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#Environment variables

You can use certain environment variables to configure Hardhat's behavior.

# Setting parameters with environment variables

Every global flag or parameter accepted by Hardhat can also be specified using an environment variable. For example, to select the network you normally do:

npx hardhat --network localhost run scripts/deploy.js

But you can get the same behavior by setting the HARDHAT_NETWORK environment variable:

HARDHAT_NETWORK=localhost npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js

In general, each flag or parameter of the form --some-option can be set using the HARDHAT_SOME_OPTION environment variable. For flags, which don't accept values, you can enable or disable them by setting them to true or false:

HARDHAT_VERBOSE=true npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js

Options specified with the --some-option form have precedence over environment variables. That is, if you run:

HARDHAT_NETWORK=mainnet npx hardhat run --network localhost scripts/deploy.js

then the localhost network is going to be used.

# Other environment variables

Besides the environment variables that correspond to global parameters, there are some special environment variables that affect how Hardhat works. Variables starting with HARDHAT_EXPERIMENTAL_ are experimental and could be removed in future versions.

  • HARDHAT_DISABLE_TELEMETRY_PROMPT: if set to true, Hardhat won't prompt the user asking for telemetry consent. This prompt is already not shown in CIs or when the output is not a TTY, but in some cases (like automated scripts that write to stdout) you might want to set this variable.
  • HARDHAT_EXPERIMENTAL_ALLOW_NON_LOCAL_INSTALLATION: if set to true, Hardhat won't check if the hardhat package is locally installed.