# Encryption

To ensure the secure storage of passwords in the configuration file `config.ini` (for example, `backend/config/config.ini`), encryption can be used.

Encryption works with the following parameters:

* `database_password`
* `proxy_password`
* `smtp_password`
* `ldap_password`
* `oAuthClientSecret`
* `database_password_archive`

To encrypt passwords, follow these steps:

1. Go to Sherpa Orchestrator by adding `/generate-key.php` to the address and click `Generate`. Random IV and encryption key will be generated (encoded in Base64 format). Be sure to save them.
2. Go to Sherpa Orchestrator by adding `/encryptor.php` to the address. Enter the IV and key (obtained in the previous step) in the corresponding fields. In the `Text to encrypt` field, enter the password that needs to be encrypted and click `Generate`. Save the resulting encrypted password.
3. In the configuration file `backend/config/config.ini`, save the encrypted password in the corresponding parameter.
4. In the configuration file, add the parameter `use_encryption` with the value `1`. Save the changes.
5. Create an environment variable `ORCHESTRATOR_ENCRYPTION_KEY` and save the encryption key obtained in the first step.
6. Make sure that in `docker-compose.yml` under the `environment` section of the `orchestrator` container, the line is specified: `ORCHESTRATOR_ENCRYPTION_KEY=${ORCHESTRATOR_ENCRYPTION_KEY}`.
7. Restart the containers using `run.sh`.


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