Github Actions How to Use Environment Variables

Quick summary

GitHub Actions environment variables let you securely manage configuration data and secrets across your CI/CD workflows. By scoping variables to specific environments, teams can control deployments to branches and tags with fine-grained access.

Steps

1. Navigate to your desired repository and click the Settings button.
2. Select Environments from the repository settings sidebar.
3. Click New environment to create a new deployment environment.
4. Name your environment and click Configure environment to proceed.
5. Add deployment rules by scoping the environment to specific branches and tags.
6. Click Add environment secret to store a sensitive secret scoped to this environment.
7. Click Add environment variables to define configuration variables used to manage data within your workflows.