# secrets-broker

Per-dev-box credential **store + backup** over the PFI Vaultwarden
(`vaultwarden.phasefinal.com`). Lets the CC sessions on a dev box stash and look up
secrets — API keys, tokens, `env.sh` / `.env` files, TLS keys — that shouldn't live
in git and are otherwise single-copy on the box.

**Not a fleet service.** Each dev box runs its own copy of this stack against its own
local secrets; items are hostname-namespaced (`<hostname>/…`) in the shared
`infra-ops` org so they don't collide. No daemon — the `secret` CLI shells out to
`bw` per call (~a few seconds; fine for occasional session use).

## Files

| File | What |
|---|---|
| `secret` | the CLI (`put` / `get` / `list` / `backfill`) — copy this to each box |
| `secrets-broker.contract.md` | the spec |
| `~/.config/secrets-broker/bootstrap.env` | **per-box** service-account creds, `0600`, **never committed** |

## Set up on a new dev box

1. **Install `bw`** (user-prefix, no sudo):
   ```bash
   npm install -g @bitwarden/cli --prefix "$HOME/.local"   # -> ~/.local/bin/bw
   ```
2. **Provision creds** (operator): the service account already exists
   (`infra-ops@phasefinal.com`); drop its creds into the bootstrap file:
   ```bash
   mkdir -p ~/.config/secrets-broker && chmod 700 ~/.config/secrets-broker
   $EDITOR ~/.config/secrets-broker/bootstrap.env   # RBW_EMAIL, RBW_MASTER_PW, BW_CLIENTID, BW_CLIENTSECRET
   chmod 600 ~/.config/secrets-broker/bootstrap.env
   ```
   (`RBW_*` names are historical — bw reads them the same.)
3. **Copy the CLI** and point at the vault:
   ```bash
   cp secret ~/.local/bin/secret          # or run in place
   bw config server https://vaultwarden.phasefinal.com
   ```
4. **Back up this box's secrets:**
   ```bash
   secret backfill --dry-run   # review what it would store
   secret backfill             # write + round-trip-verify each
   ```

## Usage

```bash
secret put myproj/.env --file ./env.sh --folder $(hostname)   # upsert a secret
secret put api/some-token --stdin                             # from stdin
secret get myproj/.env                                        # -> note body (stdout)
secret get certs/foo.pem --field content_b64 --file foo.pem   # binary -> 0600 file
secret list --prefix $(hostname)/                             # names + metadata only
secret backfill [--dry-run]                                   # this box's local secrets
```

## Notes

- **`bootstrap.env` is the one secret that can't be vaulted** (secrets-zero) — it's
  excluded from backfill. Keep it `0600`; it's this box's crown jewel.
- Values are only ever printed by an explicit `get`; `list` / `--dry-run` show
  names + metadata (`sha256`, `synced_at`, `source_path`) only.
- Upsert is idempotent (keyed by name) — re-running `backfill` refreshes, never
  duplicates. Safe to re-run if a run is interrupted.
- The Vaultwarden DB is in the pg_dump backup set; the store itself is durable.
