Encrypt secrets in Rust

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

fn main() {
  let hello = std::env::var("HELLO").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string());
  println!("Hello {hello}");
}

dotenvx run -- cargo run