batch-compute-node-environment-variables.md

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Azure Batch compute node environment variables

The Azure Batch service sets the following environment variables on compute nodes. You can reference these environment variables in task command lines, and in the programs and scripts run by the command lines.

For additional information about using environment variables with Batch, see Environment settings for tasks.

Environment variable visibility

These environment variables are visible only in the context of the task user, the user account on the node under which a task is executed. You will not see these if you connect remotely to a compute node via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) or Secure Shell (SSH) and list the environment variables. This is because the user account that is used for remote connection is not the same as the account that is used by the task.

Command-line expansion of environment variables

The command lines executed by tasks on compute nodes do not run under a shell. Therefore, these command lines cannot natively take advantage of shell features such as environment variable expansion (this includes the PATH). To take advantage of such features, you must invoke the shell in the command line. For example, launch cmd.exe on Windows compute nodes or /bin/sh on Linux nodes:

cmd /c MyTaskApplication.exe %MY_ENV_VAR%

/bin/sh -c MyTaskApplication $MY_ENV_VAR

Environment variables

Variable name	Description	Availability	Example
AZ_BATCH_ACCOUNT_NAME	The name of the Batch account that the task belongs to.	All tasks.	mybatchaccount
AZ_BATCH_CERTIFICATES_DIR	A directory within the task working directory in which certificates are stored for Linux compute nodes. Note that this environment variable does not apply to Windows compute nodes.	All tasks.	/mnt/batch/tasks/workitems/batchjob001/job-1/task001/certs
AZ_BATCH_JOB_ID	The ID of the job that the task belongs to.	All tasks except start task.	batchjob001
AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_DIR	The full path of the job preparation task directory on the node.	All tasks except start task and job preparation task. Only available if the job is configured with a job preparation task.	C:\user\tasks\workitems\jobprepreleasesamplejob\job-1\jobpreparation
AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR	The full path of the job preparation task working directory on the node.	All tasks except start task and job preparation task. Only available if the job is configured with a job preparation task.	C:\user\tasks\workitems\jobprepreleasesamplejob\job-1\jobpreparation\wd
AZ_BATCH_NODE_ID	The ID of the node that the task is assigned to.	All tasks.	tvm-1219235766_3-20160919t172711z
AZ_BATCH_NODE_ROOT_DIR	The full path of the root of all Batch directories on the node.	All tasks.	C:\user\tasks
AZ_BATCH_NODE_SHARED_DIR	The full path of the shared directory on the node. All tasks that execute on a node have read/write access to this directory. Tasks that execute on other nodes do not have remote access to this directory (it is not a "shared" network directory).	All tasks.	C:\user\tasks\shared
AZ_BATCH_NODE_STARTUP_DIR	The full path of the start task directory on the node.	All tasks.	C:\user\tasks\startup
AZ_BATCH_POOL_ID	The ID of the pool that the task is running on.	All tasks.	batchpool001
AZ_BATCH_TASK_DIR	The full path of the task directory on the node. This directory contains the stdout.txt and stderr.txt for the task, and the AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR.	All tasks.	C:\user\tasks\workitems\batchjob001\job-1\task001
AZ_BATCH_TASK_ID	The ID of the current task.	All tasks except start task.	task001
AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR	The full path of the task working directory on the node. The currently running task has read/write access to this directory.	All tasks.	C:\user\tasks\workitems\batchjob001\job-1\task001\wd
CCP_NODES	The list of nodes and number of cores per node that are allocated to a multi-instance task. Nodes and cores are listed in the format numNodes<space>node1IP<space>node1Cores<space> node2IP<space>node2Cores<space> ..., where the number of nodes is followed by one or more node IP addresses and the number of cores for each.	Multi-instance primary and subtasks.	2 10.0.0.4 1 10.0.0.5 1
AZ_BATCH_NODE_LIST	The list of nodes that are allocated to a multi-instance task in the format nodeIP;nodeIP.	Multi-instance primary and subtasks.	10.0.0.4;10.0.0.5
AZ_BATCH_HOST_LIST	The list of nodes that are allocated to a multi-instance task in the format nodeIP,nodeIP.	Multi-instance primary and subtasks.	10.0.0.4,10.0.0.5
AZ_BATCH_MASTER_NODE	The IP address and port of the compute node on which the primary task of a multi-instance task runs.	Multi-instance primary and subtasks.	10.0.0.4:6000
AZ_BATCH_TASK_SHARED_DIR	A directory path that is identical for the primary task and every subtask of a multi-instance task. The path exists on every node on which the multi-instance task runs, and is read/write accessible to the task commands running on that node (both the coordination command and the application command). Subtasks or a primary task that execute on other nodes do not have remote access to this directory (it is not a “shared” network directory).	Multi-instance primary and subtasks.	C:\user\tasks\workitems\multiinstancesamplejob\job-1\multiinstancesampletask
AZ_BATCH_IS_CURRENT_NODE_MASTER	Specifies whether the current node is the master node for a multi-instance task. Possible values are true and false.	Multi-instance primary and subtasks.	true
AZ_BATCH_NODE_IS_DEDICATED	If true, the current node is a dedicated node. If false, it is a low-priority node.	All tasks.	true