Rails: How to fix "Missing secret_key_base for 'production' environment"

Question

I simply can't get past the message:

Missing `secret_key_base` for 'production' environment, set this string with `rails credentials:edit` (ArgumentError)

I have Rails 5.2.0, and ran

EDITOR=vim rails credentials:edit

and inside:

production:
   secret_key_base: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Save and, in the terminal:

RAILS_ENV=production rails c

Am I missing something? I've restarted the server and got the same issue, but have no issue in development mode.

Answer 1

Rails v4/5

Keep default the secrets.yml file

# config/secrets.yml
production:
  secret_key_base: <%= ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] %>
  aws_secret: abcde
  some_password: abcdex

development:
  secret_key_base: static_secret_key
  aws_secret: abcde

test:
  secret_key_base: static_test_secret_key


#not_indented: key for all env in once
secret_key_base: global_key_for_all_env

RAILS_ENV=production SECRET_KEY_BASE=production_test_key rails c

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Rails v5.2.0 add to production env below, check this LINK

config.require_master_key = true    #config/environments/production.rb

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Rails v7 https://blog.assistancy.be/blog/how-to-store-credentials-in-rails-7/