ejson2env

ejson2env is a tool to simplify storing secrets that should be accessible in the shell environment in your git repo. ejson2env is based on the ejson library and extends the ejson file format.

ejson2env exports all of the values in the environment object in the ejson file to the shell environment.

For example, with the below ejson file:

{
    "_public_key": "<public key here>",
    "environment": {
        "SECRET_SHELL_VARIABLE": "<encrypted data>"
    }
}

Running:

$ ejson2env test.ejson

Would result in the following output:

export SECRET_SHELL_VARIABLE=<decrypted data>

You can then have your shell evaluate this output:

$ eval $(ejson2env test.ejson)

Using ejson2env

ejson2env's usage information is described in it's included manual page.

Installing ejson2env

ejson2env is available through a number of different routes and package managers. If you plan on modifying ejson2env, it is suggested that you install via go get.

Go

ejson2env can be installed using the regular go install tool:

$ go install github.com/Shopify/ejson2env/v2/cmd/ejson2env@latest

You can then find the compiled binary in $GOPATH/bin

Debian Package

You can download the latest version of the Debian package from the releases page.

Install the downloaded package by calling:

$ dpkg -i ejson2env_1.0.3_amd64.deb

RubyGems

You can install ejson2env using Ruby's Gem tool:

$ gem install ejson2env

Homebrew

Provided your install of Homebrew is configured to pull from Shopify's Homebrew repo, you can install ejson2env by calling:

$ brew install ejson2env

Contributing

Please review the Contributing document if you are interested in helping improve ejson2env!