regression: oci ignores OCI_CLI_RC_FILE environment variable

[brianredbeard]

The documentation for the OCI CLI states:

The default location and file name for the CLI-specific configuration file is ~/.oci/oci_cli_rc, but you can use the OCI_CLI_RC_FILE environment variable to modify where the CLI looks for a configuration file and its default values upon startup.

This is confirmed in CHANGELOG.rst for version 2.6.9

At the present time this fails as can be seen in the following example (attempting to use the FreeDesktop defined location):

❯ cat $OCI_CLI_RC_FILE
[DEFAULT]
user=ocid1.user.oc1.......
fingerprint=ba:03:ee:44:70:65:44:9c:ff:.....
key_file=/Users/bharrington/.local/share/oci/oci_api_key.pem
tenancy=ocid1.tenancy.oc1......
region=us-phoenix-1
pass_phrase="N/A"
❯ OCI_CLI_RC_FILE=/Users/bharrington/.config/oci oci os ns get
ERROR: Could not find config file at /Users/bharrington/.oci/config
Do you want to create a new config file? [Y/n]: 

[kevco-us]

oci-cli uses two config files. The CLI documentation refers to ~/.oci/oci_cli_rc as the "CLI Configuration File". Elsewhere ~/.oci/config is called the "SDK and CLI Configuration file". Neither is particularly well documented. I think of the former as the "rc" file, and the latter as the "config" file.

User profiles (the "user =" and other login info shown above) are stored in the config file -- that is, in the file named "config". Command and parameter aliases (shortcuts) and some default settings are stored in the rc file.

I suspect the environment variable is successfully changing the rc file, but the cli is looking for user profile info in a config file and it can't find it. Move the user profile info to ~/.oci/config, or to a file identified in OCI_CLI_CONFIG_FILE, and the cli should work as expected.

[spareslant]

oci cli is not picking up export OCI_CLI_RC_FILE="~/rc_file"environment variable. But if I specify --cli-rc-file=~/rc_file on command line it works.

$ oci --version 3.33.2

[kevco-us]

The quotes are preventing tilde expansion.
export OCI_CLI_RC_FILE=~/rc_file will work.

[spareslant]

The quotes are preventing tilde expansion. export OCI_CLI_RC_FILE=~/rc_file will work.

I have already tried full absolute path as well. Its not picking up.

[kevco-us]

What OS are you using? Windows? Linux?

[spareslant]

MacOS Ventura 13.5.2

[kevco-us]

Okay, I see what you mean. I finally tried using the OCI_CLI_RC_FILE variable in an oci command and it seems to be ignored.