How to use connector secrets in Camunda 8 Self Managed

Camunda 8 Topics Discussion & Questions
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Hi,
I am running Camunda 8 as self managed on my windows machine, can anyone explain how can I use the connector secrets in Camunda Self managed?

2

Hi @naren,
Assuming that You have installed camunda though a docker compose
In your compose file Installation Directory You can find a file named connector-secrets.txt (If not create one)
In txt file add secrets per line in the format NAME=VALUE

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Hi @Praveen_Kumar_Reddy,
We have not installed camunda through a docker compose, but in a Manual process.

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Hi @naren,

The easiest way to load secrets are through environment variables.

export MY_SECRET="mySecretValue"
java -jar <connector runtime>

Hope this helps.

5

how could I install Secret Managing UI like SaaS Model?

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Hi @msjo

Unfortunately, there is no secret management UI available for installation.

7

Hi
any idea how to access secrets in self managed in manual setup as my running camunda in windows for development purpose . can we define all secrets in one file and use those?

Thanks
Pavan

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Hi @Pavan_Kumar_V ,

And welcome to the Camunda community :slight_smile:

Currently, there is no way to do this in our helm chart. A potential workaround for you would be to provide separate yaml files like so:

connectors-env.yaml:

connectors:
  env:
     - name: VAR1
       value: VALUE1

Then you can combine this separate file with others like so:

helm install camunda camunda/camunda-platform -f main-values.yaml -f connectors-env.yaml -n camunda

You can also have a look at the Self-Managed documentation there.

Thank you,
Jonathan

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Hi @jroques ,

I installed camunda with zip files . Is their any way to add secerts in this scenarios. if we are not doing with yaml files

Thanks

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I see, then you might be able to do it.

I didn’t try but if you load your env variables from a file as it’s explained here, and then run the java -cp ... command in your shell, the env vars should be picked up by the Runtime.

Let me know if it worked, please.

Jonathan