How to handle credentials in an open source project

Question

I have developed an application that lives in a public Github repository.

The app interacts with systems that require credentials that are currently stored in a properties file.

A jenkins box runs the app periodically.

The problem of saving the project in github without exposing my credentials is succinctly addressed here.

How do I pass my credentials to the jenkins job without exposing the credentials (needed by the app) to my workmates?

@Absurd-Mind. I want to pass e.g the jenkins github credentials to the application. — anthonyms, May 20 '14 at 08:46
maybe deploy keys solve your problem? see [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5212358/562363) — Absurd-Mind, May 20 '14 at 08:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '14 at 11:57

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In my case I went for a jenkins parametrized build that allowed me to provide string and password type of params.

The params are read in the program via system.getProperty

answered Aug 19 '14 at 11:57

anthonyms

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