# Runtime secrets and private CA

Do not put secret values in this directory or in Git. For production, create files outside the
repository and point the `*_SECRET_FILE` variables documented in the root README at them.

Compose mounts each file read-only beneath `/run/secrets`. The core process runs as UID 10001;
the mounted files must be readable by that UID. Docker Compose file-backed secrets are normally
mounted read-only with mode `0444`; verify with:

```sh
docker compose -f compose.yaml -f deploy/compose.production.yaml \
  --profile external run --rm core sh -c 'id && test -r /run/secrets/thoth_ca.pem'
```

The CA file should contain only the public PEM certificate chain. API-key files should contain
one value with no surrounding quotes.