Table of contents
- Introduction
- How to create and view environment variables in Alumio
- Video guide
Introduction
When using Alumio to create a new configuration, convert data or make a new integration, you always work with sensitive data throughout the functionality. Therefore, environment variables are used to encrypt sensitive content to prevent anyone from viewing, copying and using passwords or private keys in your environment.
Navigate System → Environment Variables to follow the topic.
How to create and view environment variables in Alumio
When arriving on the Environment variables page, you see an overview of all variables that have been created in your environment:
- Name - displays a variable name to use in Alumio in different configurations.
- Value - indicates sensitive content that may contain private keys, passwords and so on.
- Encrypted - highlights two senses: true or false which means:
- True - value will be encrypted with asterisks. When creating a new encrypted value, you can see the details once. However, once it’s created, it can’t be visible to users for copying purposes.
- False - value doesn’t contain any sensitive information, therefore, it’s visible on the page and throughout configurations when the name of the variable is selected.
To create a new environment variable, use the following steps:
Step 1: Click on the “Create +” button.
Step 2: Input mandatory fields such as Name and Value. If you want to hide the value, activate the Encrypted checkbox.
Step 3: Click on the “Save” button.
Once a new variable is created, you can use it in your configurations for URI, request parameters etc. When ${} is applied in the fields, you are able to view all environment variables so you can select a corresponding one.
Video guide
