I started something on that direction here, for internal use: https://github.com/herval/zeppelin/tree/encrypt-credentials
If that's the kind of thing that may interest everyone else, I can get a PR going h On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Adam Iezzi <adam.ie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, encrypting and storing the credentials would be ideal. Essentially, > I'm looking for some sort of secrets store which can be accessed via the > Zeppelin paragraphs. > > Adam > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 6:30 AM, moon soo Lee <m...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> "Credential" menu provides closest feature I think. >> >> Through "Credential" menu, each user can pass user-specific credential >> informations to Interpreters. And interpreter can retrieve those >> informations and use it internally. Also interpreter exposes API to user, >> so user can access those informations in Python, Scala, etc. >> >> Current limitation is, credential menu store it's information in memory >> only or in file without encryption. >> >> If "Credential" menu store credential in a file with encryption, does >> this solve your problem? >> >> Thanks, >> moon >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:06 PM Adam Iezzi <adam.ie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to figure out the best way (and most secure) to use >>> user-specific credentials for various data stores. For example, I have a >>> few python paragraphs setup to query an external MySQL DB using >>> python's mysql.connector package. In order to establish the connection, I >>> have to add the DB username/password as arguments in my paragraph, which is >>> probably not the most secure approach. >>> >>> I'm wondering if there is a way to store these credentials somewhere >>> else (not in clear text in my notebook), so they can be referenced via the >>> notebook paragraphs in a more secure way? Or better yet, is there another >>> way to solve this issue that I may be missing? >>> >>> Thank you for all of the help. >>> >>> Adam >>> >> >