Locally encrypt files to be used in environment.vars

[WernerRaathAtPolymorph]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

1. Within an existing flutter project, I create a codemagic.yaml file:

workflows:
  default-workflow:
    name: Default Workflow
    max_build_duration: 60
    environment:
      vars:
        MY_VAR: SomeVar
        ENCRYPTED_VAR: Encrypted(c29tZSMjUmVhbGx5MDBDb21wbGljYXRlZD09U3RyaW5nXwo=)
      flutter: default
      xcode: latest
      cocoapods: default
    triggering:
      events:
        - push
      branch_patterns:
        - pattern: qa
          include: true
          source: true
    scripts:
      - echo "$MY_VAR"
      - echo $ENCRYPTED_VAR | base64 --decode

2. I push to qa and see a build has started, but it hangs forever

ENCRYPTED_VAR was created by doing a base64 encoding of some##Really00Complicated==String_ and wrapping it within Encrypted(...).

echo some##Really00Complicated==String_ | base64

Expected results

I expect:

• The pipeline to start
• To print the unencrypted variable
• To print the decrypted value of the encrypted variable

Actual results

My pipeline just hangs on Preparing build machine and times out after +- 10min, where the step logs only show:

0

Build id (optional)

64df5d26a1615fab2fd74ec7

[mikhail-tokarev]

base64 is not a valid encryption format (it's not even an encryption, but just encoded string using printable characters).

Check next page how to add secrets to your workflow https://docs.codemagic.io/yaml-basic-configuration/configuring-environment-variables/

Please also note that Encrypted(...) syntax was deprecated long time ago.

[WernerRaathAtPolymorph]

Ah okay! I inherited a codemagic.yml from someone and am trying to make sense of why it's suddenly started failing

[himesh-cm]

Hi @WernerRaathAtPolymorph,
While I’m closing our discussion for now, if you have any other questions or suggestions, feel free to reply back or start a new discussion anytime. Have a nice day!