architect / env

Manage an Architect project's environment variables

@architect/env

@architect/env reads and writes environment variables that are made immediately available to all deployed Functions. Use this tool to ensure your team and your application's deployment targets are in sync with sensitive configuration data (such as API keys) that needs to exist outside of your codebase.

Installation

npm install @architect/env

Use of AWS SSM

This modules stores environment variables as AWS SSM Parameters using AWS SSM Parameter Store. Parameters are created such that:

• Each Parameter's Name stores environment variables in the format ${appname}/${environment}/${variableName}.
• Each Parameter's Value stores the environment variable value.
• Each Parameter's Type is set to SecureString.