title: Access env variables in node js app when using gitlab ci cd pipeline
body: <p>I am using gitlab ci cd pipe line to deploy my application to ubuntu server. I have different .env file for local and for dev env and its not a part of git repo (included in gitignore) how to get env variables in my app when deployed to ubuntu server</p>
  <p>my gitlab-ci.yml</p>
  <pre><code>stages:
       - deploy
  cache:
    paths:
      - node_modules/
  deploy:
      stage: deploy
      script:
        - npm install
        - sudo pm2 delete lknodeapi || true
        - sudo pm2 start server.js --name lknodeapi
    
  </code></pre>