GitHub Actions is a powerful tool that allows you to automate your workflow. One of the great things about Actions is that you can set environment variables for use in your workflows. In this article, we’ll show you how to set environment variables in GitHub Actions and use them in your workflow.
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Things You Should Know GitHub Actions and Environment Variables
- You want to automate your workflow.
- You need to follow the steps carefully to be able to automate your GitHub actions and environment variables.
Setting Environment Variables
You can set environment variables in GitHub Actions:
- From the Settings tab of your repository.
- To access the Settings tab, click on the gear icon in the top right corner of your repository page.
- Then, click on “Secrets” in the left sidebar.
- On the Secrets page, you will see a list of all the secrets for your repository.
- To add a new secret, click on the “Add a new secret” button.
Note: This will open a dialog where you can enter the name and value of your secret. The name of your secret should be descriptive so that you know what it is for when you see it in your workflow file. The value of your secret can be anything that you want to use in your workflow. For example, if you are setting an environment variable for a password, the value would be the password itself.
- Once you have entered the name and value for your secret, click on the “Add Secret” button to save it. On the Secrets page, you will see a list of all the secrets for your repository.
- Your secret will now be available to use in your workflows.
Using Environment Variables in Workflows
1. You can access secrets from within your workflows using the syntax below:
${{ secrets.<secret_name> }}
2. For example, if you have a secret named ‘password,’ you would access it in your workflow using the syntax below:
${{ secrets.password }}
3. Secrets are automatically masked when they are logged, so you don’t need to worry about them being exposed in the log output.
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GitHub Actions is a powerful tool that allows you to automate your workflow. One of its great features is the ability to set environment variables for use in your workflows. In this blog post, that’s how to set environment variables in GitHub Actions and use them in your workflow.
