Closed aroldxd closed 1 year ago
If this flag is not specified in the configuration file, the default will remain unchanged (meaning unencrypted storage is disallowed).
The cache will still try to encrypt the token data, but in case this fails, it will fall back to unencrypted storage. For detailed information, see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-identity/azure.identity.tokencachepersistenceoptions
Some environments do not supply the required modules (libsecret, etc) to store with encryption.
Add option in configuration file to set the allow_unencrypted_storage flag, referring to the azure identity token cache
What happens if this new option is omitted?
If this flag is not specified in the configuration file, the default will remain unchanged (meaning unencrypted storage is disallowed).
What will this do if manually set to True?
The cache will still try to encrypt the token data, but in case this fails, it will fall back to unencrypted storage. For detailed information, see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-identity/azure.identity.tokencachepersistenceoptions
Why is this needed?
Some environments do not supply the required modules (libsecret, etc) to store with encryption.