Tool mostly created to load environment variables in my shell session depending on which which "Stage" I want to work with.
Working mostly in the terminal, I need to have a way to switch to different stages (prod, uat, local, etc.) and have
my environment variables values switch quickly.
For example, I've got some curl commands I frequently run which I usually only modify endpoints (and maybe also credentials) to point to another "stage".
flenv can now serve as the tool to store these variables and help switch easily.
As I'm using [starship] as the prompt for my shell, you may add below custom module to display which 'stage' you're currently working with.
[custom.flenv_cli_load]
command = "echo $FLENV_STAGE_ENVIRONMENT"
when = "test -n \"$FLENV_STAGE_ENVIRONMENT\""
style = "bold yellow"
format = "[<flenv:$output>]($style) "
Example Structure of the file like this one
- Create the stages with
flenv stage --create <stagename> - List stages with
flenv stage --list - Set the current Stage
flenv stage --set <stagename>
- Create config with
flenv config --create <configname>to multiply for each config - List configs available for a given config:
flenv config --list
- Create Variables under stages > configs:
flenv variable --create <variablename> --config <configname>Then Prompt to enter the value for as many stages as you have - Show variable value:
flenv variable --show <variablename> --config <configname>(with optional stage) - Edit variable value:
flenv variable --edit <variablename> --config <configname> --stage <stagename>
Since the file will most likely contain sensitive values, thought it best to have it encrypted.
Key is stored in the OS KeyRing and I'm using gpg to encrypt and decrypt the config file for each read and write.
Note: Planning Later to allow 1Password storing of the key