Set multiple env nginx directives

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I have a need to expose a few environment variables to Kong via Nginx. The only way I can see to do this is using the following environment variable:

KONG_NGINX_MAIN_ENV=FOO

That will add the following to the nginx.conf file:

#injected nginx_main_* directives
env FOO;

How do I add env BAR to this by using environment variables (which is a limitation of the setup we’re using)

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I was able to achieve the goal using the example below, but there has got to be a better way to do it. This is a classic hack.

KONG_NGINX_MAIN_ENV=FOO; env BAR

That adds the following to nginx.conf:

# injected nginx_main_* directives
daemon off;
env FOO; env BAR;
worker_processes auto;

Functional, yes. Ugly, also yes. Anyone have any better, more elegant ways of doing this?

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Thanks for dropping that insight, I did something similar and it worked.

      - env:
        - name: KONG_NGINX_MAIN_ENV
          value: "SPLUNK_HOST; env KONG_SSL_CERT_KEY; env KONG_SSL_CERT_DER"

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Wonder if Kong has made a more elegant way to do this in the last 4 years…