---------------------- In Garden, you can disable a service by setting the

disabled

configuration key to

true

. You can use conditional template strings to enable or disable services based on certain conditions. In your case, you want to disable a service if

var.sshkey

is not set. You can achieve this by using a conditional template string like so:

yaml
services:
  - name: my-service
    disabled: ${var.sshkey == undefined}

In this example,

my-service

will be disabled if

var.sshkey

is not set. Please note that disabling a service means that it will not be deployed, and will also be ignored if it is declared as a runtime dependency for another service, test or task. Also, template strings referencing the service's outputs will fail to resolve when the service is disabled, so you need to make sure to provide alternate values for those if you're using them, using conditional expressions. For more information, you can refer to the Garden documentation on exec services (), container services (), and jib-container services (). ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

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---------------------- I apologize for the confusion. The error message indicates that the variable

sshkey

is not found under

var

. This means that

sshkey

is not defined in your Garden configuration. In Garden, variables are defined in the

variables

field in your project configuration or in a

varfile

. If

sshkey

is not defined, you will get an error when you try to reference it. To fix this, you need to ensure that

sshkey

is defined in your Garden configuration. Here is an example of how to define variables in your project configuration:

yaml
kind: Project
name: my-project
variables:
  sshkey: your-ssh-key

In this example,

sshkey

is defined and set to

your-ssh-key

. You can replace

your-ssh-key

with your actual SSH key. Once

sshkey

is defined, you should be able to use it in your conditional template string. However, please note that Garden does not currently support checking if a variable is undefined directly in the template string. You might need to ensure that all variables are defined, possibly with a default value, before using them in a template string. For more information, you can refer to the Garden documentation on variables (). ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

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---------------------- Yes, it is possible to set default values for variables in your Garden configuration, which can then be overridden by using the

--var

flag in the Garden command. You can define default values for your variables in the

variables

field in your project configuration. Here is an example:

yaml
kind: Project
name: my-project
variables:
  my-variable: default-value

In this example,

my-variable

is set to

default-value

by default. You can then override this default value by using the

--var

flag in the Garden command. Here is an example:

bash
garden run my-task --var my-variable=custom-value

In this example,

my-variable

is set to

custom-value

, overriding the default value. Please note that variables set with

--var

CLI flags have the highest precedence, meaning they will override any values set in your project configuration or in a varfile. For more information, you can refer to the Garden documentation on variables () and CLI commands (). ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

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