EnvironmentVariable is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon CodeBuild, describing 3 properties, of which 2 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-codebuild/refs/heads/main/json-structure/amazon-codebuild-environment-variable-structure.json",
"name": "EnvironmentVariable",
"description": "Information about an environment variable for a build project or a build.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString"
},
{
"description": "The name or key of the environment variable."
}
]
},
"value": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/String"
},
{
"description": "<p>The value of the environment variable.</p> <important> <p>We strongly discourage the use of <code>PLAINTEXT</code> environment variables to store sensitive values, especially Amazon Web Services secret key IDs and secret access keys. <code>PLAINTEXT</code> environment variables can be displayed in plain text using the CodeBuild console and the CLI. For sensitive values, we recommend you use an environment variable of type <code>PARAMETER_STORE</code> or <code>SECRETS_MANAGER</code>. </p> </important>"
}
]
},
"type": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/EnvironmentVariableType"
},
{
"description": "<p>The type of environment variable. Valid values include:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>PARAMETER_STORE</code>: An environment variable stored in Systems Manager Parameter Store. To learn how to specify a parameter store environment variable, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/build-spec-ref.html#build-spec.env.parameter-store\">env/parameter-store</a> in the <i>CodeBuild User Guide</i>.</p> </li> <li> <p> <code>PLAINTEXT</code>: An environment variable in plain text format. This is the default value.</p> </li> <li> <p> <code>SECRETS_MANAGER</code>: An environment variable stored in Secrets Manager. To learn how to specify a secrets manager environment variable, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/build-spec-ref.html#build-spec.env.secrets-manager\">env/secrets-manager</a> in the <i>CodeBuild User Guide</i>.</p> </li> </ul>"
}
]
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"value"
]
}
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