Deliver your first secret

Create a project, add your secrets, and choose how to deliver them to your application or infrastructure.

This quickstart walks you through the steps shared by every Infisical secrets delivery workflow. You’ll create a project, add a secret, and then continue with instructions for your application or infrastructure.

Prerequisites

• An Infisical account on Infisical Cloud or a self-hosted instance

Step 1: Configure in Infisical

Create a project

In Infisical, a project holds all secrets for one application or service. To create a project:

1. Log in to Infisical.

2. Select Secrets Management > + Add New Project.

3. In the Project Name field, enter a name for the project (e.g., orders-service).

4. Select Create Project.

This opens your new project in the Development environment:

Within a project, secrets are organized across environments. Every new project starts with three environments: Development, Staging, and Production.

Add your secrets

You have two options for adding secrets to your project:

Create secrets manually

To create a new secret from scratch:

1. Select + Add a New Secret.

2. In the Key and Value fields, enter a key-value pair. For example:

   
3. Select Create Secret.

4. Repeat these steps for each key-value pair you want to add.

Import secrets from an existing file

To import secrets from an existing file:

1. Drag and drop the file containing your secrets (or enter the file’s contents manually by selecting Paste Secrets).

2. Review the discovered secrets. For example:

   
3. Select Upload Secrets.

Step 2: Connect to your stack

Select your application stack or runtime environment. Each guide covers the authentication and delivery method appropriate for that destination.

Local Development

Inject secrets into a local process with the Infisical CLI.

Docker

Deliver secrets to a container when it starts.

Kubernetes

Deliver secrets to workloads with the Kubernetes Operator.

Node.js

Fetch secrets from a Node.js application with the SDK.

Python

Fetch secrets from a Python application with the SDK.

Next.js + Vercel

Use secrets during local development and on Vercel.

Browse All Delivery Options

Search frameworks, platforms, CI/CD tools, and secret sync destinations.

Next steps

Core Concepts

Understand how projects, environments, folders, and secrets fit together.

Secrets Delivery

Deliver secrets to production with SDKs, agents, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.

Access Control

Scope who can access which environments and paths.