secretcrypt 0.4

Encrypt project secrets

WARNING: this software is in alpha state, use with caution.

Utility for keeping your secrets encrypted. Also has a Go version.

For example, you have the following configuration file

MY_SECRET=VerySecretValue!

but you can’t include that file in VCS because then your secret value would be exposed.

With secretcrypt, you can encrypt your secret using your AWS KMS master key aliased MyKey:

$ encrypt-secret kms alias/MyKey
Enter plaintext: VerySecretValue! # enter
kms:region=us-east-1:CiC/SXeuXDGRADRIjc0qcE... # shortened for brevity

# --- or --
$ echo "VerySecretValue!" | encrypt-secret kms alias/MyKey
kms:region=us-east-1:CiC/SXeuXDGRADRIjc0qcE... # shortened for brevity
# only use piping when scripting, otherwise your secrets will be stored
# in your shell's history!

use that secret in my config file

from secretcrypt import Secret
MY_SECRET=Secret('kms:region=us-east-1:CiC/SXeuXDGRADRIjc0qcE...')  # shortened for brevity

and get the plaintext like

print MY_SECRET.get()
# VerySecretValue!

If you are using very sensitive secrets, you can ensure the plaintext is not kept in memory and is only encrypted on demand by using a stricter version:

from secretcrypt import StrictSecret
MY_SECRET=StrictSecret('kms:region=us-east-1:CiC/SXeuXDGRADRIjc0qcE...')  # shortened for brevity

and get the plaintext like

print MY_SECRET.decrypt()
# VerySecretValue!

KMS

The KMS option uses AWS Key Management Service. When encrypting and decrypting KMS secrets, you need to provide which AWS region the is to be or was encrypted on, but it defaults to us-east-1.

So if you use a custom region, you must provide it to secretcrypt:

encrypt-secret kms --region us-west-1 alias/MyKey

Local encryption

This mode is meant for local and/or offline development usage. It generates a local key in your %USER_DATA_DIR% (see appdirs), so that the key cannot be accidentally committed to CVS.

It then uses that key to symmetrically encrypt and decrypt your secrets.

History

0.4 (2016-03-02)

• plaintexts are now returned as strings not as bytes

0.3 (2016-03-02)

• BREAKING CHANGE: introduced new semantics for Secret and a new StrictSecret