Appsettings.json Password Obfuscation

by default, passwords are saved as plain text in the tasks and api appsettings json files the following instructions detail how to allow obfuscation of these passwords, if desired obfuscating passwords is not a security measure, instead it is available to those who would like to configure their install this way running the commands below will result in obfuscated passwords similar to this tasks run the following commands from an administrator command line (cmd exe) pushd "c \program files\swimlane" dotnet tasks dll encryptinfile f \appsettings json s $ data mongo swimlaneconnectionstring dotnet tasks dll encryptinfile f \appsettings json s $ data mongo historyconnectionstring additional commands and options are described by typing the following dotnet tasks dll h dotnet tasks dll encryptinfile help dotnet tasks dll encrypttofile help api run the following commands from an administrator command line (cmd exe) pushd c \inetpub\api dotnet api dll encryptinfile f \appsettings json s $ data mongo swimlaneconnectionstring dotnet api dll encryptinfile f \appsettings json s $ data mongo historyconnectionstring view additional commands and options by typing the following dotnet api dll h dotnet api dll encryptinfile help dotnet api dll encrypttofile help