secreto

a cli tool to encode and decode kubernetes secrets

How to use

decoding a secrets.yml to its literal values

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: database-secret-config
type: Opaque
data:
  username: QXp1cmVEaWFtb25k
  password: aHVudGVyMg==

$ secreto decode ./encoded_secrets.yml 
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: database-secret-config
type: Opaque
data:
  username: AzureDiamond
  password: hunter2

# save to a file
$ secreto decode ./encoded_secrets.yml > secrets.yml

encoding a literal secrets.yml to base64

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: database-secret-config
type: Opaque
data:
  username: AzureDiamond
  password: hunter2

$ secreto encode ./secrets.yml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: database-secret-config
type: Opaque
data:
  username: QXp1cmVEaWFtb25k
  password: aHVudGVyMg==

Roadmap

• encryption & decryption of the secret values to make it safe to store in VCS