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 | 2 | +code: false  | 
 | 3 | +type: page  | 
 | 4 | +title: Secrets Vault  | 
 | 5 | +order: 700  | 
 | 6 | +---  | 
 | 7 | + | 
 | 8 | +# Secrets Vault  | 
 | 9 | + | 
 | 10 | +<SinceBadge version="1.8.0" />  | 
 | 11 | + | 
 | 12 | +When you develop an application with Kuzzle, you may need to use secrets such as API keys or authentication information.    | 
 | 13 | + | 
 | 14 | +Of course, it is unacceptable to version these secrets in cleartext with the rest of your source code.    | 
 | 15 | + | 
 | 16 | +However, it is still practical to be able to share these secrets with the rest of your team, or to add them to the repository for automated production.   | 
 | 17 | + | 
 | 18 | +Kuzzle offers a secure storage system for these secrets, the operation is as follows:  | 
 | 19 | +  - writing secrets to a JSON file,  | 
 | 20 | +  - manual encryption of this file with a password,  | 
 | 21 | +  - adding the encrypted file to the repository,  | 
 | 22 | +  - automatic decryption of the file when Kuzzle starts,  | 
 | 23 | +  - exposing the secrets in the context of plugins.  | 
 | 24 | + | 
 | 25 | +Thus, the only secret that it is necessary to communicate to the rest of a team is the encryption password for this file.  | 
 | 26 | + | 
 | 27 | +## Secrets file format  | 
 | 28 | + | 
 | 29 | +The secrets file is in JSON format. String values are encrypted but the key names remain the same.  | 
 | 30 | + | 
 | 31 | +```js  | 
 | 32 | +/* config/secrets.json */  | 
 | 33 | +{  | 
 | 34 | +  "aws": {  | 
 | 35 | +    "secretKeyId": "lfiduras"  | 
 | 36 | +  },  | 
 | 37 | +  "cloudinaryKey": "ho-chi-minh"  | 
 | 38 | +}  | 
 | 39 | +```  | 
 | 40 | + | 
 | 41 | +Once encrypted, the file looks like the following:  | 
 | 42 | + | 
 | 43 | +```js  | 
 | 44 | +/* config/secrets.enc.json */  | 
 | 45 | +{  | 
 | 46 | +  "aws": {  | 
 | 47 | +    "secretKeyId": "536553f3181ada6f700cac98100f1266.3181ada66536553f"  | 
 | 48 | +  },  | 
 | 49 | +  "cloudinaryKey": "f700cac98100f1266536553f3181ada6.6536553f3181ada"  | 
 | 50 | +}  | 
 | 51 | +```  | 
 | 52 | + | 
 | 53 | +## Encrypt and decrypt with the CLI  | 
 | 54 | + | 
 | 55 | +The encryption of a secret file is done using the CLI with the following command:  | 
 | 56 | + | 
 | 57 | +```bash  | 
 | 58 | +./bin/kuzzle encryptSecrets config/secrets.json --vault-key strongpassword  | 
 | 59 | +[ℹ] Encrypting secrets...  | 
 | 60 | +[✔] Secrets successfully encrypted: config/secrets.enc.json  | 
 | 61 | +```  | 
 | 62 | + | 
 | 63 | +The file `config/secrets.enc.json` can be added safely to the project repository.  | 
 | 64 | + | 
 | 65 | +To decrypt a previously encrypted file, use the following command:  | 
 | 66 | + | 
 | 67 | +```bash  | 
 | 68 | +./bin/kuzzle decryptSecrets config/secrets.enc.json --vault-key strongpassword  | 
 | 69 | +[ℹ] Decrypting secrets...  | 
 | 70 | +[✔] Secrets successfully encrypted: config/secrets.json  | 
 | 71 | +```  | 
 | 72 | + | 
 | 73 | +::: info  | 
 | 74 | +You can also specify the vault key in the `KUZZLE_VAULT_KEY` environment variable.  | 
 | 75 | +:::  | 
 | 76 | + | 
 | 77 | +## Load encrypted secrets at startup  | 
 | 78 | + | 
 | 79 | +Kuzzle will try to decrypt the provided file using the following locations, in that order of priority:  | 
 | 80 | +  - in the command line: `./bin/kuzzle start --secrets-file /var/secrets.enc.json`  | 
 | 81 | +  - in an environment variable `export KUZZLE_SECRETS_FILE=/var/secrets.enc.json`  | 
 | 82 | +  - the default one present at the location `<kuzzle dir>/config/secrets.enc.json`  | 
 | 83 | + | 
 | 84 | +The decryption key must be provided in one of the following ways, in order of priority as well:  | 
 | 85 | +  - in the command line: `./bin/kuzzle start --vault-key verystrongpassword`  | 
 | 86 | +  - in an environment variable `export KUZZLE_VAULT_KEY=verystrongpassword`  | 
 | 87 | + | 
 | 88 | +Kuzzle start sequence ends in failure if:  | 
 | 89 | +  - a decryption key is provided and Kuzzle cannot find a file  | 
 | 90 | +  - Kuzzle finds a file and no decryption key is provided  | 
 | 91 | + | 
 | 92 | +## Accessing secrets in plugin  | 
 | 93 | + | 
 | 94 | +Once Kuzzle has successfully loaded the file containing the secrets, it exposes its decrypted content to all plugins.    | 
 | 95 | + | 
 | 96 | +Secrets are accessible in the [secrets](/core/1/plugins/plugin-context/secrets) property of the plugin context.    | 
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