# How to Upload Environment Variables to GitLab CI/CD

To implement CI/CD Gitlab 🦊provides an easy to use interface that you can set and help your project develop faster. Here I share the process I use to add CI/CD variables to a project in Gitlab.

In Gitlab goto left side bar, Settings, CI/CD

Go to variables section, click add variable

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From right side bar select select `visible` and deselect `protect variable`

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In Key write the name of the file that will store all the variables

In value enter the key and values of your variables (values are written without ")

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Make sure that your yml script adds the env vars file

`.gitlab-ci.yml`

```bash
test:
  stage: test
  image: node:22
  before_script:
    - cat "$ENV_VARS" | tr -d '\r' > .env
```

Now you are ready to integrate the variables to your project and make it evolve. Keep coding dev-san 💻

## More Info

[Gitlab Documentation CI Variables](https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/variables/)