qovery env

Environment variable and secret management commands

Overview

Manage environment variables and secrets for your Qovery services. This command helps you import and parse environment variables.

Commands

Import Environment Variables

Import environment variables/secrets for a Qovery service:

qovery env import

This command allows you to bulk import environment variables from a file or other source into your Qovery application, container, or job.

Parse Environment Variables

Parse environment variables and create .env (dot env) file:

qovery env parse

This command parses environment variables and generates a local .env file for development purposes.

Options

Flag	Description
--organization	Organization name
--project	Project name
--environment	Environment name
--service	Service name
--help	Show help

Examples

Import Variables from File

# Prepare your environment variables in a file
cat > vars.env <<EOF
API_KEY=your-api-key
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb
FEATURE_FLAG=enabled
EOF

# Import to Qovery service
qovery env import

Parse Variables to .env File

# Generate .env file from Qovery environment
qovery env parse

# This creates a .env file with all environment variables
# from your Qovery environment

Development Workflow

# 1. Parse environment variables from Qovery
qovery env parse

# 2. Use .env file locally
cat .env

# 3. Run your application locally with same variables
npm run dev  # or your local dev command

Managing Service-Specific Variables

For managing environment variables of specific services, use the service-specific commands:

# Application environment variables
qovery application env list
qovery application env create --key "API_KEY" --value "secret"

# Database environment variables
qovery database env list

# Container environment variables
qovery container env list

# Cronjob environment variables
qovery cronjob env list

# Lifecycle job environment variables
qovery lifecycle env list

Tips

Use qovery env parse to keep your local development environment in sync with your Qovery configuration.

The import command is useful for migrating from other platforms or bulk-updating environment variables.

Never commit .env files containing secrets to version control. Add .env to your .gitignore file.

Related Commands

• qovery application env - Manage application environment variables
• qovery environment env - Manage environment-level variables
• qovery container env - Manage container environment variables
• qovery cronjob env - Manage cronjob environment variables
• qovery lifecycle env - Manage lifecycle job environment variables