SECRET_KEY_BASE env var name auto generates as KEY_BASE #39

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decentral1se · 2020-11-06T11:09:47Z

decentral1se commented

2020-11-06 11:09:47 +00:00

When generating secrets, because SECRET_ is in the actual app naming of the secret to be generated, this doesnt work, because our logic strips away SECRET_ and it ends up as KEY_BASE.

export SECRET_KEY_BASE_VERSION=v1

Generating key_base, version: v1, length: 30
Password: foobar

I would expect secret_key_base to match what the app expects.

I would then call it SECRET_SECRET_KEY_BASE or just KEY_BASE but that I can imagine is a bit of a weird work-around that will probably trip people up when they want to use this. Maybe we just need to document it really well. Unsure.

When generating secrets, because `SECRET_` is in the actual app naming of the secret to be generated, this doesnt work, because our logic strips away `SECRET_` and it ends up as `KEY_BASE`. ``` export SECRET_KEY_BASE_VERSION=v1 ``` ``` Generating key_base, version: v1, length: 30 Password: foobar ``` I would expect `secret_key_base` to match what the app expects. I would then call it `SECRET_SECRET_KEY_BASE` or just `KEY_BASE` but that I can imagine is a bit of a weird work-around that will probably trip people up when they want to use this. Maybe we just need to document it really well. Unsure.

decentral1se commented

2020-11-06 11:13:24 +00:00

export SECRET_SECRET_KEY_BASE_VERSION=v1 # length=30 works for now!

`export SECRET_SECRET_KEY_BASE_VERSION=v1 # length=30` works for now!

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3wordchant commented

2020-12-27 10:15:28 +00:00

SECRET_SECRET_KEY_... seems silly but not terrible to me.

What about documenting this oddness, and coming back to it if'n'when we change the app config format?

`SECRET_SECRET_KEY_...` seems silly but not terrible to me. What about documenting this oddness, and coming back to it if'n'when we change the app config format?

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documentation

label 2020-12-27 11:12:41 +00:00

decentral1se commented

2021-01-01 18:00:31 +00:00

Handling this will happen outside of the abra repo so I'll close this off.

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2021-01-01 18:00:32 +00:00

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