The DOTENV_KEY unlocks your encrypted environment variables.
You can view it with npx dotenv-vault keys. Set it on your server’s environment variables after running npx dotenv-vault build.
Example
Here’s an example of a DOTENV_KEY.
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dotenv://:key_1234@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=production
Viewing
You can view a DOTENV_KEY by running the keys command.
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$ npx dotenv-vault keys
remote: Listing .env.vault decryption keys... done
environment DOTENV_KEY
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development dotenv://:key_1234@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=development
ci dotenv://:key_4567@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=ci
staging dotenv://:key_7890@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=staging
production dotenv://:key_9876@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=production
Set DOTENV_KEY on your infrastructure
Specify an environment to view that key alone.
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$ npx dotenv-vault keys production
remote: Listing .env.vault decryption keys... done
dotenv://:key_9876@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=production