A number of environment variables can be used to configure the behavior of the library. There are also functions to configure this behavior in code. The environment variables are convenient when troubleshooting problems.
Endpoint Overrides
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_FOLDERS_ENDPOINT=...overrides theEndpointOption(which defaults to "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com") used byMakeFoldersConnection().
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ORGANIZATIONS_ENDPOINT=...overrides theEndpointOption(which defaults to "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com") used byMakeOrganizationsConnection().
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_PROJECTS_ENDPOINT=...overrides theEndpointOption(which defaults to "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com") used byMakeProjectsConnection().
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_BINDINGS_ENDPOINT=...overrides theEndpointOption(which defaults to "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com") used byMakeTagBindingsConnection().
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_HOLDS_ENDPOINT=...overrides theEndpointOption(which defaults to "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com") used byMakeTagHoldsConnection().
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_KEYS_ENDPOINT=...overrides theEndpointOption(which defaults to "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com") used byMakeTagKeysConnection().
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_VALUES_ENDPOINT=...overrides theEndpointOption(which defaults to "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com") used byMakeTagValuesConnection().
GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_TRACING=rpc: turns on tracing for most gRPC calls. The library injects an additional Stub decorator that prints each gRPC request and response. Unless you have configured your own logging backend, you should also setGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOGto produce any output on the program's console.
See Also
google::cloud::TracingComponentsOptionGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TRACING_OPTIONS=...: modifies the behavior of gRPC tracing, including whether messages will be output on multiple lines, or whether string/bytes fields will be truncated.
See Also
google::cloud::GrpcTracingOptionsOptionGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes: turns on logging in the library, basically the library always "logs" but the logging infrastructure has no backend to actually print anything until the application sets a backend or they set this environment variable.
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There are also functions to configure this behavior in code. The environment variables are convenient when troubleshooting problems.\n\nEndpoint Overrides\n------------------\n\n- `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_FOLDERS_ENDPOINT=...` overrides the `EndpointOption` (which defaults to \"cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com\") used by `MakeFoldersConnection()`.\n- `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ORGANIZATIONS_ENDPOINT=...` overrides the `EndpointOption` (which defaults to \"cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com\") used by `MakeOrganizationsConnection()`.\n- `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_PROJECTS_ENDPOINT=...` overrides the `EndpointOption` (which defaults to \"cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com\") used by `MakeProjectsConnection()`.\n- `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_BINDINGS_ENDPOINT=...` overrides the `EndpointOption` (which defaults to \"cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com\") used by `MakeTagBindingsConnection()`.\n- `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_HOLDS_ENDPOINT=...` overrides the `EndpointOption` (which defaults to \"cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com\") used by `MakeTagHoldsConnection()`.\n- `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_KEYS_ENDPOINT=...` overrides the `EndpointOption` (which defaults to \"cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com\") used by `MakeTagKeysConnection()`.\n- `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TAG_VALUES_ENDPOINT=...` overrides the `EndpointOption` (which defaults to \"cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com\") used by `MakeTagValuesConnection()`.\n\n###### See Also\n\n[`google::cloud::EndpointOption`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1EndpointOption.html)\n\nLogging\n-------\n\n`GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_TRACING=rpc`: turns on tracing for most gRPC calls. The library injects an additional Stub decorator that prints each gRPC request and response. Unless you have configured your own logging backend, you should also set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG` to produce any output on the program's console.\n\n###### See Also\n\n[`google::cloud::TracingComponentsOption`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1TracingComponentsOption.html)`GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_TRACING_OPTIONS=...`: modifies the behavior of gRPC tracing, including whether messages will be output on multiple lines, or whether string/bytes fields will be truncated.\n\n###### See Also\n\n[`google::cloud::GrpcTracingOptionsOption`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1GrpcTracingOptionsOption.html)`GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes`: turns on logging in the library, basically the library always \"logs\" but the logging infrastructure has no backend to actually print anything until the application sets a backend or they set this environment variable.\n\n###### See Also\n\n[`google::cloud::LogBackend`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1LogBackend.html)\n\n###### See Also\n\n[`google::cloud::LogSink`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1LogSink.html)\n\nSetting the Default Project\n---------------------------\n\n`GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=...`: is used in examples and integration tests to configure the GCP project. This has no effect in the library."]]
