mik-laj commented on a change in pull request #7190: [AIRFLOW-XXXX] Add
cross-reference between connection and fernet
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/7190#discussion_r367485195
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File path: docs/howto/connection/index.rst
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@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ To fix this, you can encode with
:py:meth:`~urllib.parse.quote_plus`:
>>> print(c.password)
my-pa/ssword
+Securing Connections
+--------------------
+
+Airflow uses `Fernet <https://github.com/fernet/spec/>`__ to encrypt passwords
in the connection
+configuration. It guarantees that a password encrypted using it cannot be
manipulated or read without the key.
+
+For information on configuring Fernet, look at :ref:`Generating a Connection
URI <security/fernet>`.
Review comment:
It has been moved to security page:
https://airflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#securing-connections
Now I want to add a link that point to the ["Security"
page](https://airflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#securing-connections)
to the ["Managing Connections
"
page](https://airflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/connection/index.html).
Many people may not notice the Fernet configuration if it is in the security
page.
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