From 8b5c6d1e9bedfc159343fb51d9f1e76d34a2f05c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koen Kanters <koenkanters94@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:18:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add configuration for MQTT user and password in different
 file. https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/2201

---
 docs/configuration/configuration.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/configuration/configuration.md b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
index 843975e84b640..df2e01ef9792c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
@@ -159,3 +159,20 @@ groups: groups.yaml
     friendly_name: group_1
     retain: true
 ```
+
+## Specifying MQTT user and password in a different file
+To specify the MQTT user and password in a different file, e.g `secret.yaml`, use the following configuration.
+
+**configuration.yaml**
+```yaml
+mqtt:
+  # IMPORTANT: Don't forget the quotes!
+  user: '!secret user'
+  password: '!secret password'
+```
+
+**secret.yaml**
+```yaml
+user: mqtt_user
+password: mqtt_password
+```
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