Managing Secrets and Environment Variables
Safely use GitHub Actions secrets, variables, and environments to keep credentials out of your code and control deployments.
Why Secrets Need Care
Pipelines need tokens and passwords to reach registries and cloud targets. Hardcoding them leaks them to anyone with repo access — that’s what secrets prevent.
Where Secrets Live
You add secrets in repository, organization, or environment settings. They’re encrypted at rest and exposed to workflows only as masked values.
All lessons in this course
- What is CI/CD and DevOps?
- GitHub Actions Core Concepts
- Your First GitHub Workflow
- Managing Secrets and Environment Variables