ΒΆEnvironment Variables
This page lists the environment variables available for Shift to serve as a guide to set the a custom environment for Shift.
| Environment Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| SHIFT_PATH_WORKFLOWS | Directory paths set in this variable will be considered as a workflow project locations. This means that workflows existing in these directories will use relative paths when being referenced in Workflow and WorkflowProcess nodes. |
| SHIFT_PATH_PREFS | If a directory path is specified in this variable, the folder where the user preference file will be located in that directory. |
| SHIFT_PROCESS_[Interpreter Name] | This variable is used to set the path locations of the Python interpreters used by the WorkflowProcess node. The name Shift will give to the interpreter will depend on the last word used in the environment variable name. |
| SHIFT_CATALOG_PATH | All the files from the directory paths set in these variables will be sourced for Python files that define a Shift catalog. For each found file, Shift will retrieve the catalog information and create the operator library to be used in the workflows. |
| SHIFT_PLUGIN_PATH | This variable is used to specify the JSON files that have the needed information to add a plugin to Shift. |
| SHIFT_LOG_LEVEL | The default log level of the Logger when starting Shift. |
| SHIFT_LOG_MAXSIZE | The maximum size of the log files generated by the Logger in MB. |
| SHIFT_LOG_MAXFILES | The maximum number of log files generated by the Logger. |
| SHIFT_LOG_DIRECTORY | The location of log files generated by the Logger. |
| SHIFT_SINGLE_THREADED | If set to "1" it will force Shift to initialize with the threaded execution feature disabled. |
