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

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"
    ]
}