website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/container-env-variables.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Container Environment Variables	container-env-variables	2018-04-12	/docs/concepts/containers/container-environment-variables.md	Container environment variables are name/value pairs that provide useful information into containers running in a Pod.		fundamental

Container environment variables are name/value pairs that provide useful information into containers running in a Pod.

Container environment variables provide information that is required by the running containerized applications along with information about important resources to the [Containers] {{< glossary_tooltip text="Containers" term_id="container" >}}. For example, file system, information about the container itself and other cluster resources such as service endpoints, etc.