[chef] Re: Database Secrets

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How about letting mysql cookbook generate root password and store it in the Chef node object, then use knife-backup gem to backup node objects to secure location?

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Angus Buchanan < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

What ways have people used to maintain database secrets?  I'm thinking specifically of the mysql root password which is just an attribute in the mysql cookbook, and passwords for production databases?

I don't want to be checking passwords into Git.

What strategies have you successfully used?

-aob

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