Tenant attribute encryption
To encrypt attributes on the Tenant model, store them in custom columns and cast the attributes to 'encrypted'
, or your custom encryption cast.
For example, we'll encrypt the tenant's database credentials – tenancy_db_username
and tenancy_db_password
. We need to create custom columns for these attributes, because by default, they are stored in the virtual data
column.
- Add custom columns to the tenants table (we recommend making the string size at least 512 characters, so the string is capable of containing the encrypted data):
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateTenantsTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function up(): void
{
Schema::create('tenants', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->string('id')->primary();
// Your custom columns
$table->string('tenancy_db_username', 512);
$table->string('tenancy_db_password', 512);
$table->timestamps();
$table->json('data')->nullable();
});
}
}
- Define the custom columns on the Tenant model:
public static function getCustomColumns(): array
{
return [
'id',
'tenancy_db_username',
'tenancy_db_password',
];
}
- Then define casts for the attributes on the model (using Laravel's encrypted casts, or your custom casts):
protected $casts = [
'tenancy_db_username' => 'encrypted',
'tenancy_db_password' => 'encrypted',
];