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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/template.py17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/template.py b/python/vyos/template.py
index bde8e3554..392322d46 100644
--- a/python/vyos/template.py
+++ b/python/vyos/template.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io>
+# Copyright 2019-2024 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io>
#
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -32,8 +32,21 @@ _TESTS = {}
# reuse Environments with identical settings to improve performance
@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=2)
def _get_environment(location=None):
+ from os import getenv
+
if location is None:
- loc_loader=FileSystemLoader(directories["templates"])
+ # Sometimes functions that rely on templates need to be executed outside of VyOS installations:
+ # for example, installer functions are executed for image builds,
+ # and anything may be invoked for testing from a developer's machine.
+ # This environment variable allows running any unmodified code
+ # with a custom template location.
+ location_env_var = getenv("VYOS_TEMPLATE_DIR")
+ if location_env_var:
+ print(f"Using environment variable {location_env_var}")
+ template_dir = location_env_var
+ else:
+ template_dir = directories["templates"]
+ loc_loader=FileSystemLoader(template_dir)
else:
loc_loader=FileSystemLoader(location)
env = Environment(