secrets
to manage credentials.secrets
with credentials
, since encrypted and un-encrypted secrets were making it harder to manage them.config/credentials.yml.enc
config/master.key
config/credentials.yml.enc
is an encrypted file which store the credentials. As this is a encrypted file, we can safely commit it to our version control systems.config/master.key
contains RAILS_MASTER_KEY
which is used to decrypt the config/credentials.yml.enc
. We should not commit this file to version control.config/credentials.yml.enc
is encrypted we should never directly read from or write to it. Instead, we will use utilities provided by Rails which abstract encryption and decryption process for us.credentials
by running the following command:config/staging.yml.enc
for staging environmentand config/production.yml.enc
for production environment.To read config from these files, Rails 5.2 providedencrypted
method to support for managing multiple credentials
files.config/credentials.yml.enc
config/master.key
development
and test
environments. We share the config/master.key
with our entire team.production
environment, we can run the following command:config/credentials/production.key
if missing. Don’t commit this file to VCS.config/credentials/production.yml.enc
if missing. Commit this file to VCS.production.key
with limited members of our team who have access for production deployment.staging
.RAILS_MASTER_KEY
or an environment specific environment variable like RAILS_PRODUCTION_KEY
*.key
files.Rails will auto detect these variables and use them to encrypt/decrypt the credential files.Heroku
or similar platforms.