[jira] [Updated] (NUTCH-2906) Allow to use credential provider for index writers configuration

["Sebastian Nagel (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sebastian Nagel updated NUTCH-2906:
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> Allow to use credential provider for index writers configuration
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>                 Key: NUTCH-2906
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-2906
>             Project: Nutch
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: indexer, plugin
>    Affects Versions: 1.18
>            Reporter: Sebastian Nagel
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: help-wanted
>             Fix For: 1.19
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> See [discussion on user@nutch|https://lists.apache.org/thread/tlj077ssc6v75pn7w59d6szcr9z6xh0z]: passwords and credentials need to be stored in the index-writers.xml in plain text. It should be possible to use a credential provider or other options to hide these sensitive strings, cf.
> - [Hadoop CredentialProviderAPI|https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/CredentialProviderAPI.html]
> - [Configuration.getPassword|https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html#getPassword-java.lang.String-]



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