce Version 9.1.12.0 or later${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/queryScheme The Search server scheme for the Elasticsearch-based search solution. Specify a value if you want to set queryScheme, instead of using the default value.

The default value is https.

SEARCH_SCHEME
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/ingestHost The Ingest service host name. INGEST_HOST
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/ingestPort The Ingest service port number. INGEST_PORT
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/ingestScheme The Ingest service scheme. INGEST_SCHEME
  • ${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/searchMasterHost (For the authoring environment)
  • ${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/searchSlaveHost (For the live environment)
The Search server hostname.

The value in Vault that you set depends on the search solution and environment type that you are configuring.

SEARCH_HOST
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/searchPort The Solr-based search solution Search server port number. The default value is 3738. SEARCH_PORT
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/searchScheme The Solr-based search solution Search server scheme. The default value is https. SEARCH_SCHEME
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/xcHost Specify a value if you want to set a host name for the Customization server, instead of using the default value. XC_HOST
${VAULT_URL}/${TENANT}/${ENVIRONMENT}/${ENVTYPE}/xcPort Specify a value if you want to set a port number for the Customization server, instead of using the default value. XC_PORT