Export .env into AWS Secrets Manager

Export .env keys and values into AWS Secrets Manager with a single command. This assumes you have an AWS account with your credentials stored locally in your root directory i.e. ~/.aws

Installation

This package requires a local installation of Node.js and AWS CLI. Make sure you configure your AWS account with the CLI. Link to AWS docs

To install this package in your Node.js project, run the following command:

npm i dotenv-into-aws-secrets-manager

Setup

Before using the package, please place in your project root directory a '.env' file that you would like to export into AWS Secrets Manager. The following is an exmaple of the contents of .env:

API_KEY=MadeUPapikEY
API_SECRET=madeUPaPisEcRet

Add the following line to .gitignore. DO NOT forget this step if you want to keep your environment variables safe.

# generated JSON file with environment variables
envVariables.json

User Guide

You can use the package directly in your command line to perform CRUD operations on your Secrets.

Create

Create a new Secret in your AWS account's Secrets Manager with given secret name and description.

npx dotenv-into-aws-secrets-manager create YourSecretName "Secret Description"

Get

Get key-value pairs stored in your Secret with secret name.

npx dotenv-into-aws-secrets-manager get YourSecretName

Update

Update key-value pairs in your Secret (with the contents of .env) with secret name.

npx dotenv-into-aws-secrets-manager update YourSecretName

Delete

Delete a Secret and all of its' contents with secret name.

npx dotenv-into-aws-secrets-manager delete YourSecretName

Caveats

Once you execute the command, two things will happen:

(1) An envVariables.json file with your keys and values will be generated.
(2) Your keys and values will be stored inside AWS Secrets Manager in your AWS account.

Note: Please be sure to add your generated envVariables.json file in your .gitignore file.

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