Refactor profiles to decouple them from stack resources

README.md

@@ -287,6 +287,12 @@ _Context: global_
 
 
 
+### `elastic-package profiles use`
+
+_Context: global_
+
+
+
 ### `elastic-package promote`
 
 _Context: global_
@@ -383,7 +389,7 @@ By default the latest released version of the stack is spun up but it is possibl
 
 Be aware that a common issue while trying to boot up the stack is that your Docker environments settings are too low in terms of memory threshold.
 
-To ęxpose local packages in the Package Registry, build them first and boot up the stack from inside of the Git repository containing the package (e.g. elastic/integrations). They will be copied to the development stack (~/.elastic-package/stack/development) and used to build a custom Docker image of the Package Registry.
+To expose local packages in the Package Registry, build them first and boot up the stack from inside of the Git repository containing the package (e.g. elastic/integrations). They will be copied to the development stack (~/.elastic-package/stack/development) and used to build a custom Docker image of the Package Registry.
 
 For details on how to connect the service with the Elastic stack, see the [service command](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-package/blob/main/README.md#elastic-package-service).
 

cmd/profiles.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/cobraext"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/configuration/locations"
-	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/environment"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/install"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/profile"
 )
 
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ const jsonFormat = "json"
 // tableFormat is the format for table output
 const tableFormat = "table"
 
-// profileNameEnvVar is the name of the environment variable to set the default profile
-var profileNameEnvVar = environment.WithElasticPackagePrefix("PROFILE")
-
 func setupProfilesCommand() *cobraext.Command {
 	profilesLongDescription := `Use this command to add, remove, and manage multiple config profiles.
 
@@ -65,12 +62,16 @@ User profiles are not overwritten on upgrade of elastic-stack, and can be freely
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating profile %s from profile %s", newProfileName, fromName)
 			}
 
-			fmt.Printf("Created profile %s from %s.\n", newProfileName, fromName)
+			if fromName == "" {
+				fmt.Printf("Created profile %s.\n", newProfileName)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("Created profile %s from %s.\n", newProfileName, fromName)
+			}
 
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
-	profileNewCommand.Flags().String(cobraext.ProfileFromFlagName, "default", cobraext.ProfileFromFlagDescription)
+	profileNewCommand.Flags().String(cobraext.ProfileFromFlagName, "", cobraext.ProfileFromFlagDescription)
 
 	profileDeleteCommand := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "delete",
@@ -104,10 +105,14 @@ User profiles are not overwritten on upgrade of elastic-stack, and can be freely
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "error listing all profiles")
 			}
+			if len(profileList) == 0 {
+				fmt.Println("There are no profiles yet.")
+				return nil
+			}
 
 			format, err := cmd.Flags().GetString(cobraext.ProfileFormatFlagName)
 			if err != nil {
-				return cobraext.FlagParsingError(err, cobraext.ProfileFromFlagName)
+				return cobraext.FlagParsingError(err, cobraext.ProfileFormatFlagName)
 			}
 
 			switch format {
@@ -122,7 +127,45 @@ User profiles are not overwritten on upgrade of elastic-stack, and can be freely
 	}
 	profileListCommand.Flags().String(cobraext.ProfileFormatFlagName, tableFormat, cobraext.ProfileFormatFlagDescription)
 
-	profileCommand.AddCommand(profileNewCommand, profileDeleteCommand, profileListCommand)
+	profileUseCommand := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "use",
+		Short: "Sets the profile to use when no other is specified",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if len(args) == 0 {
+				return errors.New("use requires an argument")
+			}
+			profileName := args[0]
+
+			_, err := profile.LoadProfile(profileName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot use profile %q: %v", profileName, err)
+			}
+
+			location, err := locations.NewLocationManager()
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error fetching profile: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			config, err := install.Configuration()
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to load current configuration: %w", err)
+			}
+			config.SetCurrentProfile(profileName)
+
+			err = install.WriteConfigFile(location, config)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to store configuration: %w", err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	profileCommand.AddCommand(
+		profileNewCommand,
+		profileDeleteCommand,
+		profileListCommand,
+		profileUseCommand,
+	)
 
 	return cobraext.NewCommand(profileCommand, cobraext.ContextGlobal)
 }
@@ -175,15 +218,6 @@ func profileToList(profiles []profile.Metadata) [][]string {
 	return profileList
 }
 
-func lookupEnv() string {
-	env := os.Getenv(profileNameEnvVar)
-	if env == "" {
-		return profile.DefaultProfile
-	}
-	return env
-
-}
-
 func availableProfilesAsAList() ([]string, error) {
 	loc, err := locations.NewLocationManager()
 	if err != nil {