Self-Hosting
Environment Variables
Understand the difference between runtime secrets, deployment profile configuration, and generated local env files.
The platform separates runtime secrets from non-secret profile configuration.
At a practical level:
- secrets and credentials live in environment-backed configuration
- endpoint and topology defaults are selected by profile
- local development can generate app-specific runtime files from a central source
This keeps local, CI, and production setup closer to the same operational model while still allowing environment-specific values.