envfrom 0.2.0

Call child process with custom environment

envfrom

Kubernetes Secrets or ConfigMap are commonly used to run apps deployed in pods.

But what about running this app locally with those same variables ? envfrom meet this need among others like envdir or .env.

Installation

pip install envfrom

Usage

usage: envfrom [-h] {cli,dir,dotenv,kube,vault} ... child

Call child process with custom environment

positional arguments:
  {cli,dir,kube,vault}  env source
    cli                 Dict values: FOO=BAR BAR=FOO
    dir                 Set environment according to files in a specified path
  dotenv              Set environment according to .env file
    kube                Mirror specified kubernetes ressource volume keys (decoded)
    vault               Fetch secrets from Vault paths
  child                 child process

optional arguments:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Kubernetes secrets example

Assuming that you already have the following secret created on your default namespace :

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: mysecret
type: Opaque
data:
  username: YWRtaW4=

Running :

env -i envfrom kube secrets mysecret env

Should output :

username=admin