# Environment

**Package:** `flyte`

## Parameters

```python
class Environment(
    name: str,
    depends_on: List[Environment],
    pod_template: Optional[Union[str, PodTemplate]],
    description: Optional[str],
    secrets: Optional[SecretRequest],
    env_vars: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
    resources: Optional[Resources],
    interruptible: bool,
    image: Union[str, Image, Literal['auto'], None],
)
```
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
| `name` | `str` | Name of the environment |
| `depends_on` | `List[Environment]` | Environment dependencies to hint, so when you deploy the environment, the dependencies are also deployed. This is useful when you have a set of environments that depend on each other. |
| `pod_template` | `Optional[Union[str, PodTemplate]]` | Pod template to use for the environment. |
| `description` | `Optional[str]` | Description of the environment. |
| `secrets` | `Optional[SecretRequest]` | Secrets to inject into the environment. |
| `env_vars` | `Optional[Dict[str, str]]` | Environment variables to set for the environment. |
| `resources` | `Optional[Resources]` | Resources to allocate for the environment. |
| `interruptible` | `bool` | Whether the environment is interruptible and can be scheduled on spot/preemptible instances |
| `image` | `Union[str, Image, Literal['auto'], None]` | Docker image to use for the environment. If set to "auto", will use the default image. |

## Methods

| Method | Description |
|-|-|
| [`add_dependency()`](#add_dependency) | Add a dependency to the environment. |
| [`clone_with()`](#clone_with) |  |

### add_dependency()

```python
def add_dependency(
    env: Environment,
)
```
Add a dependency to the environment.

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
| `env` | `Environment` | |

### clone_with()

```python
def clone_with(
    name: str,
    image: Optional[Union[str, Image, Literal['auto']]],
    resources: Optional[Resources],
    env_vars: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
    secrets: Optional[SecretRequest],
    depends_on: Optional[List[Environment]],
    description: Optional[str],
    kwargs: **kwargs,
) -> Environment
```
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
| `name` | `str` | |
| `image` | `Optional[Union[str, Image, Literal['auto']]]` | |
| `resources` | `Optional[Resources]` | |
| `env_vars` | `Optional[Dict[str, str]]` | |
| `secrets` | `Optional[SecretRequest]` | |
| `depends_on` | `Optional[List[Environment]]` | |
| `description` | `Optional[str]` | |
| `kwargs` | `**kwargs` | |

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