ianterrell / local-env

Rails engine to manage ENV variables locally

local-env manages your local ENV

When deploying on Heroku, it's useful to put various sensitive values (like your AWS or Facebook credentials) in the environment's config variables. But what about locally? The local setup options Heroku suggests are terrible.

Manage your config variables in YAML

It's super easy. Just write them out in config/local-env.yml:

AWS_ACCESS_KEY: 2hsjckh2hsjhzjh3hzh
AWS_SECRET_KEY: hkskdjkjsjfiud9uweirjk234jrihfsd

Or, if you like, namespace them by environment:

development:
  FOO: value
  BAR: another value
test:
  FOO: test value
  BAR: another test value

Keep your file out of your repo

Add config/local-env.yml to your .gitignore and it won't be deployed to Heroku or live in your repository for prying eyes. Now your secrets are safe.

Installation

In your Gemfile:

group :test, :development do
  gem 'local-env
end