API Keys/Proxy server and security

Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by conductive, Jun 21, 2026 at 3:55 AM.

  1. conductive

    conductive Member HowtoForge Supporter

    I was attempting to configure a few apps with APIs. Unfortunately securely passing key with something like a .env variable is problematic from a security standpoint. It seems to me that perhaps using a proxy server to pass the keys might be a better idea. I am currently running a Debian NGINX ISPconfig server and was wondering what is the best way to handle API keys and how to do it. NGINX proxy? php proxy? and will this work on a basic ISPconfig site?

    Thanks for you input
     

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