chore(docs): include the environment variables section in the utilities documentation (#2925)

Co-authored-by: Leandro Damascena <lcdama@amazon.pt>

Author: barreeeiroo

docs/core/logger.md

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Logger requires two settings:
 | **Logging level** | Sets how verbose Logger should be (INFO, by default)                | `LOG_LEVEL`               | `level`               |
 | **Service**       | Sets **service** key that will be present across all log statements | `POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME` | `service`             |
 
+There are some [other environment variables](#environment-variables) which can be set to modify Logger's settings at a global scope.
+
 ```yaml hl_lines="12-13" title="AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) example"
 --8<-- "examples/logger/sam/template.yaml"
 ```
@@ -341,6 +343,18 @@ You can easily change the date format using one of the following parameters:
     --8<-- "examples/logger/src/date_formatting_output.json"
     ```
 
+### Environment variables
+
+The following environment variables are available to configure Logger at a global scope:
+
+| Setting                   | Description                                                                  | Environment variable                    | Default |
+|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------|
+| **Event Logging**         | Whether to log the incoming event.                                           | `POWERTOOLS_LOGGER_LOG_EVENT`           | `false` |
+| **Debug Sample Rate**     | Sets the debug log sampling.                                                 | `POWERTOOLS_LOGGER_SAMPLE_RATE`         | `0`     |
+| **Disable Deduplication** | Disables log deduplication filter protection to use Pytest Live Log feature. | `POWERTOOLS_LOG_DEDUPLICATION_DISABLED` | `false` |
+
+[`POWERTOOLS_LOGGER_LOG_EVENT`](#logging-incoming-event) can also be set on a per-method basis, and [`POWERTOOLS_LOGGER_SAMPLE_RATE`](#sampling-debug-logs) on a per-instance basis. These parameter values will override the environment variable value.
+
 ## Advanced
 
 ### Built-in Correlation ID expressions

docs/core/metrics.md

@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ This has the advantage of keeping cold start metric separate from your applicati
 ???+ info
     We do not emit 0 as a value for ColdStart metric for cost reasons. [Let us know](https://github.com/aws-powertools/powertools-lambda-python/issues/new?assignees=&labels=feature-request%2C+triage&template=feature_request.md&title=){target="_blank"} if you'd prefer a flag to override it.
 
+### Environment variables
+
+The following environment variable is available to configure Metrics at a global scope:
+
+| Setting            | Description                                                                  | Environment variable                    | Default |
+|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------|
+| **Namespace Name** | Sets namespace used for metrics.                                             | `POWERTOOLS_METRICS_NAMESPACE`          | `None`  |
+
+`POWERTOOLS_METRICS_NAMESPACE` is also available on a per-instance basis with the `namespace` parameter, which will consequently override the environment variable value.
+
 ## Advanced
 
 ### Adding metadata
@@ -319,7 +329,7 @@ That is why `Metrics` shares data across instances by default, as that covers 80
 
 ## Testing your code
 
-### Environment variables
+### Setting environment variables
 
 ???+ tip
 	Ignore this section, if:

docs/core/tracer.md

@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ You can trace asynchronous functions and generator functions (including context
     --8<-- "examples/tracer/src/capture_method_generators.py"
     ```
 
+### Environment variables
+
+The following environment variables are available to configure Tracer at a global scope:
+
+| Setting               | Description                                      | Environment variable                 | Default |
+|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------|
+| **Disable Tracing**   | Explicitly disables all tracing.                 | `POWERTOOLS_TRACE_DISABLED`          | `false` |
+| **Response Capture**  | Captures Lambda or method return as metadata.    | `POWERTOOLS_TRACER_CAPTURE_RESPONSE` | `true`  |
+| **Exception Capture** | Captures Lambda or method exception as metadata. | `POWERTOOLS_TRACER_CAPTURE_ERROR`    | `true`  |
+
+Both [`POWERTOOLS_TRACER_CAPTURE_RESPONSE`](#disabling-response-auto-capture) and [`POWERTOOLS_TRACER_CAPTURE_ERROR`](#disabling-exception-auto-capture) can be set on a per-method basis, consequently overriding the environment variable value.
+
 ## Advanced
 
 ### Patching modules

docs/utilities/middleware_factory.md

@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ You can also have your own keyword arguments after the mandatory arguments.
     --8<-- "examples/middleware_factory/src/getting_started_middleware_with_params_payload.json"
     ```
 
+### Environment variables
+
+The following environment variable is available to configure the middleware factory at a global scope:
+
+| Setting              | Description                                                                  | Environment variable                    | Default |
+|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------|
+| **Middleware Trace** | Creates sub-segment for each custom middleware.                              | `POWERTOOLS_TRACE_MIDDLEWARES`          | `false` |
+
+You can also use [`POWERTOOLS_TRACE_MIDDLEWARES`](#tracing-middleware-execution) on a per-method basis, which will consequently override the environment variable value.
+
 ## Advanced
 
 For advanced use cases, you can instantiate [Tracer](../core/tracer.md){target="_blank"} inside your middleware, and add annotations as well as metadata for additional operational insights.

docs/utilities/parameters.md

@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ The following will retrieve the latest version and store it in the cache.
     --8<-- "examples/parameters/src/getting_started_appconfig.py"
     ```
 
+### Environment variables
+
+The following environment variables are available to configure the parameter utility at a global scope:
+
+| Setting               | Description                                                                    | Environment variable                | Default |
+|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------|
+| **Max Age**           | Adjusts for how long values are kept in cache (in seconds).                    | `POWERTOOLS_PARAMETERS_MAX_AGE`     | `5`     |
+| **Debug Sample Rate** | Sets whether to decrypt or not values retrieved from AWS SSM Parameters Store. | `POWERTOOLS_PARAMETERS_SSM_DECRYPT` | `false` |
+
+You can also use [`POWERTOOLS_PARAMETERS_MAX_AGE`](#adjusting-cache-ttl) through the `max_age` parameter and [`POWERTOOLS_PARAMETERS_SSM_DECRYPT`](#ssmprovider) through the `decrypt` parameter to override the environment variable values.
+
 ## Advanced
 
 ### Adjusting cache TTL