can't seem to get plugin working

[expertcoder]

Hi, I followed instructions as suggested.

When I run

export SLS_DEBUG=* ; sls dotenv

I see this output (truncated), there appears to be no erorrs

...
Serverless: Load command dotenv
Serverless: Invoke dotenv
Serverless: Creating .env file...

No .env file is generated

serverless.yml (truncated)

provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: python3.6
  environment:
    MY_VAR: 'myvalue'
...
...
plugins:
  - '@jimdo/serverless-dotenv'

serverless version 1.30.3

This plugin seems like a great idea, I want to incorporate this with my automated testing.

Thanks.

[Vadorequest]

Doesn't work that way. You need to define your variables inside the serverless.yml, they're exported from there.