- NAME
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- gcloud beta emulators datastore env-init - print the commands required to export env variables of a datastore
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta emulators datastore env-init[--data-dir=DATA_DIR] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Prints the commands but does not execute them. It will output in shell syntax or on Windows it will be in cmd.exe syntax. - EXAMPLES
- To print the env variables exports for a datastore emulator, run:
gcloud beta emulators datastore env-init --data-dir = DATA-DIRYou can use this command to set env vars in a bash script by adding the below line in the script.
eval $( gcloud beta emulators datastore env-init --data-dir = DATA-DIR )
- FLAGS
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--data-dir=DATA_DIR - The directory to be used to store/retrieve data/config for an emulator run. The
default value is
<USER_CONFIG_DIR>/emulators/datastore. The value of USER_CONFIG_DIR can be found by running:gcloud info --format = 'get(config.paths.global_config_dir)'
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- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. This variant
is also available:
gcloud alpha emulators datastore env-init
gcloud beta emulators datastore env-init
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

