Modern versions of Ruby on Rails ship with a very useful application credentials layer that allows you to store private keys and other information in a fully encrypted manner. Unfortunately, the documentation around the use of such tech isn't the best. This guide is my attempt to expose as much as I can around credentials and how you can make use of them in your Ruby on Rails applications today. This guide is a tutorial on Ruby on Rails application credentials / secret keys and how to make the most use of them in your own applications. ======== Hi, My name is Andy Leverenz and I work as a product designer and developer. For fun, I design, code, and write. Check out my blog called Web-Crunch https://web-crunch.com where I publish design and development tutorials with the occasional vlog. ♥️ Sponsor me on GitHub (recurring) https://github.com/sponsors/justalever ☕️ Keep me awake. Buy me a coffee (one-time) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/webcrunch 📰 One-Click Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/webcrunchblog?sub_confirmation=1 💻 Previously published at: https://web-crunch.com/posts/the-complete-guide-to-ruby-on-rails-encrypted-credentials 💎Ruby on Rails Course: HELLO RAILS https://hellorails.io 💻 Check out the blog: https://web-crunch.com 🦄 Check out my personal site: https://justalever.com 🚀 Links: Weekly Newsletter: https://digest.web-crunch.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/webcrunchblog Github: https://github.com/justalever 📘Check out my book on UX Design: "LUXD: Learn User Experience Design" https://web-crunch.com/products/luxd 📙 Check out my FREE book on Tumblr Theming: "Pro Tumblr Theming" https://web-crunch.com/products/ptt

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This article is part of my effort to write about some of the real-world development challenges I encountered during the development of my podshare.fm application. In this article, I’ll show how I used a ViewComponent to represent the status of a background job while updating the view using TurboFrames.