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[GH-ISSUE #279] Allow loading secrets from a .env file #193

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opened 2026-03-01 21:41:05 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

kerem commented

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Originally created by @patoroco on GitHub (Jun 14, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/279

Hi,

currently act supports passing the secrets using the shell in two ways:

act -s SECRET=value

or

act -s SECRET

In the second option, if the SECRET environment variable exists, it will take that value, if not, it will prompt the user each time.

It would be really nice load these values directly from a .env file, what do you suggest?

Originally created by @patoroco on GitHub (Jun 14, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/279 Hi, currently `act` supports passing the secrets using the shell in two ways: ```bash act -s SECRET=value or act -s SECRET ``` In the second option, if the `SECRET` environment variable exists, it will take that value, if not, it will prompt the user each time. It would be really nice load these values directly from a `.env` file, what do you suggest?

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@MAHDTech commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2020):

You can try this, works for both secrets and standard environment variables.

Create a file to store the environment variable secrets

vim ~/.config/act.vault

# Example secret
MY_SECRET=12345

Then run act and load the files with the variables

act \
    --env-file "${HOME}/.config/act.env" \
    --secret-file "${HOME}/.config/act.vault"

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@MAHDTech commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2020): You can try this, works for both secrets and standard environment variables. * Create a file to store the environment variable secrets ```bash vim ~/.config/act.vault # Example secret MY_SECRET=12345 ``` * Then run act and load the files with the variables ```bash act \ --env-file "${HOME}/.config/act.env" \ --secret-file "${HOME}/.config/act.vault" ``` 👍

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@cplee commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2020):

thanks @MAHDTech!

@patoroco - can we close this?

@cplee commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2020): thanks @MAHDTech! @patoroco - can we close this?

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:41:07 +03:00

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@patoroco commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2020):

Oh, actually the @MAHDTech's explanation is not a workaround, it's just what I was looking for! Thanks @MAHDTech!

BTW, the only reference that I've found related to that is this file: github.com/nektos/act@2f395475b0/pkg/runner/testdata/secrets/.actrc (L2)

Maybe we could add a small mention to it in the README, what do you think?

@patoroco commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2020): Oh, actually the @MAHDTech's explanation is not a workaround, it's just what I was looking for! Thanks @MAHDTech! BTW, the only reference that I've found related to that is this file: https://github.com/nektos/act/blob/2f395475b0ac4f5c0fb3d7c8b97a23d9214ea77b/pkg/runner/testdata/secrets/.actrc#L2 Maybe we could add a small mention to it in the README, what do you think?

kerem commented

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@patoroco commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2020):

thanks @MAHDTech!

@patoroco - can we close this?

Done! Thanks

@patoroco commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2020): > thanks @MAHDTech! > > > > @patoroco - can we close this? Done! Thanks

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