Encrypt secrets in Cron

Learn how to inject encrypted env values in cron jobs using dotenvx.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this guide, you'll need to:

1. Install

Get the dotenvx cli.

curl -sfS https://dotenvx.sh | sh

2. Encrypt env file

Encrypt your .env file.

$ terminal

dotenvx encrypt

3. Inject secrets

Then inject your encrypted secrets in cron jobs with dotenvx run.

crontab

# run every day at 8am
0 8 * * * dotenvx run -- /path/to/myscript.sh