Node.js: Replace your .env file with this awesome tool
<p>When developing applications, handling sensitive information like API keys, database credentials, and configuration settings is crucial. Ensuring these environment variables are managed securely, efficiently, and in sync across the development lifecycle is a common challenge and let’s face it, <code>.env</code> files don’t cut it anymore, well, <a href="https://medium.com/@tony.infisical/why-you-should-stop-using-env-files-in-node-js-f62fffecf5a3" rel="noopener">for many reasons</a>.</p>
<p>In this article, I discuss the optimal way to manage environment variables for your Node application with <a href="https://github.com/Infisical/infisical" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Infisical</a> at scale.</p>
<h1>What is Infisical?</h1>
<p><a href="https://infisical.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Infisical</a>, an open-source, end-to-end encrypted secret management platform that you can store environment variables with. It’s fully self-hostable on your own infrastructure, <a href="https://infisical.com/docs/documentation/getting-started/introduction" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">well-documented</a>, and insanely beautiful.</p>
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<p>Infisical</p>
<p>Its <a href="https://github.com/Infisical/infisical-node" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Node SDK</a> lets you fetch back environment variables at runtime whether it be in local development or production.</p>
<h1>Getting started</h1>
<p>Before we can fetch environment variables back into your Node application, you need to add them to a project in <a href="https://app.infisical.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Infisical Cloud</a> or in a <a href="https://infisical.com/docs/self-hosting/overview" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">self-hosted instance of Infisical</a>.</p>
<p>Okay, let’s get started.</p>
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