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====== Tabulify - Connection Vault ======


===== About =====
The ''connection vault'' is a [[docs:conf:conf|configuration file]] where all [[..:connection:connection|connections]] are stored.


===== Location =====

==== User ====

You can get the location of the user connection vault with the [[docs:tabli:variable:list|variable list command]].
<unit>
<code bash>
tabli variable list user.connection-vault
</code>
<console>
type       key                     value                                       
--------   ---------------------   -----------------------------------------   
Internal   user.connection-vault   C:\Users\gerardnico\.tabli\connection.ini
</console>
</unit>

==== Project ====
The default path when running in a [[docs:project:project|project]] is ''[[..:connection:project|project home]]/conf/connection.ini''

===== Management =====

==== Tabli ====

The [[docs:tabli:connection:start|Tabli Connection module]] permits to manage this file.

In every [[docs:tabli:tabli|tabli command]], you can specify the location of this file with the ''%%--connection-vault%%'' [[docs:tabli:global|global option]].

==== Manually ====
You can also modify the file  directly with a text editor. 

If you wish to encrypt properties, you can do it:
  * [[docs:tabli:vault:encrypt|manullay]]
  * or automatically via the [[..:connection:attribute#automatic_encryption|automatic encryption feature]].


===== Format =====
This file follows the same semantic than ODBC.ini file where each section is a database (ie DSN).


===== Encrytion =====

==== Password  ====
Every password in a connection vault store is encrypted. See [[docs:common:vault]]


==== Passphrase ====

When a system connection needs a password, a [[docs:common:passphrase|passphrase]] is mandatory to secure the password. This passphrase should be unique by connection vault file. See [[docs:common:passphrase]]