Digital Ocean droplet environment variables

Setting an environment variable for a droplet is a little more complicated than for an app running on the app platform.

Follow these steps to set environment variables on a Linux droplet:

1. SSH into your droplet. If you’re not sure how to do that, see here
2. Once connected, run the following command to set your environment variable:

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export YOUR_VARIABLE_KEY=<your-variable-value>

App platform environment variables

To set environment variables for an app running on Digital Ocean’s app platform, follow these steps:

1. Login to the Digital Ocean portal
2. Open your app
3. Click the “Settings” tab
4. Scroll down until you see “App-Level Environment Variables”
5. Click “Edit” and add the environment variable key and value
6. Click “Save”

Your environment variable will now be available for your app.