Envproduction

Envproduction is a term used in software engineering to describe the configuration and processes that govern running software in a production environment. It may refer to the production environment itself or to the practices used to configure and maintain production systems.

The concept encompasses environment-specific settings such as environment variables, connection strings, API endpoints, feature flags, logging and monitoring configuration, and secrets management. It also covers deployment pipelines, release strategies, and runtime infrastructure that differ between environments.

Best practices include centralized configuration and secrets management, infrastructure as code, and maintaining parity between staging and production to reduce drift. Configurations are typically versioned, stored securely, and applied via automated deployment processes. Monitoring, alerting, and audit trails are integral to envproduction to detect misconfigurations and ensure operability.

Security and compliance play a central role. Access to production configurations is restricted through least-privilege policies and multi-factor authentication. Secrets are encrypted at rest and in transit, rotated regularly, and not stored in code repositories.

The term is often used synonymously with production configuration management or production readiness discussions. It is related to concepts such as environment variables, configuration as code, secret management, and CI/CD pipelines.