Elastic beanstalk undocumented venv path

Question

Elastic beanstalk containers have theis python venv located at "/var/app/venv/staging-LQM1lest"

But what does "LQM1lest" even mean? Not a singe documentation page mentions it.

Is there way to get it programmatically? Because its really looks like random string and a subject of change, i dont like the idea of hardcoding it in deploy scripts.

user_248823 · Answer

The python path env should be available through PYTHONPATH environment variable.

You can also source it and export manually if you want (as root):

source /opt/elasticbeanstalk/deployment/env
export PYTHONPATH

Elastic beanstalk undocumented venv path

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