auth0/vault

Name: vault

Owner: Auth0

Description: Secret store to be used on Docker image building

Forked from: dockito/vault

Created: 2017-08-07 21:52:26.0

Updated: 2018-04-13 17:26:31.0

Pushed: 2018-04-13 17:26:30.0

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README

Dockito Vault

A solution to use SSH keys while building images.

Here is an example installing Node.js dependencies:

ONVAULT npm install
The Dockerfile

During build, you can use the ONVAULT utility to run any command using the private keys.

The private keys are removed automatically after the command completes.

First you need to install the ONVAULT utility, by adding the following statements in your Dockerfile (example works for Debian/Ubuntu):

stalls Dockito Vault ONVAULT utility
tps://github.com/dockito/vault
apt-get update -y && \
apt-get install -y curl && \
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dockito/vault/master/ONVAULT > /usr/local/bin/ONVAULT && \
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ONVAULT

The script's only dependency is curl (being installed above).

Or on Alpine Linux:

stalls Dockito Vault ONVAULT utility
tps://github.com/dockito/vault
apk add -Uuv bash curl && \
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dockito/vault/master/ONVAULT > /usr/local/bin/ONVAULT && \
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ONVAULT

Then use it on any command that requires the private keys:

ONVAULT npm install --unsafe-perm

Here is a complete Node.js example using these concepts:

 node:0.10.38

stalls Dockito Vault ONVAULT utility
tps://github.com/dockito/vault
apt-get update -y && \
apt-get install -y curl && \
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dockito/vault/master/ONVAULT > /usr/local/bin/ONVAULT && \
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ONVAULT

mkdir -p /usr/src/app
DIR /usr/src/app

 package.json /usr/src/app/
ONVAULT npm install --unsafe-perm
 . /usr/src/app

[ "npm", "start" ]
How it works

It is composed of two pieces:

The server IP may be different depending in the docker version your are running or if you are using a custom bridge network for docker. Execute this command below to find out the ip used by docker:

nfig docker0 | grep 'inet ' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $2}'
Custom configurations
Environment variables

Some custom configurations are allowed through environment variables

SSH config file

Other ssh configurations can be achieved through your own ssh config file. Since the vault has access to the whole .ssh directory the ssh config file is available when running the ONVAULT command. Which means any configuration in the ssh config file will be applied to the ssh connection.

An example where you could use the ssh config file is when you need use different private keys for different hosts.

~/.ssh/config

e this key for github host
 github.com
tityFile ~/.ssh/github_docker_key

 use this key for my myprivatehost.com
 myprivatehost.com
tityFile ~/.ssh/myprivatehost_key

herwise will use the id_rsa key for any other host

If platform-specific commands are in your ~/.ssh/config, you can use the VAULT_SSH_CONFIG environment variable to specify an alternate file within the ~/.ssh directory.

SSH key password/passphrase

If your key is protected by passphrase, you can pass to ONVAULT the passphrase, so it before use the key will remove the password at the container.

ULT --disable-pwd %password% npm install
Symlinks

In case you have symlink for any ssh file. Will be necessary map the volume of the symlink destination into the docker vault server. Otherwise will not be possible to resolve the symlink while copying the ssh files with the ONVAULT command.

The private keys server

Run the server setting a volume to your ~/.ssh folder:

er run -p 172.17.0.1:14242:3000 -v ~/.ssh:/vault/.ssh dockito/vault

This ip may be different. Check out the “How it works” session to find out the right ip in case this one is not working for you.

There is also a docker-compose.yml file in this project, allowing you to run it (by cloning the project) with:

er-compose up vault

Happy codding!

Usage in runtime

Although its main purpose is to fix the issue of building Docker images, it can also be used as a source of secrets for some running container:

er run -v ~/.ssh:/vault/.ssh --name vault dockito/vault
er run --link vault image-with-onvault ONVAULT npm install --unsafe-perm
Development

Because NPM dependencies are installed locally, the dependencies installed in the base-image won't be available in development time, so you will need to npm install them again:

clone https://github.com/dockito/vault.git
ault
er-compose run vault npm install
er-compose up vault
Drawbacks

A Dockerfile using this technique requires the special vault service running. Meaning it is not possible to run any build process at the Docker Hub.

As the vault service is not running an ssh-agent (instead copying the contents of files), the password cannot be entered prior to execution.

Acknowledgements

Initial implementation by Paulo Ragonha. Based on the ideas of Max Claus Nunes and Eduardo Nunes.


This work is supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant Number U24TR002306. This work is solely the responsibility of the creators and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.