Reference
Render environment group
One environment group's variables, read by every service linked to it, written per key.
One environment group's variables, read by every service linked to it, written per key.
The connection
| What | This provider |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Render |
| Key | render-env-group |
| Availability | available. You can connect it today. |
| Credential penv holds | render-key |
| Values read back | no |
| Activation | on-next-deploy |
What it moves
| Direction | What it does |
|---|---|
export | Writes names and values from penv into the store. |
Render returns no value once it holds one, so penv can write here and cannot read back.
When a written value goes live
on-next-deploy. A new value waits there and arrives with your next deploy.
What happens to a name that exists
| Direction | Policies you can pick |
|---|---|
export | create_only, overwrite, overwrite_and_prune |
How syncs work says what each one does.
How you connect
You paste a credential you already hold. penv seals it and never shows it again.
| Field | Label | Kind | Required | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
apiKey | API key | secret, masked here and sealed | yes |
What a mapping asks for
Answered once per environment you map.
| Field | Label | Kind | Required | Advanced | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
envGroupId | Environment group | text | yes | no | The environment group whose variables this environment maps onto. Its dashboard URL ends with the id. |
Permissions it needs
penv probes for these when it verifies the connection.
| Permission | Directions | Blocking | Without it |
|---|---|---|---|
services:read | every direction | yes | Preview cannot confirm the key reaches this workspace. |
env-groups:read | every direction | yes | Preview cannot list the group's variable names. |
env-groups:write | export | yes | Export cannot write anything. |