How to securely store passwords as environment variables using GitHub Actions ("Actions Secrets")
In this video, we'll learn how to securely store passwords, API keys, and other confidential information on GitHub as environment variables. Then, we'll learn how to use GitHub Actions to access these environment variables in R scripts or Quarto documents.
This video is video #2 of a six-video series (there's only six, not seven, oops - I misspoke in the video intro) aimed at making complex dashboard projects accessible and reproducible.
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Video 2 (How to securely store passwords as environment variables using GitHub Actions): • How to securely store passwords as environ...
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Video 4 (Embedding media in Quarto projects using iframes): • How to embed media in Quarto projects usin...
Video 5 (Creating interactive Quarto dashboards with Observable JS, GitHub Actions, and GitHub Pages): • Creating Interactive Quarto Dashboards wit...
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Links:
Completed dashboard: https://melissavanbussel.github.io/sp...
Code repo for dashboard: https://github.com/melissavanbussel/s...
publish.yml template: https://quarto.org/docs/publishing/gi...
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00:00 Introduction
02:25 How .Renviron files and Sys.getenv work
04:43 Using environment variables in GitHub Actions