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Environment Variables

This page migrates the role of docs/ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.md into the private ops docs surface.

Categories​

  • Runtime application secrets.
  • Infrastructure bootstrap values.
  • Provider API keys.
  • Database, cache, vector store, and object storage connection settings.
  • SMTP and transactional email settings.
  • Observability and telemetry keys.

Rules​

  • Document names, owners, consumers, and purpose.
  • Do not document actual secret values.
  • Prefer Infisical for runtime application secrets.
  • Keep GitHub Actions secrets only where CI/CD or bootstrap needs them.
  • Remove stale variables after deploy paths are retired.

Related pages: Infisical Runtime and GitHub Actions Secrets.