Encrypt secrets in Go

Learn how to encrypt your first .env file using Go 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.

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "os"
)

func main() {
  fmt.Printf("HELLO: %s\n", os.Getenv("HELLO"))
}

dotenvx run -- go run main.go