Sidecar Environment Variables
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AWS_DEFAULT_REGION | Required | AWS region for Secrets Manager and other AWS services. These are required for database credential retrieval |
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SIDECAR_DATAPLANE_BASE_URL | Required | The base URL for the control plane API that manages configuration and policies. This is the Data Plan URL that you copy from ALTR once you register the sidecar to ALTR. |
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SIDECAR_ID | Required | Unique identifier for this specific sidecar instance. It is used to identify this sidecar in the control plane. This is the Sidecar ID that you copy from ALTR once you register the sidecar to ALTR. |
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SIDECAR_ORG_ID | Required | Your organization’s identifier in ALTR. This ID is used for auditing, telemetry and configuration retrieval. This is the Client ID visible once you register the sidecar to ALTR. |
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SIDECAR_POLICY_REFRESH_INTERVAL | Optional | Defines how often (in minutes) to refresh policies from the control plane. |
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ALTR_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH | Optional | Defines the location of a mounted private key. If not provided, the sidecar assumes a mounted key exists as /app/private.pem | -- |
ALTR_PRIVATE_KEY_CONTENT | Optional | The private key in the key-pair used to authenticate the sidecar in ALTR’s control plane. The public key is registered in ALTR.. Do not provide this variable if you have mounted your private key to the sidecar. |
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