[Catalyst] Where best to store database connection information?

[Adam Witney]

Hi,

Thanks for your replies.

I guess my question was more about any security issue of having the database username/password stored in a text file.  And what do people consider best practice for this from a security point of view?

Thanks

Adam


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:orasnita at gmail.com]
> Sent: 16. februára 2015 17:10
> To: The elegant MVC web framework
> Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Where best to store database connection
> information?
> 
> Catalyst uses Config::General to read .conf files. If Config::General is
> configured with the option -UseApacheInclude, then you can use an apache
> "include file.conf" in the .conf file to include another file from another
> directory which is not saved by git.
> 
> Or the option -IncludeDirectories can be also useful so all the files from the
> given directory will be included.
> 
> --Octavian
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Schmidt" <davewood at gmx.at>
> To: "The elegant MVC web framework" <catalyst at lists.scsys.co.uk>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Where best to store database connection
> information?
> 
> 
> > the catalyst configloader can load more then just one file.
> >
> > by default it loads "myapp.conf"
> >
> > if a file named "myapp_local.conf" exists it is loaded aswell.
> >
> > docs:
> > https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Catalyst-Plugin-
> ConfigLoader/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/ConfigLoader/Manual.pod#Using-a-local-
> configuration-file
> >
> > On 16 February 2015 at 15:42, Adam Witney <awitney at sgul.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a Catalyst / DBIx::Class application and I have been storing the
> >> database connection parameters in a config file which is sourced using
> >> MYAPP_CONFIG_LOCAL_SUFFIX. But this seems a bit of a security
> problem
> >> having the main password in a text file like this, especially if it goes
> >> into git.
> >>
> >> Is there a recommended or best practice place to store database
> >> connection information?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
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