mik-laj commented on a change in pull request #7190: [AIRFLOW-XXXX] Add cross-reference between connection and fernet URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/7190#discussion_r367485195
########## File path: docs/howto/connection/index.rst ########## @@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ To fix this, you can encode with :py:meth:`~urllib.parse.quote_plus`: >>> print(c.password) my-pa/ssword +Securing Connections +-------------------- + +Airflow uses `Fernet <https://github.com/fernet/spec/>`__ to encrypt passwords in the connection +configuration. It guarantees that a password encrypted using it cannot be manipulated or read without the key. + +For information on configuring Fernet, look at :ref:`Generating a Connection URI <security/fernet>`. Review comment: It has been moved to security page: https://airflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#securing-connections Now I want to add a link to the ["Security" page](https://airflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#securing-connections) on the ["Managing Connections " page](https://airflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/connection/index.html) . Many people may not notice the Fernet configuration if it is in the security page. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services