8.5 Global Secrets & Variables

Orbnetes deployment and release orchestration documentation for operators and platform teams.

Global Secrets/Variables are shared configuration entries available as fallback across projects.

Use Global entries for:

  • organization-wide defaults,
  • shared integration endpoints,
  • common non-sensitive runtime constants,
  • shared secrets only when centrally governed and truly common.

Important caution:

  • Global scope increases blast radius if misused.
  • Prefer project/environment scope whenever ownership is project-specific.

Good use cases:

  • corporate proxy settings,
  • organization-wide API base URLs,
  • shared but controlled integration credentials.