diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index bd812f21293a7..6418dcb4b97ed 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ sure you fully understand how it proceeds. Check out the ``Trigger Rule`` section in the Concepts section of the documentation -**Why connection passwords are still not encrypted in metadata db after I installed airflow[crypto]**? +**Why are connection passwords still not encrypted in the metadata db after I installed airflow[crypto]**? -- Check that ``fernet_key`` defined in ``$AIRFLOW_HOME/airflow.cfg`` is a valid Fernet key. It has to be base64-encoded 32-byte key. You need to restart webserver after you updated the key -- For existing connections (the ones that you had defined before installing ``airflow[crypto]``) you need to open each connection in admin UI, re-type the password and save +- Verify that the ``fernet_key`` defined in ``$AIRFLOW_HOME/airflow.cfg`` is a valid Fernet key. It must be a base64-encoded 32-byte key. You need to restart the webserver after you update the key +- For existing connections (the ones that you had defined before installing ``airflow[crypto]`` and creating a Fernet key), you need to open each connection in the connection admin UI, re-type the password, and save it