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Get the value from secret variables in GitLab when concatenated with other variable

I have variable name URL_DEV in Gitlab Variables (Settings > CI/CD > Variables). I want to get the value using ${CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME}. Example : echo URL_${CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME} should provide the value from Gitlab Variables, but it is giving output as URL_DEV but not printing the value.

#Tried below commands
$ echo $URL_${CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME}
output: DEV

$APP="URL_${CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME}"
echo $APP
output: URL_DEV

$APP="URL_${CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME}"
echo $(echo $APP)
output: URL_DEV

Expected Output should be value from the variables

echo $URL_${CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME}
expected output: https://www.example.com
Solution

  • You need to use bash indirect expension. This snippet works :

    URL_DEV="https://google.com"
ENV="DEV"
SITE="URL_"$ENV
echo $SITE
URL_DEV

curl -k ${!SITE}

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