Add support for global permanent variables

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, javascript
Domain
backend

Research direction

No source files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by identifying where njs variables are implemented and tested, then clarify the lifecycle and persistence requirements for create, update, and read before defining completion criteria.

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Description

feature nginx-module

It would be very useful to have an ability to create, update and read permanent variables in njs.
In such case more complex logic could be build. For example, we could dynamically change a secret key for hmac building mechanism.

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