isabella232 / ssm_fetcher

Fetch AWS ssm secrets from command line

Usage

Requirements

python3
boto3

Installation

Add line to ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile etc.

alias f-ssm='<path>/ssm_fetcher.py'

Help

$ f-ssm --help
usage: ssm_fetcher.py [-h] [--json] [--profile PROFILE] [--region REGION]
                      ssm_params [ssm_params ...]

SSM Parameter Fetcher

positional arguments:
  ssm_params            list of ssm parameters

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --json, -j            enables json output
  --profile PROFILE, -p PROFILE
                        aws profile to use, default "default"
  --region REGION, -r REGION
                        aws region to use, default "us-east-1"

Examples

Fetching one parameter

$ f-ssm secret-url
secret-url:
secret.example.com

Fetching one parameter with json format

$ f-ssm secret-url --json
{"secret-url": "secret.example.com"}

Fetching one parameter with different aws profile

$ f-ssm secret-url -p boto_profile
secret-url:
secret.example.com

Fetching one parameter with non-default aws profile from non-default aws region

$ f-ssm secret-url -p boto_profile -r us-west-1
secret-url:
secret.example.com

Fetching multiple parameters

$ f-ssm private-key.pem i-dont-exist website-password
private-key.pem:
<private_key>

i-dont-exist:

website-password:
Password1234!