How to Secure the Configuration

This guide explains how to protect the sensitive credentials stored in your /etc/txlog.yaml file.

Set File Permissions

Since the configuration file contains secrets (API keys or passwords), it should only be readable by the root user.

Open a terminal.
Change the file ownership to root (if not already):
bash
```
sudo chown root:root /etc/txlog.yaml
```
Set the permissions to 600 (read/write for owner only):
bash
```
sudo chmod 600 /etc/txlog.yaml
```

Check the permissions to confirm they are correct:

bash

ls -l /etc/txlog.yaml

Expected Output:

text

-rw------- 1 root root ... /etc/txlog.yaml

If you see -rw-r--r-- or similar, run the chmod command again.