Many daemons/apps need access to sensitive credentials. For example, a common 
web-application may need a password to query a database.

I have seen many different approaches to this. Some just store them in 
configuration files accessible [only] to the application. Others use password 
vaults, although one would still need a way to access that vault. In the 
Linux/Containerization world, it seems common to inject credentials as 
environment variables. I've even seen credentials stored directly in the 
software's source code. I'm sure there are many other approaches to this as 
well.

I'm curious what approach some of the more experienced folks in the OpenBSD 
universe prefer for managing these types of credentials -- especially when 
dealing with multiple servers.

Thanks!

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