From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 400F861C0E for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:39:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 2C73ED85B for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:38:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [212.186.127.180]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 11E73D851 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:38:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id CB25444A85 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:38:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Dylan Whyte To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:38:36 +0200 Message-Id: <20200907153836.18191-1-d.whyte@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.011 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED -2.3 Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH docs] PVE integration: Add note about hiding password X-BeenThere: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:39:13 -0000 Add a note to section "Proxmox VE integration" explaining how to avoid passing password as plain text when using the pvesm command. Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte --- docs/administration-guide.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/administration-guide.rst b/docs/administration-guide.rst index 08aaed4a..a8e641cf 100644 --- a/docs/administration-guide.rst +++ b/docs/administration-guide.rst @@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ as ``user1@pbs``. # pvesm add pbs store2 --server localhost --datastore store2 # pvesm set store2 --username user1@pbs --password +.. note:: If you would rather not pass your password as plain text, you can pass + the ``--password`` parameter, without any arguments. This will cause the + program to prompt you for a password upon entering the command. + If your backup server uses a self signed certificate, you need to add the certificate fingerprint to the configuration. You can get the fingerprint by running the following command on the backup server: -- 2.20.1