k8s2dotenv v1.1.0

k8s2dotenv

A commandline cli tool to fetch, merge and convert secrets and config maps in k8s to dot env property file. Useful for building frontend projects for k8s.

This tool uses kubernetes apis via the official kubernetes client for javascript

This tool will use your currently configured kubectl to perform necessary api calls. So make sure you have configured your kubectl correctly before running this.

Installation

npm install -g k8s2dotenv

Usage

 
   k8s2dotenv 1.0.0 - Merges and coverts secrets and configmaps to a env properties file

   USAGE

     k8s2dotenv

   OPTIONS

     -o, --out                         Output file name, defaults to stdout                                               optional      default: false
     -s, --secret <secret_name>        K8s <secret_name> from which you want to generate env file                         optional
     -c, --configmap <config_map>      K8s <config_map> from which you want to generate env file                          optional
     -n, --namespace <name_space>      K8s <name_space> from which you want to access the secrets and/or config maps      optional

   GLOBAL OPTIONS

     -h, --help         Display help
     -V, --version      Display version
     --no-color         Disable colors
     --quiet            Quiet mode - only displays warn and error messages
     -v, --verbose      Verbose mode - will also output debug messages

Example

Simple

k8s2dotenv -c api-config > .env

Advanced

k8s2dotenv -s api-secrets -s api-secrets2 -c api-config -c api-config2 -n default > .env

Alternatives

If you do not want to use this tool for some reason you can try

PS: You will need jq version 1.6+ installed on your system.

  kubectl get secrets/api-secrets -o json | \
      jq -r '.data | map_values(@base64d) | to_entries[] | "\(.key)=\(.value)"' > .env
  
  kubectl get configmaps/api-config -o json | \
    jq -r '.data | to_entries[] | "\(.key)=\(.value)"' >> .env