Internal Values
Learn more about sharing config data, implicit values, and interpolation.
Internal values are the most flexible of the parameter types, they can be plain text or dynamic, or a secret. Once a parameter has been created, the value can be added immediately after parameter creation or at a later time.
Internal values can be converted between plain text values and dynamic values and they can also be switched to external values.
Creating internal values
After creating a parameter, the
ADD ENVIRONMENT VALUE
modal will be displayed:

ENVIRONMENT - This will typically be the
default
environment, to select a different environment to create the parameter's value in, cancel the dialog, select the appropriate environment via the ENVIRONMENTS tree, then clickEdit Value
to reopen theADD ENVIRONMENT VALUE
dialogSOURCE - Internal (default) or External. This will define whether the parameter's value is hosted by CloudTruth or retrieved from a supported provider via a CloudTruth Integration Connection (required)
DYNAMIC - Allows the parameter's value to reference other parameters and templates via Mustache templating (optional)
ENVIRONMENT VALUE - Either the internal, external or dynamically set parameter value.
Password generator - Embedded convenience utility to quickly generate a password to copy and paste for the parameter's environment value
Enter the value in the ENVIRONMENT VALUE textbox:

Click
Save
to save the value
Once the value has been saved, the parameter's detail page will be displayed showing the new value in the default
environment, where the other child environments will indicate the value is being inherited from the default
environment:

Editing
Deleting (removing)
Dynamic Parameters
Marking a Parameter value as Dynamic allows you to reference and interpolate other values and templates from the project.
This parameter evaluated_demo
contains a value with text evaluated_memory_size:
that includes the value from a referenced project parameter {{service.app.memory}}
.

Clicking Show Evaluated
displays the evaluated value for the referenced parameter.

Overriding Parameter Values
Parameters are present in all of the Environments in a project and by default are set to the value from the parent Environment. You can set a unique Parameter value for each Environment by overriding the value.
Click on a Parameter from the Parameter Store list.

The Parameter details page is displayed. In this example we have three Environments (Production, Dev and Staging) under the default parent.
Select the Environment where you would like to override the value and click Edit Value
.

The Edit Environment Value page is displayed, set the Parameter value for the selected Environment and click Save.

Now the Parameter details page shows the updated value for the selected Environment. The remaining Environments retain the default value.

Inline Value Edits
Parameters can also be edited from the Parameters, Compare and History pages. On each page the will allow you to directly edit the value for a specific environment or remove an override. The Compare page will allow you to edit values for each environment selected in the compare.

Searching Parameters
As your Parameter list grows you can use the search to find all parameters with a specific string within your project.

From the Parameter Store page you can list all Parameter values for a specific Environment by selecting the Environment in the drop down box. Values that have overrides for the selected Environment are indicated in the Value Source
.

Edit Parameter Settings
Select the Parameter you want to edit from the Parameter Store page and click Edit Parameter Settings
from the Parameter menu.

The Edit Parameter dialogue allows you to update the description, change whether the parameter is a secret and update or set rules.

Deleting Parameters
Select the Parameter you want to edit from the Parameter Store page and click Delete Parameter
from the Parameter menu.

Template References
The Parameter settings page will display the number of Templates a given Parameter is referenced in. You can navigate to each Template from the Template List
tab. Parameters that are referenced in a template are protected from deletion.

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