Skip to content

Add warning for DATABASE_ environment variables #2809

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
merged 1 commit into from
Nov 14, 2025
Merged

Add warning for DATABASE_ environment variables #2809

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions docusaurus/docs/cloud/advanced/database.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ While it's possible to use an external database with Strapi Cloud, you should do
- Strapi can't provide security or support with external databases used with Strapi Cloud.
:::

:::warning
Any environment variable added to your project that starts with `DATABASE_` will cause Strapi Cloud to assume that you will be using an external database and all Strapi Cloud specific database variables will not be injected!
:::


## Configuration

Expand Down