I’m deploying a Next.js + Postgres/Prism app and it fails because it can’t find the DATABASE_URL. The error during deployment happens when it tries to run npx prisma migrate deploy from the Dockerfile: #12 3.531 error: Environment variable not found: DATABASE_URL. …

[image] 127001: Does anyone know why it isn’t working? The app needs a build-time var, whereas fly secrets are only available at runtime which is after your app is up and running inside a Fly-managed VM (this is why printenv DATABASE_URL works in that ssh session). Try supplying Dockerfile …

Can't find DATABASE_URL during deployment

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127001 October 7, 2022, 10:24pm 3

Thanks, that worked. It it safe for database passwords?

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Can't find DATABASE_URL during deployment

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