Does Appian support the encryption of the -ds.xml file?

Does Appian support the encryption of the Appian-DS.XML file?

This file contains full connection details to our databases so needs to be encrypted. My understanding is that this is currently stored in plain text!

Thanks,
Harry...

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  • JBoss comes with the built-in encryption algorithm for datasource files. See this documentation:

    www.jboss.org/.../DOC-9703

    Some comments from following the documentation from others who have implemented:

    If you use the appian-ds.xml template example from the documentation - you will need to remove the <security-domain /> and <application-managed-security /> elements from the datasource defintion.

    Following the instructions - you end up with a password that's been encrypted using a key that's hardcoded in the JBoss source. It would be trivial for someone to decrypt but, it's a step above having a plaintext password in appian-ds.xml.
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  • JBoss comes with the built-in encryption algorithm for datasource files. See this documentation:

    www.jboss.org/.../DOC-9703

    Some comments from following the documentation from others who have implemented:

    If you use the appian-ds.xml template example from the documentation - you will need to remove the <security-domain /> and <application-managed-security /> elements from the datasource defintion.

    Following the instructions - you end up with a password that's been encrypted using a key that's hardcoded in the JBoss source. It would be trivial for someone to decrypt but, it's a step above having a plaintext password in appian-ds.xml.
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