Encrypt secrets in .NET

Learn how to encrypt your first .env file using .NET and dotenvx.

Prerequisites

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

• Install dotenvx
• Create your account (optional)

1. Install

Get the dotenvx cli.

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

2. Encrypt env file

Encrypt your .env file.

dotenvx encrypt

3. Inject secrets

Then inject your encrypted secrets at runtime with dotenvx run.

var hello = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HELLO");
Console.WriteLine($"Hello {hello}");

dotenvx run -- dotnet run