ksec

A command line tool that simplifies the management of Kubernetes Secrets.

• Easily set and unset k8s Secret keys
• Handles base64 encoding
• Supports synchronization of .env files to k8s Secrets

Installation

Compiled binaries can be found in the GitHub releases.

Install compiled binary as a Helm plugin (requires Helm).

helm plugin install https://github.com/kanopy-platform/ksec

Install from source (requires golang).

go get github.com/kanopy-platform/ksec/cmd/...

Trobleshooting

Windows: Spaces in HELM_HOME

helm plugin install may not work on Windows if you have spaces in your HELM_HOME path. You can instead download the windows executable from the latest release.

Helm Install Errors

You may need to remove a plugin and clear your plugin cache if you have errors installing a plugin.

macOS

# rm cache
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/helm/plugins/https-jackfan.us.kg-kanopy-platform-ksec*

# rm plugin
rm -rf ~/Library/helm/plugins/ksec/

Usage

A tool for managing Kubernetes Secret data

Usage:
  ksec [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate command completion scripts
  create      Create a Secret
  delete      Delete a Secret
  get         Get values from a Secret
  help        Help about any command
  list        List all secrets in a namespace
  pull        Pull values from a Secret into a .env file
  push        Push values from a .env file into a Secret
  set         Set values in a Secret
  unset       Unset values in a Secret

Flags:
      --config string      config file (Default: $HOME/.ksec.yaml)
  -h, --help               help for ksec
  -n, --namespace string   Operate in a specific NAMESPACE (Default: current kubeconfig namespace)
      --version            version for ksec

Use "ksec [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Development

Run make to run all tests and create a new binary in ${GOPATH}/bin/

Run VERSION=<version_number> make dist to cross compile binaries into a ./dist/ directory. These binaries can then be uploaded to a new GitHub release.