thanks, next/env is a package?

yeap

thank you, appreciate it! Havec you successfully done that?

check the docs https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/configuring/environment-variables

alternative methods are available

i didn't encounter the same problem but hope this will solve urs

Thank you, I will test it out, do you have to copy env file into docker image btw?

can u please tell me more specifically whats the problem is

why u need to copy it into docker image

for what ur using the docker

This is the first time I am trying to work with Dock and Next JS, everything works fine, except I don't know how to setup and config env file when building the image

I'm trying to self host

ohh u have to put the environment in the next configuration file and from there u can access it like this process.env.name

like u don't need to make a .env file for that

like this 'module.exports = {
env: {
customKey: 'my-value',
},
}'

hope u get it

oh, I see, to put all the env variables in the Next config ? so at the end of the day all the variables still live in the Docker image built right?

Yes, that's right. If you put environment variables in the Next.js config or .env files, and then build the Docker image, those variables will be part of the image. However, you can also pass them in at runtime when the container starts, which keeps them out of the image itself.

However, you can also pass them in at runtime when the container starts

can you please explain how?

passing the env variables explicitly as arguments to rhe docker

command

docker run -e NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=https://api.example.com -e SECRET_KEY=mysecretkey -p 3000:3000 my-next-app

you mean pass them in the Dockerfile directly?

not to dockerfile but to pass them to the docker when it starts

like in the above command

for what u are using the docker

??

Got you, why am I using Docker? Just trying to self host on AWS

so 2 ways to start the docker container either access them from the .env or access them directly at docker run time

Got it, thanks man

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