Docker environment variable needs to be consistent across deployments in both simulation and physical equipments (vehicle and intersection)

[dan-du-car]

Summary

Environment variables managements are different between simulation (XIL) and physical deployment. In the simulation environment, docker compose file uses a combination of env_file and environment (https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-config/blob/develop/xil_cloud_telematics/docker-compose.yml), see below:

However, in physical deployment, the docker compose file uses environment for all variables, see link and a sample screenshot:

Reasoning for new functionality

For the easy of deployment across different testing environment, this env variable management needs to be consistent and deployment documentation needs to be updated.