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

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"
    ]
}