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Persistent environment variables for macOS

Setting system variables as persistent environment variables is a one-time task. Review the following variables to set:

  • DigiCert ONE host

  • API key

  • Client authentication certificate path and password

Create persistent environment variables

  1. Launch the Terminal application.

  2. Create a profile file:

    touch ~/.zprofile

  3. Open the file in an editor:

    open ~/.zprofile

  4. Add any exports definitions you need, such as:

    export SM_API_KEY=<API key>
export SM_HOST=https=<host URL>
export SM_CLIENT_CERT_FILE=<P12 client authentication certificate file path>
export SM_CLIENT_CERT_PASSWORD=<P12 client authentication certificate password>

  5. To save the new .zprofile, select File > Save (CMD + S).

  6. Close the terminal window and reopen to use new saved variables.

Remove persistent variables

When your API key and client certificate password are securely stored in the properties file or Keychain Access, remove them from persistent variables. This action helps prevent unauthorized access and keeps your credentials secure.

  1. Launch the Terminal application.

  2. Open the file in an editor:

    open ~/.zprofile

  3. Remove API key and client authentication certificate password:

    unset SM_API_KEY= <API key>
unset SM_CLIENT_CERT_PASSWORD=<P12 client authentication certificate password>

  4. Run the new .zprofile by restarting Terminal or using:

     source ~/.zprofile

Proxy configuration

Configure the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable if the client tool need to communicate through a proxy.

Anonymous proxy

If your proxy doesn't require authentication, run the following command:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://<proxy_host>:<proxy_port>

Authenticated proxy

If your proxy requires authentication, run the following command:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://user:password@<proxy_host>:<proxy_port>
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