how to change .env file during build in app router
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Northeast Congo Lion posted this in #help-forum
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i have three env fiel .env.qa .env.staging and .env.production i a deploying on ec2 and i want to use the .env.qa for a build and .env.staging for staging env how to do it
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I believe that the env loading behaviour of next is tightly coupled to the value of
In general I advocate for not relying on
I actually just released a new open-source tool that helps with env vars in Next.js that may help. You can set values based on each other in functions, and easily set up a switch based on another value to do whatever you want. You can also sync secrets with various backends and it does a bunch of other security related stuff.
Quick overview of what it can do here - https://dmno.dev/blog/dmno-nextjs-launch/
Would love to hear what you think! Also happy to help you get set up 🙂
NODE_ENV So you could try setting NODE_ENV to qa and see if that env file gets loaded, but I'm not sure if it supports non-standard values.In general I advocate for not relying on
NODE_ENV and using your own flag (ex: APP_ENV) where you can set it up however you want, although this will not play nice with the built-in env loading behaviour or next.I actually just released a new open-source tool that helps with env vars in Next.js that may help. You can set values based on each other in functions, and easily set up a switch based on another value to do whatever you want. You can also sync secrets with various backends and it does a bunch of other security related stuff.
Quick overview of what it can do here - https://dmno.dev/blog/dmno-nextjs-launch/
Would love to hear what you think! Also happy to help you get set up 🙂