Settings order of precedence with ENV vs DB?

[fearlessfrog]

If I set an ENV VAR value in my container app.yml ENV section then does it override existing DB Site or GlobalSettings values? I think I’m finding it doesn’t by default?

E.g. DISCOURSE_S3_BUCKET I think needs to be blank in the DB to be picked up by app.yml ENV section?

Is there a way to force taking values from the env’s rather than the DB or is it best just to reset all the existing values? I was just doing a quick config test, so wanted to leave the site settings alone and just override in the app.yml.

Thanks for any insights.

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

@fearlessfrog

DISCOURSE_S3_BUCKET I think needs to be blank in the DB to be picked up by app.yml ENV section?

No. The env settings override the database and how the setting from the UX.