hiera_aws_sm

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with hiera_aws_secrets_manager
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

Backend for Hiera 5 which allows lookups against Amazon Secrets Manager.

Based on the design of hiera-vault

Setup

Requires the aws-sdk gem to be installed and available to your Puppetmaster.

package {'aws-sdk':
  ensure   => installed
  provider => puppetserver_gem
}

Usage

The following is a reference of a Hiera hierarchy using hiera_aws_sm.

---

hierarchy:
  - name: "Hiera-AWS-SM lookup"
    lookup_key: hiera_aws_sm
    options:
      continue_if_not_found: false
      aws_access_key: <aws_access_key>
      aws_secret_key: <aws_secret_key>
      region: us-east-1
      delimiter: /
      prefixes: 
        - "%{::environment}/%{::trusted.certname}"
        - "%{::environment}/common/"
        - secret/puppet/%{::trusted.certname}/
        - secret/puppet/common/
      confine_to_keys:
        - '^aws_.*'

### Mandatory Option Keys

name: Human readable level name

lookup_key: Must be set to hiera_aws_sm

Optional Option Keys

continue_if_not_found: Allow Puppet to lookup other data sources if the key is not found in SecretsManager

aws_access_key: IAM access key to be used to connect to AWS. Should only be used for Puppet masters running outside of AWS. Puppet masters running within AWS should have their access to SecretsManager granted via IAM roles.

aws_secret_key: IAM secret access key to be used to connect to AWS.

region: AWS region to query against

delimiter: Character used to join prefixes and keys if specified. Defaults to /. Not required if prefixes is not set.

prefixes: Optional array of prefixes to prepend to each lookup. For each prefix, the function will perform a lookup of [prefix, key].join(delimiter) against SecretsManager. This allows you to specify multiple paths in SecretsManager for the function to explore, as described above.

confine_to_keys: List of regex expressions on which to search SecretsManager. If specified, hiera_aws_sm will only query SecretsManager for keys matching at least one specified regex. If none match, Puppet is allowed to lookup against other data sources.

Limitations

This module is only compatible with Hiera 5 (Puppet 4.9+)

Testing

pdk test unit

Development

Author: David Hayes [d.hayes@accenture.com]

License

See LICENSE

Release Notes

TBD

• Wrap secret values in Puppet's sensitive data types in examples.
• Expand README on usage and installation