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How to pass env variable within django app to digitalocean droplet

Hi there, I have deployed a django app using this tutorial:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-django-with-postgres-nginx-and-gunicorn-on-ubuntu-16-04#create-and-configure-a-new-django-project

Now i want to create env variables for secret keys and api tokens. The problems is, i deploy my app through github and if i add .env to gitignore it will not be pulled to the droplet. And if i dont add gitignore, the will no point to create .env

So how can i pass .env file to droplet through github (I want to make the repo public)

Thank you in advance :)

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Bobby Iliev • June 26, 2022

Hi there,

You could add your environment variables as secrets to your GitHub repository and then pass them over to your GitHub actions as described here in the docs:

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets

That way you will not have to commit your secrets directly.

Let me know how it goes!

Best,

Bobby