ssmtoyaml

ssmtoyaml

A program for managing your SSM params as YAML files.

Synopsis

This program allows you to export your SSM parameters into a YAML file that represents their Path-Like naming structure and manage their values and some attributes.

This is a rewrite of a ruby gem I also authored.

Options

  -h, --help            help for ssmtoyaml
      --region string   AWS Region to run against. (default "us-east-1")

SEE ALSO

• ssmtoyaml get - Retrieves an entire tree of your SSM param store as a YAML document.
• ssmtoyaml put - Put YAML file of parameters into SSM Parameter store.

ssmtoyaml get

Retrieves an entire tree of your SSM param store as a YAML document.

Synopsis

This command will retrieve a tree or subtree beginning at --ssm_root into a well structured YAML document for ease of editing or copying between environments.

ssmtoyaml get [flags]

Options

  -d, --decrypt           Set to decrypt SecureString values.
  -f, --force-overwrite   Overwrite the --out-file if it exists.
  -h, --help              help for get
      --ignore-tags       Do not write _tags keys to the output file.
  -o, --out-file string   The file to write YAML commands out to. (default "./ssmtoyaml_out.yaml")
  -r, --ssm-root string   A path root to retrieve from. (default "/")

Options inherited from parent commands

      --region string   AWS Region to run against. (default "us-east-1")

SEE ALSO

• ssmtoyaml - A program for managing your SSM params as YAML files.

ssmtoyaml put

Put YAML file of parameters into SSM Parameter store.

Synopsis

This command will import a YAML file into SSM Parameter store. The file should be of the following format. In this example, a parameter of the name /Application/Dev/MySetting will be created.

Application: Dev: MySetting: _type: SecureString _value: MySettingValue _key: alias/basic-data-symmetric _tags: Component: MyApp Environment: Dev BudgetCode: MYAPP

If provided, a separate YAML file can provide the tags in one place. These tags will override each _tag value in your input file. Example tag file:

Component: MyApp Environment: Dev BudgetCode: MYAPP

ssmtoyaml put [flags]

Options

  -h, --help              help for put
  -i, --in-file string    File to import into SSM.
      --no-interact       Use to disable Y/N check.
      --retry-limit int   Limit on retries for failed parameter updates. (default 3)
  -t, --tags string       A file containing a YAML map of TagName: TagValue pairs to add to all parameters

Options inherited from parent commands

      --region string   AWS Region to run against. (default "us-east-1")

SEE ALSO

• ssmtoyaml - A program for managing your SSM params as YAML files.