[Nix-dev] Provide options for storing secrets outside the Nix store

[Tomasz Czyż]

Great job Bas. We already started going into that direction with some new
pull requests. nlewo implemented that for new openstack modules for
example.

I think your proposal is very good. Should that go to our new shiny RFC?

2017-03-24 22:52 GMT+00:00 Bas van Dijk <v.dijk.bas at gmail.com>:

> Dear module authors, maintainers and contributors,
>
> I would like to bring your attention to:
>
>   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/24288
>
> The idea is to add a `passwordFile` option for every `password` option so
> that users have a choice other than storing secrets inside the
> world-readable Nix store.
>
> What do you think about the proposal?
>
> If you agree and want to contribute, please mention in the issue which
> module you want to take on. That way we can coordinate the effort.
>
> Happy hacking,
>
> Bas
>
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