Version: Early Access

Store Encrypted Passwords in Deploy

This topic describes how Digital.ai Deploy provides a mechanism to automatically encrypt passwords, allowing you to reference them without storing third-party passwords in plain text in configuration files.

To declare a new third-party password:

Add the password to the XL_DEPLOY_SERVER_HOME/conf/deployit.conf file:
```
third.party.password=value
```
note
Any secrets in the configuration file that have the password or secret suffix will be encrypted.
Restart Deploy. The password will automatically be encrypted in the deployit.conf file.
```
 third.party.password={aes\:v0}vEWwVYoSXqKXW+1Zro5u4KwFiMfsQJ0TJBeTsmtXgv8\=
```
Use the password in Spring configuration files.

For example, if you declare ldap.xldeploy.password in the deployit.conf file, then you can use it in the XL_DEPLOY_SERVER_HOME/conf/deployit-security.xml file:
```
<bean id="ldapServer" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource">
    <property name="password" value="${ldap.xldeploy.password}"/>
    ...
</bean>
```