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[Oliver Trieu <>]

Hi,

sorry to highjack your thread but had the same problem recently.

I used this method to externalize the passwords for my grouper instance running on openshift (and thats basically kubernets with extras)

https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Externalize+and+encrypt+grouper+passwords

This way you can mount the password files using secrets.

And you can put all your config files into version control since they will not contain any passwords.

Kind Regards

Oliver

Am 27.04.2020 um 17:33 schrieb Alex Poulos:

ElConfig has been supported for quite some time (we've used it since 2.3 I know, but I think it goes back earlier).

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 11:02 AM Poddar, Amit <> wrote:

Hi,

            This
              is possible since which version of grouper?
            
            
            Thanks,
            Amit

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You can use env variables and read from these within a config file. Here's an example:

hibernate.connection.password.elConfig =  ${java.lang.System.getenv().get('DATABASE_PASSWORD')}

(Note the .elConfig at the end of the config parameter: this lets you use JEXL).

You can then populate DATABASE_PASSWORD however you wish (k8s secret e.g.)

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:42 AM Darren Boss <> wrote:

Is there any documentation or guidance on pulling out secrets from Grouper configuration files?

I found https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=14517786&preview=%2F14517786%2F159979514%2F20191211-TechEx-TAP-Containers-Cloud.pdf which is what I'm doing now by placing properties files that contain secrets into Kubernetes secrets but ideally I'd like to have these files under version control and only store the passwords in a system like K8s secrets or something like Hashicorp Vault.

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