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ruby-on-railsenvironment-variablesubuntu-14.04
user411103
user411103

Reputation:

Create environment variables on Linux for secrets.yml

On my secrets.yml file I have the following code:

production:
  secret_key_base: <%= ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] %>

On my Ubuntu 14.04 I have run the following command:

export SECRET_KEY_BASE=adsfadfasdfasdfasdfasasdfasdfa

However, when I start the rails app, I get the following error:

Missing `secret_key_base` for 'production' environment, set this value in `config/secrets.yml`

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1395

Answers (1)

lugolabs
lugolabs

Reputation: 589

You have set the secret_key_base correctly in the secrets.yml file. The issue lies with the Ubuntu command you used, which created an ENV variable only for the bash session that you have started.

To make the setting permanent for interactive or not-interactive bash sessions you need to place the command:

export SECRET_KEY_BASE=adsfadfasdfasdfasdfasasdfasdfa

within a ~/.bashrc file.

Then run:

source ~/.bashrc

to activate the file immediately. If you logout and login again you can check that your setting is still there with the command:

echo $SECRET_KEY_BASE

Upvotes: 2

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