@zentered/envsync NPM

EnvSync

EnvSync is an attempt to make it easier for developers to initialize an environment or update environment variables with on a single source of truth.

EnvSync currently works with Google Cloud Platform (Secrets Manager). It reads the environment configuration from an .env.example file that is commonly used to help developers get started with a new project, fetches the values from the Google Cloud Platform (Secrets Manager) and writes them to a .env file.

For example, if you have the following .env.example file:

GCP_PROJECT=myproject-dev
API_URL=http://localhost:3000

AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET=envsync//auth0-api-client-secret/latest

Will write the following .env file:

GCP_PROJECT=myproject-dev
API_URL=http://localhost:3000

AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET=secret-value-from-gcp-project

Important: The first variable in the example should be GCP_PROJECT as we're using that to determine the right project. A keyfile.json (Create and manage service account keys) is required in the same folder as the .env.example file.

Installation & Usage

    npm install @zentered/envsync
    # pnpm i @zentered/envsync
    # yarn add @zentered/envsync

Two things are required to use `EnvSync`:

An .env.example file (use envsync//[variable] to indicate a variable that should be fetched from Secrets Manager). The first variable should be GCP_PROJECT with the valid project id
a keyfile.json from a Google Cloud Platform service account with Secrets Manager API enabled, and permission to read secrets

EnvSync is a CLI tool. You can run it with npx envsync or add it as a script in package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "envsync": "envsync"
  }
}

Optional: Specifying the `.env` file:

Note: this is an anti-pattern and should be avoided. Environment variables belong in the environment, not in the codebase. See 12 factor app.

If you have multiple .env files, you can provide the filename as an argument. The .env example file must end in .example
Usage: npx envsync .env.development.example will create .env.development