Azure Key Vault

Node library for handle Azure Key Vault, abstracts secrets management by project, environment and group when vault is shared. Also, this library handles nested JSON structures.

How To Use 💡

Should be initialized with AzureKeyVault in two ways as:

1import { AzureKeyVault } from '@calvear/azure-key-vault';
2
3// initializes azure key vault with default credentials
4// azure cli, environment variables, etc.
5// see https://www.npmjs.com/package/@azure/identity
6
7// execute `az login` if you're using az cli
8const keyVault = new AzureKeyVault(
9	'https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net',
10	{
11		project: 'my-project',
12		group: 'web',
13		env: 'dev',
14	}
15);

1import { AzureKeyVault } from '@calvear/azure-key-vault';
2
3// initializes azure key vault with SPN credentials
4const keyVault = new AzureKeyVault(
5	'https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net',
6	{
7		project: 'my-project',
8		group: 'web',
9		env: 'dev',
10	},
11	{
12		clientId: 'f176a774-239e-4cd3-8551-88fd9fb9b441',
13		clientSecret: 'WyBwkmcL8rGQe9B2fvRLDrqDuannE4Ku',
14		tenantId: '9dba8525-be64-4d10-b124-e6f1644ae513',
15	}
16);

and used as below:

1import { AzureKeyVault } from '@calvear/azure-key-vault';
2
3// initialized here ...
4
5async function main() {
6	await keyVault.setAll({
7		SECRET1: 'my secret 1',
8		SECRET2: 'my secret 2',
9		otherConfig: {
10			SECRET3: 'my secret 3',
11		},
12	});
13
14	const mySecret2 = await keyVault.getInfo('SECRET2');
15	console.log(mySecret2);
16	// name is 'my-project-dev-web-secret2' and value 'my secret 2'
17
18	const mySecret3 = await keyVault.getInfo('otherConfig:SECRET3');
19	console.log(mySecret3);
20	// name is 'my-project-dev-web-otherConfig--secret3' and value 'my secret 3'
21
22	const mySecrets = await keyVault.getFor({
23		SECRET1: null,
24		SECRET2: 'default value',
25		otherConfig: {
26			SECRET3: null,
27		},
28		SECRET4: 'def for secret 4',
29	});
30	console.log(mySecrets);
31	// prints { SECRET1: 'my secret 1, SECRET2: 'my secret 2', otherConfig: { SECRET3: 'my secret 3' }, SECRET4: 'def for secret 3' }
32}
33
34main();

You can initialize key vault with environment variables as:

1import { AzureKeyVault } from '@calvear/azure-key-vault';
2
3...
4process.env.AZURE_KEY_VAULT_URI = 'https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net';
5process.env.AZURE_CLIENT_ID = 'f176a774-239e-4cd3-8551-88fd9fb9b441';
6process.env.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET = 'WyBwkmcL8rGQe9B2fvRLDrqDuannE4Ku';
7process.env.AZURE_TENANT_ID = '9dba8525-be64-4d10-b124-e6f1644ae513';
8...
9
10// initializes azure key vault
11const keyVault = new AzureKeyVault({
12	project: 'my-project',
13	group: 'web',
14	env: 'dev'
15});
16
17...

Logging

You can change log level using AZURE_LOG_LEVEL environment variable:

1process.env.AZURE_LOG_LEVEL = 'info';

	> levels: 'verbose', 'info', 'warning', 'error'

Functions

Library has functions for manage key vault secrets.

[i] You can use ':' for nested path, (i.e. car:props:name) [i] You can prefix your key with '&' for project shared secret, (i.e. car:props:$name)

• get: returns secret value.

Parameters	Description
key	(string) secret key
serialized	(boolean) whether value is serialized

1const value = await keyVault.get('my-secret');

• getInfo: returns secret info.

Parameters	Description
key	(string) secret key

1const info = await keyVault.getInfo('my-secret');

• set: inserts or updates secret value.

Parameters	Description
key	(string) secret key
value	(string) secret key

1const info = await keyVault.set('my-secret', 'my secret value');

• delete: deletes a secret.

Parameters	Description
key	(string) secret key

1const deletionInfo = await keyVault.delete('my-secret');

• purge: purges a deleted secret.

Parameters	Description
key	(string) secret key

1const info = await keyVault.purge('my-secret');

• restore: restores a deleted secret.

Parameters	Description
key	(string) secret key

1const restoredInfo = await keyVault.restore('my-secret');

• getAll: gets all secrets for the project, env and group.

1const listOfSecrets = await keyVault.getAll();

• getFor: (faster than getAll) gets all secrets for the project, env and group defined in input object. In order to get array correctly deserialized, use [] as default value instead of null or undefined.

Parameters	Description
secrets	(any) object with secrets (key, value)
[override]	(boolean) (default: false) whether secrets with default value should be override

1let secrets = {
2	'$global-var': null,
3	'my-secret': null,
4	'my-secret-2': 'default value',
5	'my-secret-group1': {
6		'my-secret-3': null,
7	},
8	// in case of array type variable, default must be
9	// an array (or empty array) for correct deserialize
10	'my-array-secret': [],
11};
12
13const listOfSecrets = await keyVault.getFor(secrets);

• setAll: insert or updates a set of secrets.

Parameters	Description
secrets	(any) object with secrets (key, value)

1let secrets = {
2	'$global-var': 'my shared secret',
3	'my-secret': 'my secret',
4	'my-secret-2': 'my secret 2',
5	'my-secret-group1': {
6		'my-secret-3': 'my secret 3',
7	},
8	'my-array-secret': ['a', 'b', 'c'],
9};
10
11const listOfProperties = await keyVault.setAll(secrets);

• deleteAll: deletes every secrets for the project group.

Parameters	Description
skipGlobal	skips global variables

1const info = await keyVault.deleteAll();

• purgeAll: purges every deleted secrets for the project group.

Parameters	Description
skipGlobal	skips global variables

1const info = await keyVault.purgeAll();

• restoreAll: restores every deleted secrets for the project group.

Parameters	Description
skipGlobal	skips global variables

1const info = await keyVault.restoreAll();

Commands

Library has node commands for use with npm. Every commands needs credentials arguments for connect to key vault.

Parameters	Description
--project	(string) project name
--group	(string) secrets group
--env	(string) environment
--uri	(string) key vault uri (i.e. https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net)
--spn	(string) service principal name id (i.e. f176a774-239e-4cd3-8551-88fd9fb9b441)
--password	(string) spn secret password (i.e. WyBwkmcL8rGQe9B2fvRLDrqDuannE4Ku)
--tenant	(string) tenant id (i.e. 9dba8525-be64-4d10-b124-e6f1644ae513)

You should define your npm script command in package.json as:

1// package.json
2{
3	...,
4	"scripts": {
5		...,
6		"akv": "akv --project=my-project --group=web --tenant=9dba8525-be64-4d10-b124-e6f1644ae513",
7		...
8	},
9	...
10}

• getFor: writes a file with secrets as JSON, using a JSON file as secrets structure definition.

Parameters	Description
--file	(string) relative uri (from cmd root) for JSON file for structure definition
--output	(string) relative uri for result secrets JSON file

1foo@bar:~$ npm run akv getFor -- \
2	--env=dev \
3	--uri=https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net \
4	--spn=f176a774-239e-4cd3-8551-88fd9fb9b441 \
5	--password=WyBwkmcL8rGQe9B2fvRLDrqDuannE4Ku \
6	--file=secrets-structure-definition.json \
7	--output=my-secrets.json \
8	--override

• getAll: writes all secrets (for project, group and env) in a JSON file.

Parameters	Description
--output	(string) relative uri for result secrets JSON file

1foo@bar:~$ npm run akv getAll -- \
2	--env=dev \
3	--uri=https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net \
4	--spn=f176a774-239e-4cd3-8551-88fd9fb9b441 \
5	--password=WyBwkmcL8rGQe9B2fvRLDrqDuannE4Ku \
6	--output=my-secrets.json \
7	--override

• publish: creates or updates secrets (for project, group and env) in key vault from a JSON file.

Parameters	Description
--file	(string) relative uri (from cmd root) for JSON file with secrets

1foo@bar:~$ npm run akv publish -- \
2	--env=dev \
3	--uri=https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net \
4	--spn=f176a774-239e-4cd3-8551-88fd9fb9b441 \
5	--password=WyBwkmcL8rGQe9B2fvRLDrqDuannE4Ku \
6	--file=my-secrets.json

• clear: deletes all secrets (for project, group and env) in key vault.

• restore: restores all deleted secrets (for project, group and env) in key vault.

Linting 🧿

Project uses ESLint, for code formatting and code styling normalizing.

• eslint: JavaScript and React linter with Airbnb React base config and some other additions.

For correct interpretation of linters, is recommended to use Visual Studio Code as IDE and install the plugins in .vscode folder at 'extensions.json', as well as use the config provided in 'settings.json'

Changelog 📄

For last changes see CHANGELOG.md file for details.

Built with 🛠️

• @azure/identity - azure identity provider.
• @azure/keyvault-secrets - azure key vault bae handler.

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE.md file for details.

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⌨ by Alvear Candia, Cristopher Alejandro