Overview
To keep the database username and password secure, PhixFlow is configured to use a keystore file. The database account credentials are encrypted and stored here, along with aliases. You can then use the aliases to retrieve each secret username and password from the keystore.
To configure the keystore, you will use the Java keytool -importpass
command at the command line.
Keytool Syntax
For reference, here is the full syntax and the values you will need to use. The steps below provide example commands.
Code Block |
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<keytool> -importpass -alias <keyAlias> -keystore <pathToKeystoreFile> -storetype <keytype> |
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This is shown in the diagram below.
Figure 1: How PhixFlow authenticates to its database
Details used in the diagram | ||
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Keystore file name | hidden.jks | |
Keystore password | storepw | |
Environment variable name | KEY_PASS | |
Environment variable value (the keystore password) | storepw | |
PhixFlow database credentials | Username | Password |
Actual |
| P*59word |
Alias | phixflow-database-user | 123xyz phixflow-database-password |