lockenv 1.0

A utility to encrypt and decrypt env variables to safely store them in code repositories

lockenv - encrypt and decrypt env files easily

A Helper pip package for encrypting env's to be stored safely in code repositories

Assumptions:

• Assuming python3 is installed on your system.
• Nano is installed on your system
• If you have VScode installed, better !

Install lockenv on your system using :

pip install lockenv

Encryption Options

lockenv

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

• Secondly it will look for an env file in the current path, if found will read env, if nit will prompt to generate a new env

• It will automatically open the decrypted version of env in Visual Studio Code, if it is not installed, it will open nano editor

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

lockenv -e production

• You can specify an environment, and it will open the environment specific key and env file, if not exist will create

lockenv -e production -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 -f envfile

• The env file can also be manually specified

Examples

lockenv -k key-string N_Wctg1YY7uyUmD8Cs4bq3VY6IsOHVbbeElpC-tpvE4= -f test.env

• encrypting specifying key and env file manually

Decryption Options

lockenv -d

• It will decypt the env file, if multiple env or keys are found it will prompt to choose one

lockenv -d -e production

• You can specify an environment
• Recomended option if using inside pipelines or scripts

Examples

lockenv -d -k key-string N_Wctg1YY7uyUmD8Cs4bq3VY6IsOHVbbeElpC-tpvE4= -f test.env

• Decrypting specifying key and env file manually