[Meta] Separation between regular configuration and passwords
As we start being used more in Enterprise environments we'll get more requests to separate passwords from regular configuration.
Current status:
- Implement encrypted Rails secrets, once Rails 5.2 is merged. #3855
- Other external components do not have a way of consuming encrypted secrets, and expect configuration in a local file.
/cc @gitlab-build-team @stanhu @rymai
UPDATE: See &2548 for the issues to address this
Edited by Larissa Lane