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## Variable substitution
{% include content/compose-var-sub.md %}
## Variable substitution
Your configuration options can contain environment variables. Compose uses the
variable values from the shell environment in which `docker-compose` is run. For
example, suppose the shell contains `POSTGRES_VERSION=9.3` and you supply this
configuration:
db:
image: "postgres:${POSTGRES_VERSION}"
When you run `docker-compose up` with this configuration, Compose looks for the
`POSTGRES_VERSION` environment variable in the shell and substitutes its value
in. For this example, Compose resolves the `image` to `postgres:9.3` before
running the configuration.
If an environment variable is not set, Compose substitutes with an empty
string. In the example above, if `POSTGRES_VERSION` is not set, the value for
the `image` option is `postgres:`.
Both `$VARIABLE` and `${VARIABLE}` syntax are supported. Extended shell-style
features, such as `${VARIABLE-default}` and `${VARIABLE/foo/bar}`, are not
supported.
You can use a `$$` (double-dollar sign) when your configuration needs a literal
dollar sign. This also prevents Compose from interpolating a value, so a `$$`
allows you to refer to environment variables that you don't want processed by
Compose.
web:
build: .
command: "$$VAR_NOT_INTERPOLATED_BY_COMPOSE"
If you forget and use a single dollar sign (`$`), Compose interprets the value as an environment variable and will warn you:
The VAR_NOT_INTERPOLATED_BY_COMPOSE is not set. Substituting an empty string.
## Compose documentation