The New Dev's Guide to Externalizing App Config

Cloud Computing Developer Tools Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes Landing Page
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Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers
Pricing:
- Open Source
In containerized environments like Kubernetes or Amazon ECS, configuration is often injected as environment variables or mounted as files. Your app starts up with fresh values every time—no rebuilds needed.

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Google Cloud Platform Landing Page

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Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud provides flexible infrastructure, end-to-security, modern productivity, and intelligent insights engineered to help your business thrive.

You've just finished building your first production-ready application. Version 0.1.0 is humming along perfectly on your local machine, and you're ready to deploy it to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. But as you prepare for deployment, a critical question emerges: How should you handle your application's configuration across different environments?

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AWS Secrets Manager Landing Page

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AWS Secrets Manager

AWS Secrets Manager to Rotate, Manage, Retrieve Secrets

Cloud platforms provide tools like AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, and Google Cloud Secret Manager for exactly this purpose. These services, which evolved from patterns Mitchell Hashimoto pioneered with Vault in 2015, store and encrypt your configuration.

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Amazon ECS Landing Page
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Amazon ECS

Amazon EC2 Container Service is a highly scalable, high-performance container management service that supports Docker containers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
In containerized environments like Kubernetes or Amazon ECS, configuration is often injected as environment variables or mounted as files. Your app starts up with fresh values every time—no rebuilds needed.

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Amazon AWS Landing Page

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Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services. Free to join, pay only for what you use.

You've just finished building your first production-ready application. Version 0.1.0 is humming along perfectly on your local machine, and you're ready to deploy it to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. But as you prepare for deployment, a critical question emerges: How should you handle your application's configuration across different environments?

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