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Is it okay to put my secret API keys in an environment variable file on my server or is there a better tool I should be using for security?

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Is it okay to put my secret API keys in an environment variable file on my server or is there a better tool I should be using for security?
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official documentation AWS Secrets Manager Azure Key Vault Google Cloud Secret Manager HashiCorp Vault Doppler 1Password Secrets Automation environment variables production secrets Google ↗
  1. Doppler · doppler.com
  2. HashiCorp Vault · vaultproject.io
  3. AWS Secrets Manager · aws.amazon.com
  4. Infisical · infisical.com
  5. Safe storage of app secrets in development · learn.microsoft.com
  6. What is AWS Secrets Manager? · docs.aws.amazon.com
  7. Secrets Management · owasp.github.io

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