vault-search-replace 0.1.1

A simple search and replace command line utility for Hashicorp Vault

vault-search-replace

Simple Python Script to Search (and replace) secrets content in hashicorp vault.

Rationale

Recently, I have come across the fact that no API allows to simply search for values within secrets. The specific use case I am working on is to change database connection strings for java based microservices.

Running the script

Best option is to install uv and run the script with:

uv run vault_search_replace.py

The script has inline metadata and will run without installation.

Usage

vault_search_replace.py [OPTIONS] 
                      STRING_TO_SEARCH 
                      VAULT_NAMESPACE
                      VAULT_BASE_URL 
                      VAULT_ACCESS_TOKEN
                      [REPLACEMENT_STRING]

Command Line Parameters:

Required:

string_to_search vault_namespace vault_base_url vault_access_token

Optional

string_to_replace

Options

--no-dry-run - confirm the execution

Without the (optional) replace_string argument, the command will execute a (string) search for search_string. With the replace argument, the command will execute a dry-run of the replace operation (no change will be applied). To force the creation of new secrets versions, the --no-dry-run option has to be passed.

As of this release, the search is very simple (python str.find function).