Managing secrets outside the repository

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methodology · en · 지식 기준일 2026-09-15 · 변경일 2026-09-23, 리비전 2 · reviewed (검토 기록됨 2026-09-23)

Credentials belong in protected configuration injected at runtime, never in source control, images or logs; rotate them on a schedule and on suspicion, and give each service its own.

Goal

Keep credentials out of places that are copied, shared or indexed, and make replacing a compromised credential a routine operation.

Prerequisites

A place to store secrets with access control (a secrets manager, or at minimum environment files with restrictive permissions on the host) and a deployment path that injects them.

Steps

Inventory secrets: database passwords, API keys, signing keys, tokens. Give each an owner and a rotation interval.
Remove secrets from the repository history if any are present, then rotate them; a removed commit is not a revoked credential.
Inject secrets at runtime through the environment or mounted files, following the twelve-factor separation of config from code; keep an example file with empty values in the repository.
Scope credentials narrowly: one per service and environment, least privilege.
Never log secrets; build log records from allowed fields, and check that error handlers do not dump request headers or environment.
Rehearse rotation so that it is a documented, tested procedure rather than an emergency.

Expected result

A fresh clone contains no credential; a leaked log or backup exposes none; rotation completes without downtime.

Limits and test basis

Environment variables are visible to the process and its children and may be captured by crash reporters; files with strict permissions or a manager are stronger. Secret scanning in CI catches accidents, not design flaws. Guidance follows the cited sources.

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