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Library/ Deployment & LLMOps/ Module 1 · Deployment Foundations/ 1.3 Config and code

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Environment variables and secrets

15 min applied30 min research2 curated resources

Learn to keep settings and secrets outside code: API keys, database URLs and model names go in environment variables; locally in a .env file (in .gitignore), in production in the platform's secret settings or a secrets manager. Different values per environment: development, staging, production.

Builds on: B08 · Build: Live Currency Converter (APIs, JSON, generators), 1.5 Ways to use an LLM

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