Secure Secret Injection Best Practice
Explore best practices for handling sensitive data in Terraform configurations. Learn to avoid storing secrets in tfvars files or command lines, use environment variables with TF_VAR_, and mark variables and outputs as sensitive to maintain security. Understand integrating secret managers like HashiCorp Vault for safer secret storage and managing Terraform state with encrypted backends.
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The information we submit to Terraform might be of a sensitive nature. We may include things like application passwords, API tokens, or usernames and passwords to authenticate with providers and configure the resources being provisioned by Terraform. This type of sensitive data should be treated with care.
Deal with secret data
Here are some recommendations for dealing with secret ...