v.24.1Improvement
Implement CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_FILE support in Docker image
Implement #58575 Support CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_FILE environment variable when running the docker image. #58583 (Eyal Halpern Shalev).Why it matters
This feature allows users to securely provide the ClickHouse password to the Docker container via a file, improving security by avoiding plain text passwords in environment variables.How to use it
When running the ClickHouse Docker image, set theCLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_FILE environment variable to the path of a file inside the container that contains the password. For example, use docker run -e CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_FILE=/path/to/password_file clickhouse/clickhouse-server.