Sidekick Vault

A place to store project secrets within a git repository, encrypted with GPG

Install the plugin

Installing the vault is quite easy. Just run the following command in your project:

<<your_cli>> sidekick plugins install sidekick_vault

Manage vault with VaultCommand

Add file to vault

<cli-name> vault encrypt path/to/secret.csv

<cli-name> vault encrypt --passphrase="****" --vault-location="secret.txt.gpg" path/to/secret.txt

The passphrase is optional. It will be retrieved from the environment variables or asked via stdin.

The file will be saved at vault-location (optional) inside the vault directory. The filename (secret.txt) will be used as fallback.

Decrypt file in vault

<cli-name> vault encrypt secret.csv.gpg

<cli-name> vault decrypt --passphrase="****" --output="write/to/decrypted.txt" secret.txt.gpg';

The passphrase is optional. It will be retrieved from the environment variables or asked via stdin.

output is optional. The decrypted file will be saved in the vault next to the encrypted one (without .gpg ending).

Change vault password

<cli-name> vault change-password

<cli-name> vault change-password --old ***** --new *****

Use the old and new arguments to pass the old and new password. Without the arguments, you can enter the passwords via stdin.

Manually add/read items in vault via gpg

Add file to vault

gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 --batch --passphrase=$password <file>

Decrypt file from vault

gpg --quiet --batch --yes --decrypt --passphrase=$password --output=<file> <file.gpg>

Read secrets in code

Create a vault in your sidekick cli and read the password

import 'package:sidekick_core/sidekick_core.dart';
import 'package:sidekick_vault/sidekick_vault.dart';

void main() {
   final vault = SidekickVault(
      location: repository.root.directory('vault'),
      // environment variable where CIs can inject the vault password
      environmentVariableName: 'FLT_VAULT_PASSPHRASE',
   );

   final secret = vault.loadText('secret.txt');

   // Use secret on your CI to do magic things
}