lockenv - encrypt and decrypt env files easily

A CICD friendly pip package for encrypting env's to be stored safely in code repositories. No more hassle in handiling env's in cloud environments

Use Cases:

• Encrypting and storing env variables in repositories using a master key
• Include as part of Pipelines to decrypt env's

Installation

Install lockenv on your system using :

pip install lockenv

Usage

lockenv -e dev -editor code

• The command will check for 'dev.fkey' file in the current path, if found will read the key, if not it will prompt to generate a new key

• It will automatically open the decrypted version of env in VSCode.

• After editing the env file save it and close the file, it will be encrypted automatically

lockenv -d dev

• The command will check for 'dev.fkey' and dev.env in the current path, if found will read the key and env and decrypt the file

lockenv -e production -editor gedit -k keyfile or key-string

• You can also specify keys manually
• the key can be either the keyfile name or the key as a string

lockenv -e production -editor nano -f envfile

• The env file can also be manually specified

Flags

• -e - Specify an environment (Eg: dev, staging)
• -d - Decrypt env
• -k - Specify key file or key as a string
• -f - Specify env file
• -editor - specify text editor

Example Uses

This will open the decrypted version of dev.env file for editing in sublime text editor

lockenv -e dev -k N_Wctg1YY7uyUmD8Cs4bq3VY6IsOHVbbeElpC-tpvE4= -editor subl

This will decrypt dev.env automatically without any further inputs

• Recommended for Pipelines

lockenv -d -e dev -k N_Wctg1YY7uyUmD8Cs4bq3VY6IsOHVbbeElpC-tpvE4=