Runtime Environment Strapi

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how to set a runtime environment for strapi?

i’ve build my docker without an env and run it with runtime env but it doesnt seem to work.

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Hi Fina, what do you mean with “doesnt seems to work”?

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I’m using (Strapi v5) docker for development and production and everything runs perfectly

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Hello Mauro, thanks for your response!

At the moment, I’m using Docker for deployment, and it’s working well. However, my concern is that I need to copy the .env file during the Docker build process (build-time environment).

For my next deployment, I’ll be using Kubernetes, and due to security reasons, I’m not allowed to store the .env file in the system. When I try building the Docker image without including the .env file (using runtime environment) and then run the Docker container with the --env-file .env command, it fails.

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Did you try to run it using inline ENVS?

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that would work. but i need it to be stored on my env

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And where is stored the .env while you’re running the container using --env-file?

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in k8s you would specify the environment variables in the pod config

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Have you encountered this issue before, where the build fails if the environment variables are missing at build time? What should I do in that case if I’m using kube?

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Depends on the missing var but you just specify them (depends on how your running it), if your just running a kube command with no config then you have to manually specify them.

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