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+---
+authors:
+- copdips
+categories:
+- python
+comments: true
+date:
+  created: 2024-09-11
+---
+
+# Generating .env file
+
+During local testing, we often need to set environment variables. One way to do this is to create a `.env` file in the root directory of the project.
+This file contains key-value pairs of environment variables. For example, a `.env` file might look like this:
+
+```plaintext
+ENV=dev
+SECRET=xxx
+```
+
+Hereunder a quick bash script to generate a `.env` file from a list of Azure KeyVault secrets, same logic can be applied to other secret managers.
+
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+KEY_VAULT_NAME="azure_keyvault_name"
+
+secrets=(
+  "secret_name_1"
+  "secret_name_2"
+  "secret_name_3"
+)
+
+az login
+
+# try to get the first secret to check if the user is authenticated before overwriting the .env file
+first_serect=$(az keyvault secret show --vault-name "$KEY_VAULT_NAME" --name "${secrets[0]}")
+
+> .env
+if ! grep -q "^\.env$" .gitignore; then
+  echo ".env" >> .gitignore
+  echo ".env added to .gitignore"
+fi
+
+for secret in "${secrets[@]}"; do
+  value=$(az keyvault secret show --vault-name "$KEY_VAULT_NAME" --name "$secret" | jq .value -r)
+  secret_upper=$(echo "$secret" | tr '[:lower:]-' '[:upper:]_')
+  echo "${secret_upper}=${value}" >> .env
+done
+```
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
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@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ plugins:
         - certificate
         - cicd
         - container
+        - database
         - databricks
         - datetime
         - debug
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ plugins:
         - network
         - package
         - pandas
+        - performance
         - pip
         - powershell
         - proxy