Add Environment Variables to a Profile

Once you have created a profile, you can use the envio add <profile_name> --envs <key>=<value> or the envio add <profile_name> --envs <key> commands to add enviorment variables to it. The difference between the two commands is that the first command adds a the environment variable with a value while the second command prompts the user to enter the value of the environment variable. This is to prevent the environment variable from being stored in the terminal history.

To add a variable named DATABASE_URL with a value of postgres://localhost/mydb, you would run the command:

$ envio add myprofile --envs DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/mydb
# OR
$ envio add myprofile -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/mydb

Or if you want envio to prompt you for the value of the environment variable, you would run the command:

$ envio add myprofile --envs DATABASE_URL
# OR
$ envio add myprofile -e DATABASE_URL

You can add multiple environment variables at once too

$ envio add myprofile -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/mydb MY_VERY_SECRETIVE_KEY=1234
# OR
$ envio add myprofile -e DATABASE_URL MY_VERY_SECRETIVE_KEY

# You can also use a combination of both
$ envio add myprofile -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/mydb MY_VERY_SECRETIVE_KEY

Instead of creating a profile first and then adding environment variables, users can directly add environment variables when creating a profile using the create command (See create):

$ envio create <profile_name> -e <key>=<value>
# OR
$ envio create <profile_name> -e <key>

Or if you want to use the GPG encryption

$ envio create <profile_name> -e <key>=<value> -g <GPG_KEY_FINGERPRINT>
# OR
$ envio create <profile_name> -e <key> -g <GPG_KEY_FINGERPRINT>

If you want to get a list of all the available GPG keys on your system and select one to use, you can replace the <GPG_KEY_FINGERPRINT> value with the keyword select:

$ envio create <profile_name> -e <key>=<value> -g select
# OR
$ envio create <profile_name> -e <key> -g select

You can also import environment variables from a file using the --file-to-import-envs-from or -f flag

$ envio create <profile_name> -f <file_name>
# OR
$ envio create <profile_name> --file-to-import-envs-from <file_name>

This will create a profile with the name <profile_name> and add the environment variables from the file <file_name> to it.

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envio assumes that the file contains environment variables in the format KEY=VALUE and each environment variable is on a new line.

You can view all the environment variables in your profile using the list command (See List command)