Accessing secrets from the command line

Step 1: Create a Service Account

Service accounts allow documentation or systems to access secrets. Create a service account and give it a name.

Step 2: Attach the service account to a vault

Step 3: Access their service accounts private key

Cut and paste the service account private key into a file called cloak.pem in the folder from which you will use the cloak cli.

Step 4: View your secrets with Cloak cli.

$ cloak secrets
+--------------+---------------------------------+
| Name         | Value                           |
+--------------+---------------------------------+
| PORT         | 8080                            |
+--------------+---------------------------------+
| DATABASE_URL | psql://localhost/payments       |
+--------------+---------------------------------+
| API_KEY      | sk_test_mKciizZfpXhQgXoNZmzECVN |
+--------------+---------------------------------+