Organization Level Variables and Secrets

Organization Level Variables and Secrets

Github Actions accommodate Variables and Secrets in your workflows. Variables and secrets can be set at the Organization, Repository, and Environment levels. When creating organizational level variables and secrets, the following conventions should be followed:

• Names are all upper case
• Underlines separate words
• The following format should be used:
  • <BU>_[<TEAM>]_<NAME>
    • Business Unit Abbreviation
    • Optional Team Name
    • The variable or secret name
  • The business unit VUENT can be used to indicate Vanderbilt University Enterprise.
  • See business unit abbreviations here.

Examples

Variable / Secret	Business Unit	Team	Name
VUIT_DOCKER_REG	VUIT	None	DOCKER_REG
VUIT_ADI_AWS_DEFAULT_REGION	VUIT	ADI	AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
VUIT_ADI_ADMSOL_ECS_CLUSTER_PREFIX	VUIT	ADI_ADMSOL	ECS_CLUSTER_PREFIX