# How are credentials stored and encrypted in Nexus OSS 2.14?

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-are-credentials-stored-and-encrypted-in-nexus-oss-2-14/7740>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Tags:** nexus-repository\
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-are-credentials-stored-and-encrypted-in-nexus-oss-2-14/7740 "2021-11-29T16:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![blackeye2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@blackeye2k](https://community.sonatype.com/u/blackeye2k)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-are-credentials-stored-and-encrypted-in-nexus-oss-2-14/7740/1 "2021-11-29T16:57:44Z")

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Hi,

I couldn’t finy anything in the documentation nor on the web on how credentials (local users) are stored by Nexus OSS 2.14.

The only hint was a release note of 2.5 about introducing salted hashes.

Where in the data dir are credentials saved? What algorithms are used to encrypt them?

I’m thankful for any hint.