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eyaml(1)

eyaml1

Command line interface for the hiera eyaml backend

Usage

eyaml [--help] [subcommand [subcommand options]]

Overview

The eyaml command is a command line interface for hiera-eyaml. It is used to create keys, encrypt and decrypt data, and act as a wrapper around a text editor.

Examples

encrypting data

$ eyaml encrypt --string 'foo bar'

Encrypts the command line argument to "--string", and outputs the encrypted data on two formats, line and block. This can be included in an .eyaml file. The "eyaml" command expects keys to be present in the "./keys/" directory by default.

using the editor wrapper

$ eyaml edit hieradata/common.eyaml

Decrypts the file into a temporary file, and opens the file in a text editor. Values to be encrypted are wrapped in markup. When the file is saved, any changed values are encrypted.

Authors

eyaml was written by Geoff Meakin, Peter Dyson, Robert Fielding, Simon Hildrew and Tom Poulton.

This man page was written by Stig Sandbeck Mathisen for the Debian distribution, but may be used by others.

Bugs

The file referenced in "eyaml edit" must exist.

An error in the markup may result in "eyaml edit" not being able to open the file.

From hiera-eyaml 4.2.0-1.1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.