terraform-cdk: Env TF_VARS are not working and docs are outdated

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cdktf & Language Versions

cdktf debug
language: python
cdktf-cli: 0.15.1
node: v18.13.0
cdktf: 0.15.1
constructs: 10.1.231
jsii: 1.73.0
terraform: 1.3.7
arch: arm64
os: darwin 21.4.0
python: Python 3.10.9
pip: pip 22.3.1

Issue

1. TF_VAR and documentation
2. How to pass dynamic input without restoring to create separate var file or using var as arguments?

I’m not sure was there as good reason to disable TF_VAR_* but documentation still says that we can use TF_VAR_.

What’s the team current suggestion how dynamically inject config into CDKTF?

References

• #1714
• #2342