Using envvault with .NET

Note: Please ensure that you have completed the previous steps

Prerequisites

.NET SDK installed
envvault CLI tool installed
An existing .NET project

Usage

Running Your Application

To run your .NET application with environment variables from envvault:

$ envvault run --env=dev dotnet run

Caching Environment Variables

For better performance, you can cache your environment variables:

$ envvault run --env=dev -c -- dotnet run

Example Implementation

Here is how to set up a basic .NET application with envvault:

// Program.cs
var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Your environment variables are automatically loaded
var port = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PORT") ?? "5000";
var dbUrl = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DB_URL");

var app = builder.Build();

app.MapGet("/", () => "Hello from envvault!");

app.Run($"http://localhost:{port}");

// appsettings.json
{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "$DB_URL"
  },
  "Kestrel": {
    "EndPoints": {
      "Http": {
        "Url": "http://localhost:$PORT"
      }
    }
  }
}