Question

I would like to try an keep my development machine as close as the production server (heroku in this case).

Heroku lets you define config vars ie.

config:add key=val

This is now pretty secure as secret key values are not stored in my code.

Do you know how and where can I create such environment variables per app on my local mac machine.

I have googled this and as of yet not found a good solution. Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks Zabba, But I have actually found a great way for me.

I am using POW to run my local apps and reading the docs I have found out that you can set Environment Vars by adding a .powenv file in the root of my app ie.

export API_KEY='abcdef123456'

You can then use in your app like normal ie.

api_key = ENV['API_KEY']

Pretty kool stuff.