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Summary

  • Create new security.md page in the public documentation covering security boundaries, all backend credentials, users.acl file, and deployment security recommendations
  • Update installation.md to link to the new security documentation
  • This provides a single authoritative source for credential documentation that the project repos can link to

Closes #2538
Closes https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos-enterprise/issues/298

See OpenC3/cosmos-project#32
See https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos-enterprise-project/pull/29

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- Create new security.md page documenting:
  - Security boundaries (Docker network, host, network configuration)
  - All backend credentials (Redis, MinIO, SERVICE_PASSWORD, SECRET_KEY_BASE)
  - users.acl file format and relationship to .env
  - Step-by-step instructions for changing passwords
  - Security recommendations for production deployments
  - Frontend vs backend authentication distinction

- Update installation.md to link to new security documentation

Closes #2538

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I briefly mention using a dynamic secret manager in https://docs.openc3.com/docs/guides/scripting-api#initialize_offline_access, I'm curious if we'd like to add something about that here as well


By default, COSMOS only listens on localhost (127.0.0.1). This configuration keeps COSMOS completely off the network and is only vulnerable to local users of the host computer.

For production use, it is recommended to open COSMOS to the network and run clients from other machines. This removes browser load from the host computer and allows better securing of the host. See [SSL/TLS](../configuration/ssl-tls) for configuring HTTPS.
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maybe the network and clients should be a bit more specific here, this sentence isn't very intuitive to me

@jmthomas jmthomas merged commit 1c12887 into main Jan 7, 2026
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@jmthomas jmthomas deleted the document-env-passwords-2538 branch January 7, 2026 21:29
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Elaboration on the .env and users.acl passwords

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