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secret_key_base

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secret_key_base() public

The secret_key_base is used as the input secret to the application’s key generator, which in turn is used to create all MessageVerifiers/MessageEncryptors, including the ones that sign and encrypt cookies.

In development and test, this is randomly generated and stored in a temporary file in tmp/development_secret.txt.

In all other environments, we look for it first in ENV[“SECRET_KEY_BASE”], then credentials.secret_key_base, and finally secrets.secret_key_base. For most applications, the correct place to store it is in the encrypted credentials file.

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# File railties/lib/rails/application.rb, line 411
    def secret_key_base
      if Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.test?
        secrets.secret_key_base ||= generate_development_secret
      else
        validate_secret_key_base(
          ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] || credentials.secret_key_base || secrets.secret_key_base
        )
      end
    end

secret_key_base

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