Documentation for datasette serve environment variables

Refs #2422, #2424
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+.. _cli_datasette_serve_env:
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+Environment variables
+---------------------
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+Some of the ``datasette serve`` options can be provided by environment variables:
+
+- ``DATASETTE_SECRET``: Equivalent to the ``--secret`` option.
+- ``DATASETTE_SSL_KEYFILE``: Equivalent to the ``--ssl-keyfile`` option.
+- ``DATASETTE_SSL_CERTFILE``: Equivalent to the ``--ssl-certfile`` option.
+- ``DATASETTE_LOAD_EXTENSION``: Equivalent to the ``--load-extension`` option.
 
 .. _cli_datasette_get: