Environment variables

The lava command consults environment variables for configuration. If an environment variable is unset or empty, the lava command uses a sensible default setting.

General-purpose environment variables:

LAVA_FORCECOLOR
	Forces colorized output. By default, colorized output
	is disabled if the lava command is not executed from a
	terminal, it is executed from a "dumb" terminal or the
	NO_COLOR environment variable is set.
LAVA_RUNTIME
	Controls the container runtime used by the lava
	command. Valid values are "Dockerd" and
	"DockerdDockerDesktop". If not specified, "Dockerd" is
	used. The values "DockerdRancherDesktop" and
	"DockerdPodmanDesktop" are also valid, but they are
	considered experimental.