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notplantsandClaude ef85d40a63 feat(secrets): path-bound secrets are symlinks into /secrets/files
A secret a third party reads from a fixed path (ssh key, systemd EnvironmentFile, nix
authKeyFile, TLS keypair) now lives ONCE as a real file in /secrets/files and is symlinked
from where the consumer expects it. The consumer is unchanged and unaware; the file exists
in one directory, at 0600, outside /srv and outside every git tree.

That makes the store and the file directory alternatives, not layers: a secret is a value in
store.yaml OR a file in /secrets/files, never both. The copies of the ssh keys, tailscale
auth key, incus keypair, LE cert and cc-ci testenv have been dropped from store.yaml now that
each has a single home.

Documented exception: an app that rewrites its own credential file (OAuth refresh via
write-temp+rename) replaces the symlink with a regular file and silently re-splits the home.
opencode's auth.json is one, so it stays put and is deliberately not centralised.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-01 17:06:18 +00:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""The one place secrets live on an orchestrator host: a sops+age encrypted store.
WHY: credentials used to sit in plaintext all over the box — passwords baked into git
remote URLs (`https://user:pass@host/...`, which `git remote -v` happily prints), API keys
in .env files, a private key at mode 0644. Anything in a repo is one `git add -A` away from
a push. So: ONE encrypted file, OUTSIDE every git tree, and a helper every project uses.
/secrets/store.yaml sops+age ciphertext (0600) — values our code reads
/secrets/files/ real files (0600) SYMLINKED from the fixed path a third
party insists on: ~/.ssh keys, a systemd EnvironmentFile,
nix authKeyFile, a TLS keypair
~/.config/sops/age/keys.txt the age private key, 0600
One home per secret: a value is in the store OR a file in /secrets/files, never both.
/secrets is outside every git tree — not a repo, no remote — and outside /srv, which agents
grep and walk constantly.
USAGE (library):
from secrets import get, get_group
cookie = get("tangled.cookie")
env = get_group("cc_ci_testenv") # dict, e.g. to build an env
USAGE (CLI):
python3 engine/secrets.py list # group/key names only, never values
python3 engine/secrets.py get tangled.cookie # value to stdout (careful in logs)
NO SECOND COPIES. A secret is never written to a second file "so something can read it" —
copies drift, get committed, and widen what a stray `grep` or an attacker finds. A consumer
that insists on a path gets a SYMLINK into /secrets/files (see above), so the file still
exists exactly once. For a one-off, inject at run time and leave nothing behind:
secrets.py exec-env <group> -- some-command # group as env vars, no file
secrets.py with-file <group.key> -- cmd -i {} # 0600 file in a private tmpdir,
# deleted when the command exits
Careful with symlinks: an app that rewrites its own credential file (an OAuth refresh writing
auth.json via write-temp+rename) REPLACES the symlink with a regular file and silently splits
the home again. Before symlinking, ask whether the owner ever writes it back.
ADDING A SECRET: sops /secrets/store.yaml (opens decrypted in $EDITOR, re-encrypts on save)
"""
import json, os, subprocess, sys, pathlib, tempfile, shutil
STORE = os.environ.get("AO_SECRETS_STORE", "/secrets/store.yaml")
AGE_KEY = os.environ.get("SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE", os.path.expanduser("~/.config/sops/age/keys.txt"))
def _load():
"""Decrypt the store. Fails loudly: a silent empty dict would look like 'no secrets'."""
if not pathlib.Path(STORE).exists():
sys.exit(f"no secret store at {STORE} — see engine/README.md (Secrets)")
env = {**os.environ, "SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE": AGE_KEY}
r = subprocess.run(["sops", "-d", "--output-type", "json", STORE],
capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
if r.returncode != 0:
sys.exit(f"cannot decrypt {STORE} (age key at {AGE_KEY}?): {r.stderr.strip()[:300]}")
return json.loads(r.stdout)
def get(dotted, default=None):
"""get('group.key') -> value. Missing key returns default (None) rather than raising."""
cur = _load()
for part in dotted.split("."):
if not isinstance(cur, dict) or part not in cur:
return default
cur = cur[part]
return cur
def get_group(name):
"""get_group('cc_ci_testenv') -> dict of that group (empty dict if absent)."""
return _load().get(name, {})
def exec_env(group, argv):
"""Run argv with `group`'s keys added to the environment. Nothing touches the disk."""
vals = get_group(group)
if not vals:
sys.exit(f"no group {group!r} in the store (secrets.py list)")
env = {**os.environ, **{k: str(v) for k, v in vals.items()}}
return subprocess.call(argv, env=env)
def with_file(dotted, argv):
"""Run argv with `{}` replaced by a 0600 temp file holding the value.
The file lives in a private 0700 dir and is removed when the command exits — so a consumer
that insists on a path (ssh -i, a TLS key) never leaves a lasting second copy of the secret.
"""
val = get(dotted)
if val is None:
sys.exit(f"no such key: {dotted}")
d = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="ao-secret-") # mkdtemp is 0700
try:
p = pathlib.Path(d) / dotted.split(".")[-1]
p.write_text(val if isinstance(val, str) else json.dumps(val))
p.chmod(0o600)
return subprocess.call([a.replace("{}", str(p)) for a in argv])
finally:
shutil.rmtree(d, ignore_errors=True)
def main():
argv = sys.argv[1:]
if not argv or argv[0] in ("-h", "--help"):
print(__doc__)
return
cmd = argv[0]
if cmd == "list":
for g, v in _load().items():
print(f"{g}: {', '.join(v) if isinstance(v, dict) else '<value>'}")
elif cmd == "get":
if len(argv) < 2:
sys.exit("usage: secrets.py get <group.key>")
v = get(argv[1])
if v is None:
sys.exit(f"no such key: {argv[1]}")
print(v if isinstance(v, str) else json.dumps(v))
elif cmd in ("exec-env", "with-file"):
if "--" not in argv:
sys.exit(f"usage: secrets.py {cmd} <name> -- <command...>")
i = argv.index("--")
if i != 2:
sys.exit(f"usage: secrets.py {cmd} <name> -- <command...>")
run = exec_env if cmd == "exec-env" else with_file
sys.exit(run(argv[1], argv[i + 1:]))
else:
sys.exit(f"unknown command {cmd!r} — list | get | exec-env | with-file")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()