Encrypting db connection string

Question

I come from .NET world.

In python code I have database connection string. Is there any way to keep these connection strings encrypted within python code?

Answer 1

Securing the DB configuration or any sensitive configurations can be done by keeping configs encrypted. In python you can do it using packages like secureconfig or encrypted-config or DIY with some standard encryption techniques.

Keeping the encryption keys outside is the next challenge, which you can tackle by making it a injected config via environmental variables or a command-line-parameter.