To configure this module, you need to edit the main configuration file of your instance, and add a directive called ``running_env``. Commonly used values are 'dev', 'test', 'production':: [options] running_env=dev You also need to set the encryption key(s). The main idea is to have different encryption keys for your different environment, to avoid the possibility to retrieve crucial information from the production environment in a developement environment, for instance. So, if your running environment is 'dev':: [options] encryption_key_dev=fyeMIx9XVPBBky5XZeLDxVc9dFKy7Uzas3AoyMarHPA= In the configuration file of your production environment, you may want to configure all your other environments encryption key. This way, from production you can encrypt and decrypt data for all environments. You can generate keys with python -c 'from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print(Fernet.generate_key())'.