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title: "API keys"
description: "How to authenticate with Trigger.dev so you can trigger tasks."
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### Authentication and your secret keys

When you [trigger a task](/v3/triggering) from your backend code, you need to set the `TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY` environment variable.

Each environment has its own secret key. You can find the value on the API keys page in the Trigger.dev dashboard:

![How to find your secret key](/images/v3/api-keys.png)