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: Image Contours, Line Counter, Stability AI Inpainting, Corner Visualization, CSV Formatter, Google Gemini, Model Monitoring Inference Aggregator, Florence-2 Model, Expression, YOLO-World Model, SIFT Comparison, Property Definition, JSON Parser, PTZ Tracking (ONVIF).md), Image Convert Grayscale, Byte Tracker, Pixelate Visualization, Dominant Color, Model Comparison Visualization, Detections Stitch, Trace Visualization, Path Deviation, Velocity, Twilio SMS Notification, Bounding Rectangle, Label Visualization, Classification Label Visualization, Blur Visualization, Moondream2, Template Matching, Bounding Box Visualization, Anthropic Claude, Pixel Color Count, Detection Offset, Polygon Zone Visualization, VLM as Classifier, Gaze Detection, Image Slicer, Image Slicer, Cache Get, Crop Visualization, Perspective Correction, Dot Visualization, QR Code Detection, Mask Visualization, Local File Sink, Absolute Static Crop, Image Blur, OpenAI, Path Deviation, Detections Merge, Distance Measurement, Triangle Visualization, Background Color Visualization, SIFT Comparison, CLIP Embedding Model, Florence-2 Model, Camera Calibration, Image Threshold, Single-Label Classification Model, Buffer, OpenAI, Rate Limiter, CogVLM, Keypoint Detection Model, SIFT, Grid Visualization, Stitch Images, Identify Outliers, Stability AI Outpainting, Size Measurement, Polygon Visualization, Barcode Detection, Byte Tracker, Delta Filter, LMM For Classification, Detections Consensus, Time in Zone, Line Counter Visualization, Reference Path Visualization, Keypoint Detection Model, Continue If, Circle Visualization, Llama 3.2 Vision, OCR Model, Relative Static Crop, Dimension Collapse, Roboflow Dataset Upload, Dynamic Zone, Detections Classes Replacement, Multi-Label Classification Model, Object Detection Model, LMM, Roboflow Dataset Upload, Depth Estimation, Perception Encoder Embedding Model, OpenAI, Color Visualization, Ellipse Visualization, Instance Segmentation Model, Detections Transformation, Object Detection Model, Roboflow Custom Metadata, VLM as Detector, Halo Visualization, Cache Set, Detections Stabilizer, Keypoint Visualization, SmolVLM2, Stitch OCR Detections, Line Counter, Clip Comparison, Cosine Similarity, VLM as Classifier, Qwen2.5-VL, Clip Comparison, Byte Tracker, Identify Changes, Instance Segmentation Model, Data Aggregator, Overlap Filter, Segment Anything 2 Model, Google Vision OCR, Image Preprocessing, Slack Notification, VLM as Detector, Stability AI Image Generation, First Non Empty Or Default, Camera Focus, Multi-Label Classification Model, Webhook Sink, Dynamic Crop, Time in Zone, Email Notification, Single-Label Classification Model, Detections Filter

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"
    ]
}