How do I setup the dotenv file in Node.js?

Question

I am trying to use the dotenv NPM package and it is not working for me. I have a file config/config.js with the following content:

Answer 1

Had the same problem. I used dotenv-webpack and need to define

plugins: [
  new Dotenv()
]

in both webpack production and webpack base files (I use webpack merge). If was not defined in both files then it did not work.