vllm/docs/configuration/env_vars.md

Environment Variables

vLLM uses the following environment variables to configure the system:

!!! warning Please note that VLLM_PORT and VLLM_HOST_IP set the port and ip for vLLM's internal usage. It is not the port and ip for the API server. If you use --host $VLLM_HOST_IP and --port $VLLM_PORT to start the API server, it will not work.

All environment variables used by vLLM are prefixed with `VLLM_`. **Special care should be taken for Kubernetes users**: please do not name the service as `vllm`, otherwise environment variables set by Kubernetes might conflict with vLLM's environment variables, because [Kubernetes sets environment variables for each service with the capitalized service name as the prefix](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#environment-variables).

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```