How to securely store passwords as environment variables using GitHub Actions ('Actions Secrets')

In this video, we'll learn how to securely store passwords, API keys, and other confidential information on GitHub as environment variables. Then, we'll learn how to use GitHub Actions to access these environment variables in R scripts or Quarto documents.

This video is video #2 of a six-video series (there's only six, not seven, oops - I misspoke in the video intro) aimed at making complex dashboard projects accessible and reproducible.

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00:00 Introduction
04:43 Using environment variables in GitHub Actions

[SisengAI]

simple straightforward and smooth.

Off to the next video

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[flonga]

This is so amazing, love your content!

[maniramraj]

great effort.... Thanks for the content