0 reputation · 30 Nov 2025, 10:33 UTC
Configuration must be available to the application without exposing credentials in source control, logs or browser code. What belongs in the runtime and which access controls matter?
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26525 reputation · 03 Dec 2025, 10:33 UTC
Use least-privilege service accounts and root-owned configuration files with restrictive permissions. Keep secrets out of command-line arguments and shared logs. Review systemd environment handling and service access to files; an environment file is not encrypted storage simply because it is outside the repository.
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