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author | Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> | 2009-08-15 15:42:26 -0700 |
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committer | Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> | 2009-08-15 15:42:26 -0700 |
commit | b87c38cb69f9b43894c377cd9370ec3e8c42d4cc (patch) | |
tree | b3a4f4382b02521d4d3e07f35955137b5e9d4bc3 /docs | |
parent | ac639ee085c464a0098bd85b9cba9ab7155f27c7 (diff) |
Add a naming convention for general config files
We have some general configuration files that contain database
passwords. Add a general naming convention to avoid creating new
ones with each new type of config file.
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-rw-r--r-- | docs/stanford-naming | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/stanford-naming b/docs/stanford-naming index 3c6330b..94537bb 100644 --- a/docs/stanford-naming +++ b/docs/stanford-naming @@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ Object Naming The public certificate we manage external to wallet since it doesn't need to be protected or encrypted. + <group>-<service>-config-<name> + + A configuration file named <name> that contains some secure + information, such as a database password. Ideally, the secure + data should be stored in a separate file and assembled into the + configuration file, but that isn't always the path of least + resistance. Only use this naming convention if there is not a + more specific one below. + <group>-<service>-db-<name> Stores the database password for the database named <name>. This |