How to use env vars in a Monorepo
It seems that I can't hand down my env variables via Turborepo if I try to do that I get into the "select project" menu
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For example I do need them to hand down in my Vercel Deployment but since vercel can't hand them down themselves I would love to see that Convex supports Turborepo Envs
https://github.com/The-Creative-Programming-Group/Weather-App/actions/runs/7748221030/job/21130424349
Example GH Action where the env cannot be handed trough
I think this setup is missing a deploy key thus you're being asked to auth with a browser. See the step 4 in vercel setup here: https://docs.convex.dev/production/hosting/vercel
@Michal Srb who wrote many of these docs.
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Also we are working on setting environment variables from the CLI so that should become scriptable in the not too distant future.
I’ll be publishing a template with nextjs and turborepo in the next day or so which passes env vars during local development via dotenv loaded in the next config, if that helps
I think that would be so helpful. Thank you ♥️
@FleetAdmiralJakob 🗕 🗗 🗙 I've published a template for monorepos. Honestly I found that none of the env vars were really shared, since next needs the NEXT_PUBLIC prefix, Expo needs EXPO_PUBLIC, and convex backend env vars are stored in the dashboard. The template is now live: https://www.convex.dev/templates/monorepo
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Could you add the correct .env.example files so it is obvious where and which envs should be added? But thank you very much for it. I think it is very useful and helps the whole Convex ecosystem.
there's .example.env in each of the apps/ directories already @FleetAdmiralJakob 🗕 🗗 🗙 - what would you want to be different?
running npx convex commands in packages/db will set the right values too
My problem basically is that I can only set enviroment variables in the top dir in CI and need to run all the convex scripts in CI. @ian
If you understand what I mean 😂 Maybe I'm just a little bit confused
gotcha. why can CI only set env there?
one thing that could work is adding symlinks to the same shared .env in the root
I set envs in GH Actions and I guess that's a limitation
are you setting environment variables via .env file or just set in the execution environment?
I'm setting them in CI via this: (Sorry for the mobile view)
yeah that doesn't write to .env but sets them globally so I imagine they'd all work as-is
process.env.BLAH reads things like
Environment variables can now be set via the CLI: https://news.convex.dev/announcing-convex-1-10/
Convex News
Announcing Convex 1.10
Convex keeps getting better. This time we’re focused on helping you debug your apps and we’re also gearing up for the open-source release of the Convex backend.
Highlights:
* Request IDs let you find related logs
* Improved error messages and new warnings
* New CLI commands: convex export, convex env,