How to Create GitHub Actions Secrets, Variables, and Environments using Terraform

Guillermo Musumeci
8 min readJun 7, 2024

Sometimes, we need to generate variables or credentials with Terraform code that will be consumed by a GitHub Actions pipeline.

In this story, we will learn to use Terraform to create GitHub Secrets, Variables, and Environments in a GitHub repository; in particular, we will learn how to create:

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Guillermo Musumeci

Certified AWS, Azure & GCP Architect | HashiCorp Ambassador | Terraform SME | KopiCloud Founder | ex-AWS | Entrepreneur | Book Author | Husband & Dad of ✌