From 74ccfbbddb7acc2850172883402d042f84142baa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Westerman <alex@faceftw.dev>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 16:56:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add ability to read Admin key from env var path

---
 backend/utils/garage.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/utils/garage.go b/backend/utils/garage.go
index bde29ab..6c23fbe 100644
--- a/backend/utils/garage.go
+++ b/backend/utils/garage.go
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ func (g *garage) GetS3Region() string {
 }
 
 func (g *garage) GetAdminKey() string {
+	keyPath := os.Getenv("API_ADMIN_KEY_FILE")
+	if len(keyPath) > 0 {
+		key, err := os.ReadFile(keyPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return key
+	}
+	
 	key := os.Getenv("API_ADMIN_KEY")
 	if len(key) > 0 {
 		return key