Secret Management in State Files
Explore methods to protect sensitive data in Terraform state files by using remote back-ends with encryption and integrating secret management platforms like HashiCorp Vault. Understand how to handle sensitive values securely without storing them in plain text within the state, ensuring safer collaboration and infrastructure management.
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How to protect sensitive data in the state
State data holds all the information about our configuration, including any sensitive data like passwords, API keys, and access credentials. Terraform doesn’t encrypt the state data, but it can sit on an encrypted storage platform. By using a back-end that provides data ...