Introducing Project Secrets

Semaphore has introduced project-based secrets to enhance security in CI/CD pipelines by restricting sensitive data, such as API keys and passwords, to specific projects, thus preventing their use outside their designated scope. This new feature follows the principle of least privilege, ensuring that users only access the data necessary for their tasks, which enhances security by separating secrets according to teams, projects, and specific needs. An example organization, Friendly Traffic Light, demonstrates this by using project-specific AWS deployment data while keeping an analytics key common across projects. Setting up project secrets in Semaphore is straightforward, requiring navigation to the project settings and adding secrets similar to organization secrets, with the flexibility to assign environment variables or configuration files. Users can easily manage and use these secrets within their project blocks, and additional resources are available for further understanding and discussion through Semaphore's documentation and Discord community.