Using envvault with Ruby/Rails

Note: Please ensure that you have completed the previous steps

Prerequisites

Ruby installed on your system
envvault CLI tool installed
An existing Ruby on Rails project

Usage

Running Your Application

To run your Rails application with environment variables from envvault:

$ envvault run --env=dev rails server

Caching Environment Variables

For better performance, you can cache your environment variables:

$ envvault run --env=dev -c -- rails server

Example Implementation

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

# config/application.rb
module YourApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # Your environment variables are automatically loaded
    config.port = ENV['PORT'] || 3000
    config.database_url = ENV['DB_URL']
  end
end

# app/controllers/home_controller.rb
class HomeController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render plain: 'Hello from envvault!'
  end
end