A variable is inaccessible in a Composition or Service

Symptoms

A variable is inaccessible when called from a Composition

Cause

A variable has to be added to your Composition's Environment.

Solution

In your Environments settings, you will need to call the Codefresh variable.

services:
  name: yourservice
  composition:
    yourservicename:
      image: yourserviceimage
      ports:
        - 5432
  composition_variables:
     - 'CFVARIABLENAME=${{CFVARIABLENAME}}'

Notes

In both setup and readiness Service steps, Codefresh exported variables are accessible by default.