Vault Env is a Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to securely fetch, view, and use secrets from HashiCorp Vault directly in the editor. It supports the KV secrets engine (v2), nested folders, and viewing/copying environment variables.
Features
Fetch a list of all secrets and variables from Vault
Recursively browse nested secret folders
View and copy secret values
Quickly add variables to your project environment
Support for multiple Vault instances and paths
Installation
Open Visual Studio Code
Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
Search for "Vault Env" and install the extension
Restart VS Code if necessary
Quick Start
Open the extension tab:
To add a new server, click the + button to the right of servers.
In the popup, enter a unique name for the server.
Then expand the server settings; you will see the following fields:
name: server name
url: server address
ignoreSsl: ignore certificate errors
token: Vault token to use
storage: name of the secret storage engine
Click any parameter to edit it.
After configuring the server connection, click the root element of the server to load the list of all secrets available to you from Vault:
Clicking a secret will instruct VS Code to load it into the environment variables for all new terminals.
The env tab shows the loaded environment variables:
Requirements
Access to HashiCorp Vault (v1.0+)
Permissions to read secrets (READ, LIST)
Contribution
Pull requests and suggestions are welcome! Open an issue for bugs or ideas.
Version History
0.0.4
add commands to control env (add config, remove config, add env param, remove env param)
sync all changes with vault
0.0.3
add show/hide command
add close env command
0.0.2
Improved secret browsing and nested folder support
