From 866ab1a0396a3cdba3e85a11521ca329c9242823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ashwinkumar12345 <kumarjao@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:13:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] first draft

---
 _security-plugin/configuration/security-admin.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/_security-plugin/configuration/security-admin.md b/_security-plugin/configuration/security-admin.md
index ad205190..62d911fb 100755
--- a/_security-plugin/configuration/security-admin.md
+++ b/_security-plugin/configuration/security-admin.md
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ If you use the `-f` argument rather than `-cd`, you can load a single YAML file
   -key ../../../config/kirk-key.pem
 ```
 
+To resolve all environment variables before applying the security configurations, use the `-rev` parameter.
+
+```bash
+./securityadmin.sh -cd ../securityconfig/ \
+ -rev \
+ -cacert ../../../root-ca.pem \
+ -cert ../../../kirk.pem \
+ -key ../../../kirk.key.pem
+```
+
+Here’s an example of an environment variable in the `config.yml` file:
+
+```yml
+password: ${env.LDAP_PASSWORD}
+```
 
 ## Configure the admin certificate