Add option to use VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD_FILE

Hi there,

When using docker compose, vikunja currently offers the option to add the database password as a environment variable (“VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD”). In order to improve security, it would be great if the option could be added to use an environment variable “VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD_FILE”, which represents the path to a file containing the password. Docker documents this here: How to use secrets in Docker Compose | Docker Docs. The same applies to VIKUNJA_SERVICE_JWTSECRET.

This would add the possibility to easily split the compose.yml file from the password and manage permissions seperately.

There’s already a discussion about this here: #704 - [Feature Request] File based Environment Variables - api - Gitea

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