I need that the release have --name instead of --sname and need to pass some other env vars specific to that release. For instance mix release node1 => iex --name node1@127.0.0.1 --erl "-project port 5555 -project nodes []" -S mix mix release node2 => iex --name node2@127.0.0.1 --erl "-project po…

When you initiated the release support with mix release.init , it had created three files in rel folder. vm.args.eex is a template for erlang params, its skeleton is self-explanatory.

As a future reference for whoever is reading - the environment variable is called ERL_FLAGS, not ERL_OPTS. See erl — OTP 29.0.2 (erts 17.0.2)

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How to pass --erl arguments to a mix release?

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hauleth October 29, 2020, 10:36am 3

Alternatively ERL_OPTS envoronment variable can be used.