Backend Deployment Configuration

When to use this skill

• Environment setup
• Configuration management
• Deployment
• Security

Workflow

• ] Use .env for config
• ] Never commit .env
• ] Separate dev/staging/prod
• ] Validate required vars
• ] Document configuration

Instructions

.env File

bash
# .env
CI_ENVIRONMENT = production

database.default.hostname = localhost
database.default.database = myapp
database.default.username = dbuser
database.default.password = secret
database.default.DBDriver = MySQLi

JWT_SECRET = your-secret-key
API_KEY = external-api-key

Usage

php
<?php

$dbHost = env('database.default.hostname');
$jwtSecret = env('JWT_SECRET');

Required Vars Check

php
<?php

$required = ['JWT_SECRET', 'database.default.password'];
foreach ($required as $key) {
    if (!env($key)) {
        throw new \RuntimeException("Missing env var: {$key}");
    }
}

Resources

• Use .env for all config
• Different .env per environment
• Never commit secrets