vault-exodus 0.1.3.6

A community-driven tool for migrating HashiCorp Vault secrets between KV engines (v1/v2). Use at your own RISK

Exodus

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Exodus

A Python tool for migrating secrets between HashiCorp Vault clusters. Supports copying secrets from KV v1/v2 mounts between Vault instances.

Disclaimer: This is not an official HashiCorp tool. Community-created project for Vault secrets migration. Use at your own risk.

Features

• KV v1 and v2 mount support
• Recursive secret listing with subpath preservation
• Optional root path modifications
• Dry-run mode for operation preview
• Configurable rate limiting
• Vault Enterprise namespace support
• Flexible SSL/TLS verification with CA certificates

Installation

pip install vault-exodus  # Latest version
pip install vault-exodus==0.1.1  # Specific version

Requirements

• Python 3.7+ (Recommended)
• Requests
• tqdm

Dependencies are automatically installed via pip.

Usage

CLI

exodus [OPTIONS]

Key Arguments

Argument	Description	Default
--vault-a-addr	Source Vault URL	http://localhost:8200
--vault-a-token	Source Vault token	Required
--vault-a-mount	Source KV mount name	secret
--vault-a-path-root	Source root path	myapp
--vault-b-addr	Destination Vault URL	http://localhost:8200
--vault-b-token	Destination Vault token	Required
--vault-b-mount	Destination KV mount name	secret
--vault-b-path-root	Destination root path	myapp-copied

[View complete arguments table in documentation]

Example

exodus \
  --vault-a-addr="https://source-vault.example.com" \
  --vault-a-token="s.ABCD1234" \
  --vault-a-mount="secret" \
  --vault-a-path-root="myapp" \
  --vault-a-namespace="admin" \
  --vault-a-kv-version="2" \
  --vault-b-addr="https://destination-vault.example.com" \
  --vault-b-token="s.EFGH5678" \
  --vault-b-mount="secret" \
  --vault-b-path-root="myapp-copied" \
  --vault-b-kv-version="2" \
  --rate-limit=0.5 \
  --dry-run

Python Library Usage

kv secrets engine

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from exodus.kv_migrator import list_secrets, read_secret, write_secret
from tqdm import tqdm
import time
import logging

logging.basicConfig(
   level=logging.INFO,
   format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"
)

def simple_migrate(
   src_addr, src_token, src_mount, src_root, src_kv_version, src_namespace,
   dst_addr, dst_token, dst_mount, dst_root, dst_kv_version, dst_namespace,
   dry_run=False, rate_limit=1.0
):
   logging.info(f"Listing secrets in '{src_root}' from {src_addr} (KV v{src_kv_version})")
   
   secret_paths = list_secrets(
       vault_addr=src_addr,
       token=src_token,
       mount=src_mount,
       path=src_root,
       kv_version=src_kv_version,
       namespace=src_namespace,
       verify=False
   )

   logging.info(f"Found {len(secret_paths)} secrets to copy")
   failed_copies = []
   
   for spath in tqdm(secret_paths, desc="Copying secrets"):
       try:
           data = read_secret(
               vault_addr=src_addr,
               token=src_token,
               mount=src_mount,
               path=spath,
               kv_version=src_kv_version,
               namespace=src_namespace,
               verify=False
           )
           if not data:
               logging.debug(f"No data for '{spath}'; skipping")
               continue
               
           if spath.startswith(src_root + "/"):
               relative = spath[len(src_root)+1:]
               dpath = f"{dst_root}/{relative}"
           else:
               dpath = f"{dst_root}/{spath}"
               
           if dry_run:
               logging.info(f"[Dry Run] Would copy '{spath}' -> '{dpath}'")
           else:
               write_secret(
                   vault_addr=dst_addr,
                   token=dst_token,
                   mount=dst_mount,
                   path=dpath,
                   secret_data=data,
                   kv_version=dst_kv_version,
                   namespace=dst_namespace,
                   verify=False
               )
               logging.info(f"Copied '{spath}' -> '{dpath}'")
           
           if rate_limit > 0:
               time.sleep(rate_limit)
               
       except Exception as e:
           failed_copies.append((spath, str(e)))
           logging.error(f"Failed to copy '{spath}': {e}")

   if failed_copies:
       logging.error("\nSome secrets failed to copy:")
       for path, error in failed_copies:
           logging.error(f" - {path}: {error}")

def main():
   # Example usage
   simple_migrate(
       src_addr="http://localhost:8200",
       src_token="root",
       src_mount="secret", 
       src_root="myapp",
       src_kv_version="2",
       src_namespace="admin",
       dst_addr="http://localhost:8200",
       dst_token="root",
       dst_mount="secret",
       dst_root="myapp-copied",
       dst_kv_version="2",
       dst_namespace="admin",
       dry_run=True
   )

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main()

list namespaces

import os
import logging
from exodus.namespace import list_namespaces

# Configure logging
logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.INFO,
    format='%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s'
)

# Get environment variables
VAULT_ADDR = os.getenv("VAULT_ADDR", "http://localhost:8200")
VAULT_TOKEN = os.getenv("VAULT_TOKEN")
BASE_NAMESPACE = os.getenv("VAULT_NAMESPACE", "admin")  # Optional starting namespace

def main():
    if not VAULT_TOKEN:
        raise ValueError("VAULT_TOKEN environment variable must be set")

    logging.info(f"Vault address: {VAULT_ADDR}")
    logging.info(f"Base namespace: '{BASE_NAMESPACE}' (empty means root)")

    namespaces = list_namespaces(
        vault_addr=VAULT_ADDR,
        token=VAULT_TOKEN,
        base_namespace=BASE_NAMESPACE,
        suppress_404=True
    )

    print("\n=== Namespaces Found ===")
    for ns in sorted(namespaces):
        print(f" - {ns}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Best Practices

• Test migrations with --dry-run before production use
• Increase --rate-limit for large datasets
• Use appropriate CA certificates in secure environments
• Verify token permissions (read on source, write on destination)

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests or issues on GitHub.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.

Again, note: This is not an official HashiCorp tool. It is a community-driven script created to help anyone needing to migrate secrets between Vault instances. Always confirm it meets your security and compliance requirements before use. Use it at your own risk.