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Scaleway Default Environment Variables

Reviewed on 15 May 2023 • Published on 15 May 2023

Scaleway environment variables

The following standardized Scaleway environment variables are used for the CLI and API.

Variable	Description	Legacy variables
`$SCW_ACCESS_KEY`	Access key of a token. (Find out how to create an access key.)	`$SCALEWAY_ACCESS_KEY` (used by Terraform)
`$SCW_SECRET_KEY`	Secret key of a token. (Find out how to create your secret key.)	`$SCW_TOKEN` (used by the CLI), `$SCALEWAY_TOKEN` (used by Terraform), `$SCALEWAY_ACCESS_KEY` (used by Terraform)
`$SCW_DEFAULT_REGION`	Your default region	`$SCW_REGION` (used by the CLI),`$SCALEWAY_REGION` (used by Terraform)
`$SCW_DEFAULT_ZONE`	Your default Availability Zone	`$SCW_ZONE` (used by the CLI),`$SCALEWAY_ZONE` (used by Terraform)
`$SCW_API_URL`	URL of the API	-
`$SCW_INSECURE`	Set this to `true` to enable the insecure mode	`$SCW_TLSVERIFY` (inverse flag used by the CLI)
`$SCW_PROFILE`	Set the configuration profile to use	-
`$SCW_PROJECT_ID`	Your Project ID. (Find out how to get your Project ID.)	`$SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID`
`$SCW_ORGANIZATION_ID`	Your Organization ID. (Find out how to get your Organization ID.)	`$SCW_DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_ID`, `$SCW_ORGANIZATION` (used by the CLI),`$SCALEWAY_ORGANIZATION` (used by Terraform)

Recommended Scaleway configuration file

Your configuration file should at least contain the following values to be fully compatible with all developer tools:

SCW_ACCESS_KEY: SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SCW_SECRET_KEY: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
SCW_ORGANIZATION_ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
SCW_PROJECT_ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
SCW_DEFAULT_ZONE: fr-par
SCW_DEFAULT_REGION: fr-par-1