Encrypting the Kepstore password in hbase configuration file.

[Nijel s f]

Hi,

To Configure encryption for Hfile and WAL file the following configuration is 
used.

<property>
    <name>hbase.crypto.keyprovider.parameters</name>
    <value>jceks:///path/to/hbase/conf/hbase.jks?password=<password></value>
</property>

Here the password is plain text.

It is common practice to encrypt the password in configuration files.

Is there any option to do this in HBase ?
If not is it possible to take as an improvement ?


Regards
Nijel