Chapter 11. Hardening the WildFly Configuration

In this chapter, you will learn the following recipes:

  • Delivering your configuration using property files
  • Securing your configuration hashing passwords
  • Securing and protecting passwords using a vault

Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn how to secure your WildFly system configuration using different methods. Securing the configuration means hiding sensitive data, such as passwords, from other people who might collaborate on your project or system in one way or another.

This goal can be achieved in different ways:

  • Using property files to externalize the dynamic parameters, such as bindings, credentials, and so on
  • Hashing passwords—this is a quite common technique
  • Storing passwords in a vault—this is ...

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