# Masking DB passwords from Developers

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/masking-db-passwords-from-developers/4110>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [September 26, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/masking-db-passwords-from-developers/4110 "2016-09-26T16:20:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![hhamilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/hhamilton/32/584_2.png) [@hhamilton](https://forums.suse.com/u/hhamilton)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/masking-db-passwords-from-developers/4110/1 "2016-09-26T16:20:33Z")

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I’m trying to make a stack in the rancher gui that uses several database passwords that we’d like to hide from the developers.  
Is there a way for a Rancher stack to read those passwords from a secured file? Is there a recommended way to achieve this?