How to: Decrypt an encrypted dictionary entry in Deploy

Question

How can I decrypt an encrypted dictionary entry?

Answer

There is no direct method from UI to decrypt an encrypted dictionary entry.

As a workaround, you could try using the XL CLI to get the details of an encrypted dictionary.

Steps to Follow

We used an Encrypted dictionary: Environments/Dict/test_dictionary

By using the -s flag in the xl generate command, it generates a file secrets.xlvals that contains all the passwords:

xl generate xl-deploy -s --xl-deploy-password <"your_deploy_password_for_admin_user"> -p Environments/
   Dict/test_dictionary -f test5.yaml

This will generate two files: test5.yaml and secrets.xlvals

The secrets.xvals will have the encrypted values listed:

╰─➤  cat secrets.xlvals
#Secrets
#Thu Jan 26 13:35:17 EST 2023
Environments_Dict_test_dictionary_entries_abc=test@123
Environments_Dict_test_dictionary_entries_def=dai@123

Related Information

https://docs.digital.ai/bundle/devops-deploy-version-v.23.3/page/deploy/concept/xl-cli-command-reference.html