Local file (for Development)

Detailed information on the local file secret store component

This Dapr secret store component reads plain text JSON from a given file and does not use authentication.

Warning

This approach to secret management is not recommended for production environments.

Component format

To setup local file based secret store create a component of type secretstores.local.file. Create a file with the following content in your ./components directory:

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: local-secret-store
  namespace: default
spec:
  type: secretstores.local.file
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: secretsFile
    value: [path to the JSON file]
  - name: nestedSeparator
    value: ":"

Spec metadata fields

Field	Required	Details	Example
secretsFile	Y	The path to the file where secrets are stored	`“path/to/file.json”`
nestedSeparator	N	Used by the store when flattening the JSON hierarchy to a map. Defaults to `“:”`	`“:”`

Setup JSON file to hold the secrets

Given the following json:

{
    "redisPassword": "your redis password",
    "connectionStrings": {
        "sql": "your sql connection string",
        "mysql": "your mysql connection string"
    }
}

The store will load the file and create a map with the following key value pairs:

flattened key	value
“redis”	“your redis password”
“connectionStrings:sql”	“your sql connection string”
“connectionStrings:mysql”	“your mysql connection string”

Use the flattened key (connectionStrings:sql) to access the secret.

Local file

Local file (for Development)

Warning

Component format

Spec metadata fields

Setup JSON file to hold the secrets

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