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BlackBox
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Safely store secrets in Git/Hg for use by Puppet.
Safely store secrets in Git/Hg. These commands make it easy
for you to GPG encrypt specific files in a repo so they are
"encrypted at rest" in your repository. However, the scripts
make it easy to decrypt them when you need to view or edit them,
and decrypt them for for use in production. Originally written
for Puppet, now works with any Git or Mercurial repository.
Overview
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The goal is to have secret bits (passwords, private keys, and such) in your VCS repo but encrypted so that
it is safe. On the puppet masters they sit on disk unencrypted but only readable by Puppet Master.
it is safe. On the puppet masters they sit on disk unencrypted but are readlabe (decrypted) for use by the Puppet Master (or whoever needs full access).
How does this work?
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