Environment variables

Manage secrets and configuration securely. Encrypted at rest, injected at runtime.

OwnKube provides secure environment variable management for your applications. Variables are encrypted at rest and injected at runtime — never exposed in logs or build output.

Setting variables

You can set environment variables through the Dashboard — navigate to your app’s Settings > Environment tab.

Variable types

Type	Description	Example
Plain text	Standard configuration values	NODE_ENV=production
Secret	Sensitive values, masked in UI	API_KEY=sk-...
Database	Auto-injected from provisioned databases	DATABASE_URL=postgresql://...

Variable scope

• App-level — available to all deployments of an application
• Environment-level — override values per environment (production, staging, preview)

Best practices

• Never commit secrets to your repository — use OwnKube environment variables instead
• Use environment-level overrides for different configurations between staging and production
• Database connection strings are auto-injected when you provision a database through OwnKube