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I'm using Debian Jessie. I want to set some environment variables that will persist across reboots and work in non-shell environments.
I've set the following in /etc/environment:
SECRET_KEY=xxx
But then if I do the following, it produces nothing:
printenv SECRET_KEY
How do I set this environment variable and activate it?
After modifying the /etc/environment file you need to close the shell you are working with and log back in a new shell so that the file is read and applied by the PAM stack.
