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Envlet on Railway

One variable in the Railway service, then envlet run in the start command.

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Set the token
railway variables --set ENVLET_TOKEN=envlet_...
Start command
npx -y @envlet/cli run -- npm start

Set up

  1. 01

    Create a token

    Create an identity for Railway and a token for the environment it deploys.

  2. 02

    Set one secret

    Add ENVLET_TOKEN in the service's Variables tab or with the Railway CLI, one token per Railway environment.

  3. 03

    Start through Envlet

    Set the service start command to envlet run followed by your usual command.

Questions

Will my app start if Envlet is down?
No, and that is the point. It retries for a few seconds, then fails so you notice, instead of starting with half an environment.
Do I still need Railway's own secret store?
Only for ENVLET_TOKEN. Everything else lives in Envlet, so you rotate in one place.

Also for

Stop pasting .env files.

One command. The right values for whoever runs it.

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