Configuration and secrets a unit can read
Where a database URL and an API key belong, why Environment= publishes them to every account on the machine, and what systemd credentials do instead.
16 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 2 Aug 2026
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What this lesson builds
- Keeping secrets out of the places that publish them
- Granting exactly the access a person or process needs