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WARNING: The VAR1 variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
WARNING: The VAR2 variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
Recreating project_test-environment_1 ... done
Attaching to project_test-environment_1
test-environment_1  | variable1 = ; variable2 =
project_test-environment_1 exited with code 0
It seems like environment variables were not initialized. Using alternative syntax
environment:
 - VAR1='variable 1'
 - VAR2=222
given the same result too.
docker info output:
Containers: 3
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 3
Images: 5
Server Version: 18.09.2
Storage Driver: overlay2
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Supports d_type: true
Native Overlay Diff: true
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
 Volume: local
 Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
 Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries 
 splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 9754871865f7fe2f4e74d43e2fc7ccd237edcbce
runc version: 09c8266bf2fcf9519a651b04ae54c967b9ab86ec
init version: fec3683
Security Options:
 seccomp
 Profile: default
Kernel Version: 4.9.125-linuxkit
Operating System: Docker for Windows
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 1
Total Memory: 973.8MiB
Name: linuxkit-00155d694b07
ID: NA32:YPM3:D5GL:JQBM:H4BN:LE2B:4HLN:5B4A:AI7T:6SDS:LSVZ:P74L
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode (client): false
Debug Mode (server): true
 File Descriptors: 22
 Goroutines: 47
 System Time: 2019-05-14T08:44:02.5767035Z
 EventsListeners: 1
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Labels:
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
 127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
Product License: Community Engine
Does anyone has any ideas to solve problem?
P.S. Sorry for my English.
                This line command: echo variable1 = $VAR1; variable2 = $VAR2 tells you  will specify the those value form outside. Try this VAR1="HELLO" VAR2="THERE" docker-compose up -d
– Akshay barahate
                May 14, 2019 at 8:59
variable-substitution
docker inspect  command to check if env variables are configured properly for that container.
I used version 3 as my docker-compose do not support the version you are using.
The .env file feature only works when you use the docker-compose up command and does not work with docker stack deploy.
You can use a $$ (double-dollar sign) when your configuration needs a literal dollar sign. This also prevents Compose from interpolating a value, so a $$ allows you to refer to environment variables that you don’t want processed by Compose.
If you forget and use a single dollar sign ($), Compose interprets the value as an environment variable and warns you:
  
WARNING: The VAR1 variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
  WARNING: The VAR2 variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
the environment option specifies which vars will be passed to the container. they are not available outside in the docker-compose file.
if you need env vars for your docker-compose file, create on the same directory a .env file:
#.env
VAR1=variable1
VAR2=222
and now it should work for docker-compose up
remove the environment option from the docker-compose - unless you need the vars inside the container, it makes no sense.
                Just checked your approach. It worked.    Same problem 2 solutions Great. Upvoting the answer
– Akshay barahate
                May 14, 2019 at 9:48
        
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