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title: "Creating Environment Variables"
date: "2025-09-15T18:15:46+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to create custom environment variables in Acquia Cloud Platform for your Drupal applications."
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In addition to the [environment variables provided by Cloud Platform](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/develop-apps/env-variable), you can also create custom environment variables using the Cloud Platform user interface. These custom environment variables are set globally on a per-environment basis and can be used to define anything your application may need to work with, including Drupal APIs and environments.

To add a custom environment variable:

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com/).
2.  Go to **Codebases** and select a specific codebase.
3.  Click **Environment** and select an environment for which you want to create an environment variable.
    
    ![meo_adding-variable.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/44e4ce80-250f-4716-91cf-d2b1e167750d/web/58497_meo_adding-variable.png?w=720&itok=7OPL8ZOh)
    
4.  Click **Variables**.
5.  Add the variable by following the steps in [Creating custom environment variables](/acquia-cloud-platform/creating-custom-environment-variables "Creating custom environment variables").