# vdot
Create your `.env` files using HashiCorp Vault.
> 🔮 **Want to start a process with Vault?** Consider using [HashiCorp's `envconsul`](https://github.com/hashicorp/envconsul).
## Installation
**Homebrew** and **Linuxbrew**
> You can install `brew` from https://brew.sh.
```shell
brew tap sjparkinson/vdot https://github.com/sjparkinson/vdot
brew install vdot
```
**Cargo**
> You can install `cargo` from https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install.
```shell
cargo install vdot
```
**Download**
You can download executables for macOS, Linux, and Windows from https://github.com/sjparkinson/vdot/releases/latest.
## Usage
```
vdot
USAGE:
vdot [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <PATH>...
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
-v, --verbose Verbose mode
OPTIONS:
-o, --output <path> Write to the given file [default: .env]
--kv <version> Version of the key value secrets engine [default: 2] [possible values: 1, 2]
--vault-token <token> Vault token used to authenticate requests [env: VAULT_TOKEN]
--vault-address <address> Vault server address [env: VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:8200]
ARGS:
<path>... Path to the Vault secrets
```
The following assumes you are [using **version two** of Vault's key-value secret engine](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/secrets/kv/index.html). Check out `vdot --help` for more information.
```bash
$ vault kv put secret/foo-bar ENV=production LOG_LEVEL=info
$ vault kv put secret/fizz-buzz LOG_LEVEL=debug
$ vdot --vault-token "$(cat ~/.vault-token)" secret/foo-bar secret/fizz-buzz
info: saved 2 environment variables to .env
$ cat .env
ENV=production
LOG_LEVEL=info
```
## Environment Variables
Instead of passing in the `--vault-*` options, you can define them as environmnent variables.
The [Vault CLI defines that](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/commands/index.html#environment-variables) `VAULT_TOKEN` and `VAULT_ADDR` can be used. These two environment variables are also supported by vdot.