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Illumio Core Administration Guide 24.2.20 and 24.2.10

Environment Variables

Illumio provides Linux environment variables to allow you to customize the operation of the CLI tool.

Environment Variable

Purpose

ILO_API_KEY_ID

API key for non-password-based authentication and cookie-less session with PCE. See "Authenticate with an API Key".

ILO_API_KEY_SECRET

API key secret for non-password-based authentication and cookie-less session with PCE. See "Authenticate with an API Key".

ILO_API_VERSION

API version to be used to execute CLI commands. Set this to override the default API version. See "Set the Illumio ASP REST API Version." Default: v2. Example: $ export ILO_API_VERSION=v1

ILO_CA_DIR

Directory that contains certificates. See "TLS/SSL Certificate for Access to the PCE".

ILO_CA_FILE

Absolute path to the certificate file. See "TLS/SSL Certificate for Access to the PCE".

ILO_DISPLAY_CONFIG

An absolute path to the display configuration file is to be used with the list command. See "Linux Save Specific Fields to File For Reuse".

ILO_INSECURE_PASSWORD

Provide a password for login. If this variable is set, the login password prompt does not appear, and this password is used instead. Do not use in a production system when authentication security is desired.

Example: $ export ILO_INSECURE_PASSWORD=myInsecurePassword

ILO_KERBEROS_SPN

Kerberos service principal name (SPN). Specify this variable when using Kerberos authentication.

ILO_LOGIN_SERVER

PCE login server FQDN. Use this variable when the login server FQDN is not the same as the PCE FQDN. See "Explicit Log into the PCE".

ILO_ORG_ID

Organization identifier for certificate-authenticated session with PCE. Value is always 1. Does not need to be explicitly set The environment variable is set by the system and should not be explicitly set. See "Authentication to PCE with API Key or Explicit Login".

ILO_PCE_VERSION

PCE version for the CLI to use. Default: 19.1.0

Example: $ export ILO_PCE_VERSION=18.2.5

ILO_PREVIEW

Enable any preview features that are included in this release. To disable preview features, remove this variable from the environment.

ILO_SERVER

FQDN of PCE for login and authentication with PCE. See "Authentication to PCE with API Key or Explicit Login".

TSC_ACCESS_KEY

TSC_SECRET_KEY

These two ENV variables have been added in the release 1.4.2 to set up the Tenable SC API keys, which are used for authentication.

TSC_HOST

The variable that specifies the target host for Tenable

QAP_HOST

The variable that specifies the target host for Qualys