From b63b82976b3708b082326c0b7d42f38d4bc261fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven-Hendrik Haase <svenstaro@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 23:07:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Document the ability to use env vars in ldap.toml
 (#23304)

This was implemented but never documented.

This is related to:
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8832
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/5248
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/20173
---
 docs/sources/auth/ldap.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/sources/auth/ldap.md b/docs/sources/auth/ldap.md
index 47baab7bb5c..a94905c9f53 100644
--- a/docs/sources/auth/ldap.md
+++ b/docs/sources/auth/ldap.md
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ member_of = "memberOf"
 email =  "email"
 ```
 
+### Using environment variables
+
+You can interpolate variables in the TOML config from environment variables. For instance, you could externalize your `bind_password` that way:
+
+```bash
+bind_password = "${LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
+```
+
 ## LDAP Debug View
 
 > Only available in Grafana v6.4+