title: How to backup/export Gitlab CI environment variables?
body: <p>We have a continuously growing collection of Gitlab CI variables (around 40-50) in our current project. All these variables are used during our CI/CD pipeline and are crucial for our production environment.</p>
  
  <p>I want to generate backups in regular intervals in case someone messes with these variables.</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, I do not see any options to export the variables in <code>Project -&gt; Settings -&gt; CI / CD -&gt; Environment variables</code>. All I can do is viewing / editing / deleting the variables. </p>
  
  <p>Is there maybe a hidden export function for these variables? We are self-hosting our Gitlab instance (GitLab Community Edition 11.8.1).</p>