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Cloud native secrets management for developers - never leave your command line for secrets.
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:computer: Never leave your terminal for secrets




:pager: Create easy and clean workflows for working with cloud environments




:mag_right: Scan for secrets and fight secret sprawl












# Teller - the open-source universal secret manager for developers



Never leave your terminal to use secrets while developing, testing, and building your apps.



Instead of custom scripts, tokens in your `.zshrc` files, visible `EXPORT`s in your bash history, misplaced `.env.production` files and more around your workstation -- just use `teller` and connect it to any vault, key store, or cloud service you like (Teller support Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, and many more).



You can use Teller to tidy your own environment or for your team as a process and best practice.



![](media/providers.png)



## Quick Start with `teller`



**Download a binary**

Grab a binary from [releases](https://github.com/tellerops/teller/releases)



**Build from source**

Using this method will allow you to eye-ball the source code, review it, and build a copy yourself.



This will install the binary locally on your machine:



```bash

$ cd teller-cli

$ cargo install --path .

```



**Create a new configuration**



```

$ teller new

? Select your secret providers ›

⬚ hashicorp_consul

⬚ aws_secretsmanager

⬚ ssm

⬚ dotenv

⬚ hashicorp

⬚ google_secretmanager

```



Then, edit the newly created `.teller.yml` to set the maps and keys that you need for your providers.



## A look at `teller.yml`

The teller YAML describes your providers and within each provider a `map` that describes:



* What is the root path to fetch key-values from

* For each such map, its unique `id` which will serve you for operations later

* For each map, an optional specific key name mapping - you can rename keys that you will fetch from the source provider



Here's an example configuration file. Note that it also include templating constructs -- such as fetching environment variables while loading the configuration:



```yaml

providers:

  hashi_1:

    kind: hashicorp

    maps:

      - id: test-load

        path: /{{ get_env(name="TEST_LOAD_1", default="test") }}/users/user1

        # if empty, map everything

        # == means map to same key name

        # otherwise key on left becomes right

        # in the future: key_transform: camelize, snake_case for automapping the keys

        keys:

          GITHUB_TOKEN: ==

          mg: FOO_BAR

  dot_1:

    kind: dotenv

    maps:

      - id: stg

        path: VAR_{{ get_env(name="STAGE", default="development") }}



```



You can now address these providers as `hashi_1` or `dot_1`. Teller pulls the specified data from all providers by default.



# Features



## :running: Running subprocesses



Manually exporting and setting up environment variables for running a process with demo-like / production-like set up?



Got bitten by using `.env.production` and exposing it in the local project itself?



Using `teller` and a `.teller.yml` file that exposes nothing to the prying eyes, you can work fluently and seamlessly with zero risk, also no need for quotes:



```

$ teller run --reset --shell -- node index.js

```



## :mag_right: Inspecting variables



This will output the current variables `teller` picks up. Only first 2 letters will be shown from each, of course.



```

$ teller show

```



## :tv: Local shell population



Hardcoding secrets into your shell scripts and dotfiles?



In some cases it makes sense to eval variables into your current shell. For example in your `.zshrc` it makes much more sense to use `teller`, and not hardcode all those into the `.zshrc` file itself.



In this case, this is what you should add:



```

eval "$(teller sh)"

```



## :whale: Easy Docker environment



Tired of grabbing all kinds of variables, setting those up, and worried about these appearing in your shell history as well?



Use this one liner from now on:



```

$ docker run --rm -it --env-file <(teller env) alpine sh

```



## :warning: Scan for secrets



Teller can help you fight secret sprawl and hard coded secrets, as well as be the best productivity tool for working with your vault.



It can also integrate into your CI and serve as a shift-left security tool for your DevSecOps pipeline.



Look for your vault-kept secrets in your code by running:



```bash

$ teller scan

```



You can run it as a linter in your CI like so:



```yaml

run: teller scan --error-if-found

```



It will break your build if it finds something (returns exit code `1`).



You can also export results as JSON with `--json` and scan binary files with `-b`.



## :recycle: Redact secrets from process outputs, logs, and files



You can use `teller` as a redaction tool across your infrastructure, and run processes while redacting their output as well as clean up logs and live tails of logs.



Pipe any process output, tail or logs into teller to redact those, live:



```

$ cat some.log | teller redact

```



It should also work with `tail -f`:



```

$ tail -f /var/log/apache.log | teller redact

```



Finally, if you've got some files you want to redact, you can do that too:



```bash

$ teller redact --in dirty.csv --out clean.csv

```



If you omit `--in` Teller will take `stdin`, and if you omit `--out` Teller will output to `stdout`.



## :scroll: Populate templates



You can populate custom templates:



```bash

$ teller template --in config-templ.t

```



Template format is [Tera](https://keats.github.io/tera) which is very similar to liquid or handlebars.



Here is an example template:



```yaml

production_var: {{ key(name="PRINT_NAME")}}

production_mood: {{ key(name="PRINT_MOOD")}}

```



## :arrows_counterclockwise: Copy/sync data between providers



In cases where you want to sync between providers, you can do that with `teller copy`.



**Specific mapping key sync**



You can use the `/` format to copy a mapping from a provider to another provider:



```bash

$ teller copy --from source/dev --to target/prod,<...>

```



In this simplistic example, we use the following configuration file



```yaml

providers:

  dot1:

    kind: dotenv

    maps:

      - id: one

        path: one.env

  dot2:

    kind: dotenv

    maps:

      - id: two

        path: two.env

```



This will:



1. Grab all mapped values from source mapping

2. For each target provider, find the matching mapping, and copy the values from source into it



By default copying will **update** target mapping (upsert data), if you want to replace you can use `--replace`.



## :bike: Write and multi-write to providers



Teller providers supporting _write_ use cases which allow writing values _into_ providers.



Remember, for this feature it still revolves around definitions in your `teller.yml` file:



```bash

$ teller put --providers new --map-id one NEW_VAR=s33kret

```



In this example, this configuration is being used:



```yaml

providers:

  new:

    kind: dotenv

    maps:

      - id: one

        path: new.env

```



A few notes:



- Values are key-value pair in the format: `key=value` and you can specify multiple pairs at once

- When you're specifying a literal sensitive value, make sure to use an ENV variable so that nothing sensitive is recorded in your history

- The flag `--providers` lets you push to one or more providers at once



## :x: Delete and multi-delete from providers



Teller providers support _deleting_ values _from_ providers.



```bash

$ teller delete --providers new --map-id one DELETE_ME

```



A few notes:



- You can specify multiple keys to delete, for example:

- The flag `--providers` lets you push to one or more providers at once



## `YAML` Export in YAML format



XXX TODO: rewrite how the command export works



You can export in a YAML format, suitable for [GCloud](https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/env-var):



```

$ teller export yaml

```



Example format:



```yaml

FOO: "1"

KEY: VALUE

```



## `JSON` Export in JSON format



You can export in a JSON format, suitable for piping through `jq` or other workflows:



```

$ teller export json

```



Example format:



```json

{

  "FOO": "1"

}

```



# Providers



You can get a list of the providers and their described configuration values [in the documentation](https://docs.rs/teller-providers/latest/teller_providers/providers/index.html).



### Testing check list:



* [ ] **docker on windows**: if you have a container based test that uses Docker, make sure to exclude it on Windows using `#[cfg(not(windows))]`



* [ ] **resource semantics**: while building providers, align with the semantics of _empty_ and _not found_ as two different semantics: if a provider supports an explicit "not found" semantic (404, NotFound, etc.), use `Error::NotFound`. Otherwise when a provider signals a "not found" semantic as an empty data bag, return an empty `KV[]` (i.e. do not translate a sematic of "empty" into "not found").



### Testing



Testing is done with:



```

$ cargo test --all --all-features

```



And requires Docker (or equivalent) on your machine.



### Thanks:



To all [Contributors](https://github.com/spectralops/teller/graphs/contributors) - you make this happen, thanks!



### Code of conduct



Teller follows [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md)



# Copyright



Copyright (c) 2024 [@jondot](http://twitter.com/jondot). See [LICENSE](LICENSE.txt) for further details.