[Catalyst] Where best to store database connection information?

[Hartmaier Alexander]

Note that Catalyst itself doesn't use any config loading,
Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader does.
This then uses different config file format modules depending on the
file extension.


On 2015-02-16 18:10, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> 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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