Editing Environment Variables for a Running Instance


Summary

Currently, environment variables for an existing instance cannot be edited through the UI.

When an instance starts for the first time, its environment variables are exported to /etc/environment. If a user needs to change those values later, they can manually update /etc/environment inside the instance and then reboot the instance.

After the reboot, the updated values will be picked up by:

  • supervisor-managed applications
  • terminal sessions


Current Limitation

At this time, the UI does not support editing environment variables for a running instance.


If a user needs to update environment variables for an existing instance:

  1. Connect to the instance
  2. Edit the file:```

/etc/environment


3. Save the changes
4. Reboot the instance
Once the instance comes back online, the updated environment variable values should be available to both applications managed by supervisor and terminal sessions.

Updated on: 16/03/2026