Environment Secrets Store

Class: EnvironmentSecretsStoreBlockV1

Source: inference.core.workflows.core_steps.secrets_providers.environment_secrets_store.v1.EnvironmentSecretsStoreBlockV1

The Environment Secrets Store block is a secure and flexible solution for fetching secrets stored as environmental variables. It is designed to enable Workflows to access sensitive information, such as API keys or service credentials, without embedding them directly into the Workflow definitions.

This block simplifies the integration of external services while prioritizing security and adaptability. You can use secrets fetched from environment (which can be set by system administrator to be available in self-hosted inference server) to pass as inputs to other steps.

Credentials security

It is strongly advised to use secrets providers (available when running self-hosted inference server) or workflows parameters to pass credentials. Do not hardcode secrets in Workflows definitions.

Blocks limitations

This block can only run on self-hosted inference server, we Roboflow does not allow exporting env variables from Hosted Platform due to security concerns.

🛠️ Block configuration

Block has configuration parameter variables_storing_secrets that must be filled with list of environmental variables which will be exposed as block outputs. Thanks to that, you can use them as inputs for other blocks. Please note that names of outputs will be lowercased. For example, the following settings:

variables_storing_secrets=["MY_SECRET_A", "MY_SECRET_B"]

will generate the following outputs:

• my_secret_a

• my_secret_b

Type identifier

Use the following identifier in step "type" field: roboflow_core/environment_secrets_store@v1to add the block as as step in your workflow.

Properties

Name	Type	Description	Refs
name	str	Enter a unique identifier for this step..	❌
variables_storing_secrets	List[str]	List with names of environment variables to fetch. Each will create separate block output..	❌

The Refs column marks possibility to parametrise the property with dynamic values available in workflow runtime. See Bindings for more info.

Available Connections

Compatible Blocks

Check what blocks you can connect to Environment Secrets Store in version v1.

• inputs: None
• outputs: Label Visualization, Blur Visualization, Background Color Visualization, Contrast Equalization, Detections Filter, Reference Path Visualization, Stability AI Outpainting, Image Slicer, Pixelate Visualization, Single-Label Classification Model, Clip Comparison, CSV Formatter, Perception Encoder Embedding Model, Seg Preview, Overlap Filter, Image Preprocessing, Rate Limiter, Color Visualization, SIFT Comparison, Email Notification, Cache Set, Dominant Color, Property Definition, Circle Visualization, Object Detection Model, QR Code Detection, Moondream2, VLM as Classifier, Model Monitoring Inference Aggregator, OCR Model, Absolute Static Crop, Path Deviation, LMM, Time in Zone, Morphological Transformation, Gaze Detection, Detections Consensus, Crop Visualization, OpenAI, Florence-2 Model, Barcode Detection, Classification Label Visualization, Byte Tracker, Segment Anything 2 Model, Cosine Similarity, SIFT Comparison, Time in Zone, YOLO-World Model, PTZ Tracking (ONVIF).md), Detection Offset, Icon Visualization, Detections Transformation, Distance Measurement, Data Aggregator, VLM as Detector, Line Counter Visualization, Grid Visualization, Halo Visualization, Size Measurement, Dynamic Zone, Time in Zone, Twilio SMS Notification, Detections Stitch, Llama 3.2 Vision, Image Blur, Slack Notification, Velocity, OpenAI, Byte Tracker, First Non Empty Or Default, Multi-Label Classification Model, Image Slicer, OpenAI, Dynamic Crop, Pixel Color Count, Mask Visualization, Detections Merge, Stitch Images, SIFT, Google Vision OCR, LMM For Classification, Keypoint Visualization, Bounding Box Visualization, SAM 3, Byte Tracker, SAM 3, Qwen2.5-VL, Object Detection Model, Path Deviation, Detections Combine, Anthropic Claude, Image Contours, Polygon Zone Visualization, Ellipse Visualization, Line Counter, Email Notification, Clip Comparison, Expression, Depth Estimation, Roboflow Dataset Upload, SAM 3, VLM as Detector, Multi-Label Classification Model, Image Convert Grayscale, Roboflow Custom Metadata, CogVLM, Buffer, Keypoint Detection Model, Stitch OCR Detections, Bounding Rectangle, Keypoint Detection Model, Line Counter, JSON Parser, Camera Calibration, Polygon Visualization, CLIP Embedding Model, Detections Classes Replacement, Cache Get, Identify Changes, Triangle Visualization, Template Matching, Roboflow Dataset Upload, Anthropic Claude, Model Comparison Visualization, Corner Visualization, Florence-2 Model, Google Gemini, Google Gemini, EasyOCR, Delta Filter, SmolVLM2, Stability AI Image Generation, Identify Outliers, QR Code Generator, Relative Static Crop, Dot Visualization, Dimension Collapse, Continue If, Local File Sink, Instance Segmentation Model, Stability AI Inpainting, Single-Label Classification Model, Camera Focus, Detections Stabilizer, Webhook Sink, Image Threshold, Instance Segmentation Model, Perspective Correction, VLM as Classifier, OpenAI, Trace Visualization

Input and Output Bindings

The available connections depend on its binding kinds. Check what binding kinds Environment Secrets Store in version v1 has.

Bindings

• input

• output

  • * (*): Equivalent of any element.

Example JSON definition of step Environment Secrets Store in version v1

{
    "name": "<your_step_name_here>",
    "type": "roboflow_core/environment_secrets_store@v1",
    "variables_storing_secrets": [
        "MY_API_KEY",
        "OTHER_API_KEY"
    ]
}