Hi Adam The specific difficulty you mentioned can be solved by https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ this is pretty a necessity for github otherwise, sooner or later, one forgets.
Best regards Hugh On 16 February 2015 at 17:24, Adam Witney <awit...@sgul.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks for your replies. > > I guess my question was more about any security issue of having the > database username/password stored in a text file. And what do people > consider best practice for this from a security point of view? > > Thanks > > Adam > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:orasn...@gmail.com] > > Sent: 16. februára 2015 17:10 > > To: The elegant MVC web framework > > Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Where best to store database connection > > information? > > > > 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" <davew...@gmx.at> > > To: "The elegant MVC web framework" <catalyst@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 <awit...@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 > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk > > >> Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > > >> Searchable archive: > > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ > > >> Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk > > > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > > > Searchable archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ > > > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk > > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ > > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > -- http://www.hughbarnard.org http://www.twitter.com/hughbarnard http://www.big-wave-heuristics.com/ <http://www.hackney-environment-network.org.uk/>
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