Start Workflow button is disabled for UI on docker and kubernetes

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When I run temporal server using temporal cli, there is a button to start Workflow on UI:
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But when I deploy the same version of UI on docker or kubernetes, I cannot see this button.
Which configuration is missing to enable this button?

2

I think the environment variable your looking for is TEMPORAL_START_WORKFLOW_DISABLED = “false”

I had to dig through the PRs on the repo to find it so not sure if it’s documented anywhere yet Start a Workflow Execution from the UI by Alex-Tideman · Pull Request #2116 · temporalio/ui · GitHub

3

Thank @bbemis, this environment variable is missing in this document: Temporal Web UI environment variables reference | Temporal Documentation

4

Is this a UI environment variable? I tried setting it on my docker-compose for the UI but it had no effect.

5

Yes, @OhMyDeera. Here is how I configure it in docker-compose:

  temporal-ui:
    container_name: temporal-ui
    depends_on:
      - temporal
    environment:
      - TEMPORAL_ADDRESS=temporal:7233
      - TEMPORAL_CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3000
      - TEMPORAL_START_WORKFLOW_DISABLED=false
    image: temporalio/ui:2.30.3
    ports:
      - 8233:8080
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