From 8b1a9625049e52f3e8433296ed95ea56c1cc8c29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pankajsoni22 <39917736+pankajsoni22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 10:28:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs(contributing): Safely rotate secret key

Explained how to change/create secret key.
---
 docs/docs/installation/configuring-superset.mdx | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/docs/installation/configuring-superset.mdx b/docs/docs/installation/configuring-superset.mdx
index 916c28b49522d..7f80cc1b7e608 100644
--- a/docs/docs/installation/configuring-superset.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/installation/configuring-superset.mdx
@@ -285,7 +285,11 @@ If you want to rotate the SECRET_KEY(change the existing secret key), follow the
 Add the new SECRET_KEY and PREVIOUS_SECRET_KEY to `superset_config.py`:
 
 ```python
-PREVIOUS_SECRET_KEY = 'CURRENT_SECRET_KEY' # The default SECRET_KEY for deployment is '21thisismyscretkey12eyyh'
-SECRET_KEY = 'YOUR_OWN_RANDOM_GENERATED_SECRET_KEY'
+PREVIOUS_SECRET_KEY = 'CURRENT_SECRET_KEY'
+# To find out 'CURRENT_SECRET_KEY' follow these steps
+# 1. Got to superset shell : $ superset shell
+# 2. Run the command       : >>> from flask import current_app; print(current_app.config["SECRET_KEY"])
+
+SECRET_KEY = 'YOUR_OWN_RANDOM_GENERATED_SECRET_KEY' # Generate a secure SECRET_KEY usng "openssl rand -base64 42"
 ```
 Then run `superset re-encrypt-secrets`