Reference
Val Town variable groups
One variable group's values, read by every val attached to it, written and pruned per key.
One variable group's values, read by every val attached to it, written and pruned per key.
The connection
| What | This provider |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Val Town |
| Key | valtown-env-group |
| Availability | available. You can connect it today. |
| Credential penv holds | valtown-token |
| 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. |
Val Town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
token | API token | secret, masked here and sealed | yes | An API token with read and write access to your variable groups. |
What a mapping asks for
Answered once per environment you map.
| Field | Label | Kind | Required | Advanced | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
groupId | Variable group | text | yes | no | The variable group whose values this environment maps onto. |
Permissions it needs
penv probes for these when it verifies the connection.
| Permission | Directions | Blocking | Without it |
|---|---|---|---|
vals:read | every direction | yes | Preview cannot list the group's variable names. |
vals:write | export | yes | Export cannot write anything. |