Pull Datasource details from environment variables

Feedback and Requests
1

I would love to be able to pull datasource URL and credentials from environment variables.

We host our app and metabase on Heroku. This would allow Herokus "attach" feature to attach a database or database user to an app (metabase), and automatically update the credentials and/or hostname any time they are updated.

I'd like to just be able to check a box that says "use environment variable" and then type in some environment variable name instead of the actual username or password or DB host.

2

Kind of what docker does with files and secrets?

3

Yeah, I suppose it's a little like that :slight_smile:
The point here isn't necessarily to hide the secrets or anything though - just to be able to define them using environment variables, because that's a more convenient way to provide them (in some cases), rather than having to enter them into the UI or use an API call to update them.