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docs: add way to pass .env variables to nuxt app in production #5879

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Expand Up @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Nuxt CLI has built-in [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) support.

In addition to any process environment variables, if you have a `.env` file in your project root directory, it will be automatically loaded into `process.env` and accessible within your `nuxt.config` file and modules.

However, **after your project is built**, you are responsible for setting environment variables when you run the server - your `.env` file will not be read at this point.
However, **after your project is built**, you are responsible for setting environment variables when you run the server - your `.env` file will not be read at this point. For example, you could pass the environment variables as arguments using the terminal `DATABASE_HOST=mydatabaseconnectionstring node .output/server/index.mjs`.
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Runtime config values are automatically replaced by matching environment variables at runtime. For this to work, you _must_ have a fallback value (which can just be an empty string) defined in your `nuxt.config`.
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