Rails: can Zeus read the .env file?

Question

I'm using Zeus to pre-load my Rails environment as a replacement for developing with Foreman. But Zeus isn't picking up values from my .env file.

Is it possible for Zeus to do this?

Answer 1

You can use the dotenv gem :

https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv

In your Gemfile

gem 'dotenv', groups: [:development, :test]

bundle install and restart Zeus.

Your .env variables will now be loaded in development environment which Zeus preloads.