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Expand Up @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ If passing an environment variable for a property that uses an integer type (for

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:::info Boolean Environment Variables
If passing an environment variable for a property that uses a boolean type (for example, `True`, `false`), be sure to add a filter to the Jinja expression, as shown here.
`"{{ (env_var('SECURE').lower() == 'true') }}"`

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:::caution Quoting, Curly Brackets, & You

Be sure to quote the entire Jinja string (as shown above), or else the YAML parser will be confused by the Jinja curly brackets.
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