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Where to keep a database password

A database password is stored in plain text in Terraform variables and in Lambda environment variables. What is a better approach?

A.Base64-encode the password before saving it in the variables fileB.Store it in Secrets Manager with rotation and fetch it at runtime via IAMC.Bake the password into the container image at build time insteadD.Keep it in a git-ignored file on one senior engineer laptop

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