Jasypt not encrypting in Grails 2.5.4 - grails

Question

I wanted to use encryption to encrypt user data in Grails 2.5.4 application. I followed the instructions on downloading configuring the 1.3.1 version of plugin.
Updated my Java Security JCE files in JDK 1.8 (both in JDK jre and standalone JRE directories).
I found some posts here which were similar and applied the fixes like the
lower case i in configFIlePath.
def configFilePath = System.getenv('ENCRYPTION_CONFIG_LOCATION') ?: "file:${userHome}"
configFilePath += "/.jasypt.groovy"
grails.config.locations = [configFilePath]
I also tried with configuration inside the Config.groovy
jasypt {
algorithm = "PBEWITHSHA256AND256BITAES-CBC-BC"
providerName = "BC"
password = "test"
keyObtentionIterations = 1000
}
My domain object is defined as follows:
package com.xyz
import java.util.Date;
import com.bloomhealthco.jasypt.*
class UserProfile {
String firstName
String lastName
Date dateOfBirth
// USATT membership information
long usattID
Date expirationDate
// contact information
String email
String phone
String streetAddress
String city
String state
String zipCode
String country
String gender
String club
// no reference to SecUser
static belongsTo = SecUser
static hasMany = [tournamentEntries: TournamentEntry]
static constraints = {
firstName blank: false, maxSize: 384, type: GormEncryptedStringType
lastName blank: false, maxSize: 384, type: GormEncryptedStringType
dateOfBirth blank: false
gender blank: false, type: GormEncryptedStringType
email blank: false, maxSize: 384, type: GormEncryptedStringType
phone blank: false, maxSize: 384, type: GormEncryptedStringType
streetAddress blank: false, maxSize: 384, type: GormEncryptedStringType
city blank: false, maxSize: 384, type: GormEncryptedStringType
state blank: false, type: GormEncryptedStringType
zipCode blank: false, type: GormEncryptedStringType
country blank: false, maxSize: 384, type: GormEncryptedStringType
expirationDate nullable: true
}
}
No matter what I try the data in my Domain object is not getting encrypted as far as I can tell by viewing it via Grails dbconsole application.
I turned on debug logging but don't see any logs from jasypt.

Answer 1

I suspect the main issue is the use of type within your constraints and not within mapping as the documentation explains.
I'd recommend you change you constraints to look like this:
static constraints = {
firstName blank: false, maxSize: 384
lastName blank: false, maxSize: 384
dateOfBirth blank: false
gender blank: false
email blank: false, maxSize: 384
phone blank: false, maxSize: 384
streetAddress blank: false, maxSize: 384
city blank: false, maxSize: 384
state blank: false
zipCode blank: false
country blank: false, maxSize: 384
expirationDate nullable: true
}
And add mappings just after the constraints like this:
static mapping = {
firstName type: GormEncryptedStringType
lastName type: GormEncryptedStringType
gender blank: false, type: GormEncryptedStringType
email type: GormEncryptedStringType
phone type: GormEncryptedStringType
streetAddress type: GormEncryptedStringType
city type: GormEncryptedStringType
state type: GormEncryptedStringType
zipCode blank: false, type: GormEncryptedStringType
country type: GormEncryptedStringType
}