Variable name Description Default or sample value
GUARDIAN_INSTANCE_NAME Required.The unique name of the API Firewall instance. Used in logs and on the UI. You can use the default value, or specify your own if you want.

Kubernetes: metadata.name

You can also use a hard-coded string (for example, aws-vg-instance1).
GUARDIAN_NODE_NAME Required. The unique name of the API Firewall node (the system or cluster where the API Firewall container runs on). Used in logs and on the UI. You can use the default value, or specify your own if you want. Kubernetes: spec.nodeName

You can also use a hard-coded string (for example, aws-vg-node1).
GUARDIAN_INSTANCE_NAMESPACE The namespace of the API Firewall instance. Used only in logs. This variable applies only to Kubernetes environments. metadata.namespace
GUARDIAN_INSTANCE_IP The IP address of the API Firewall pod. Used only in logs. This variable applies only to Kubernetes environments. status.podIP
GUARDIAN_INSTANCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT The service account context of the API Firewall instance. Used only in logs. This variable applies only to Kubernetes environments. spec.serviceAccountName
PLATFORM_HOST

The host and port where API Firewall can access your platform instance.

If you are an enterprise customer not accessing 42Crunch Platform at the default URL https://platform.42crunch.com (see Platform URL), you can use this variable to define and store the host and port that API Firewall must use as part of its deployment configuration.

This variable overrides host and port provided from CLI.

 protection.42crunch.com:8001