monkeysConcepts
What each concept means.
| concept | what it means |
|---|---|
| Key | A key is the name of an environment variable, the KEY of KEY=secret. |
| Secret | A secret is what a key holds: the API key, token or password itself. |
| Value | A value is the other thing a key can hold: a setting that is safe to commit. |
| Vault | The vault is the operating system's own secret store. |
| Profile | A profile is a named set of secrets. |
| Namespace | A namespace is the part of a profile's name that belongs to the project. |
| .monkeys | A .monkeys file is a project's list of the environment variables it needs, kept next to the code and committed with it. |
| *.monsecrets | A .monsecrets file is one or more profiles, their keys and their secrets, encrypted together so they can be handed to someone. |