ssmwrap

ssmwrap execute commands with output values loaded from AWS SSM Parameter Store to somewhere.

Supported output targets:

• environment variables

Usage

$ ssmwrap -paths /production -- your_command

Install

Download binary from releases

or

$ brew tap handlename/homebrew-tap
$ brew install ssmwrap

or

$ go get github.com/handlename/ssmwrap/cmd/ssmwrap

Options

$ ssmwrap -help
Usage of ./cmd/ssmwrap/ssmwrap:
  -env
    	export values as environment variables (default true)
  -env-entire-path
    	use entire parameter path for name of environment variables
    	disabled: /path/to/value -> VALUE
    	enabled: /path/to/value -> PATH_TO_VALUE
  -env-prefix string
    	prefix for environment variables
  -file value
    	write values as file
    	format:  Name=VALUE_NAME,Path=FILE_PATH,Mode=FILE_MODE,Gid=FILE_GROUP_ID,Uid=FILE_USER_ID
    	example: Name=/foo/bar,Path=/etc/bar,Mode=600,Gid=123,Uid=456
  -names string
    	comma separated parameter names
  -no-env
    	disable export to environment variables
  -no-recursive
    	retrieve values just under -paths only
  -paths string
    	comma separated parameter paths
  -prefix string
    	alias for -env-prefix
  -recursive
    	retrieve values recursively (default true)
  -retries int
    	number of times of retry
  -version
    	display version

Environment Variables

All of command line options can be set via environment variables.

$ SSMWRAP_PATHS=/production ssmwrap ...

means,

$ ssmwrap -paths /production ...

If there are command line options too, these takes priority.

$ SSMWRAP_PREFIX=FOO_ ssmwrap -prefix BAR_ env
BAR_SOMETHING=...

Motivation

There are some tools to use values stored in AWS System Manager Parameter Store, but I couldn't find that manipulate values including newline characters correctly.

ssmwrap runs your command through syscall.Exec, not via shell, so newline characters are treated as part of a environment value.

Usage as a library

ssmwrap.Export() fetches parameters from SSM and export those to envrionment variables.

err := ssmwrap.Export(ssmwrap.ExportOptions{
	Paths: []string{"/path/"},
	Retries: 3,
	Prefix: "SSM_",
})
if err != nil {
	// ...
}
foo := os.Getenv("SSM_FOO")  // a value of /path/foo in SSM

License

see LICENSE file.

Special Thanks

@fujiwara has gave me an idea of ssmwrap.

Author

@handlename (https://github.com/handlename)