I'm trying to figure out a nifty way to generate randomised secrets in Azure Key vault using Terraform. Where i'm a bit stuck is when i want to use the generated secrets in other modules. The output of the secrets are as object map, and i cannot figure out the right syntax to reference the generated secrets in other modules.
For some specifics:
In the Keyvault module, i'm generating secrets like this, empty strings generates a new secret:
# Generate a random password
resource "random_password" "password" {
for_each = var.secrets
length = 20
min_upper = 2
min_lower = 2
min_numeric = 2
min_special = 2
override_special = "!@#$*()-_= []{}<>:"
keepers = {
name = each.key
}
}
# Create Azure Key Vault secrets
resource "azurerm_key_vault_secret" "secret" {
for_each = var.secrets
key_vault_id = azurerm_key_vault.key-vault.id
name = each.key
value = lookup(each.value, "value") != "" ? lookup(each.value, "value") : random_password.password[each.key].result
tags = var.tags
depends_on = [
azurerm_key_vault.key-vault,
azurerm_key_vault_access_policy.default_policy,
]
}
The var.secrets is a map defined like this:
variable "secrets" {
type = map(object({
value = string
}))
description = "Define Azure Key Vault secrets"
default = {}
}
An populated like this:
kv-secrets = {
secret-x = {
value = ""
}
secret-y = {
value = ""
}
secret-z = {
value = ""
}
}
The secrets are defined as outputs for the Key vault module like this:
output "key-vault-secrets" {
value = values(azurerm_key_vault_secret.secret).*.value
}
Now let's say i would like to use a generated secret in other modules of my terraform project, a PSQL DB perhaps:
module "psql" {
source = "./modules/psql"
psql_server_name = var.psql_server_name
location = var.location
prefix = var.prefix
environment = var.environment
resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.rg.name
administrator_login = var.administrator_login
administrator_login_password = ?module.keyvault.key-vault-secrets?
..
..
}
Does anyone know how to reference the generated secret assigning the value to "administrator_login_password"? Or am i approaching this wrong.
cred: https://gmusumeci.medium.com/how-to-manage-azure-key-vault-with-terraform-943bf7251369
CodePudding user response:
If you want to use module.keyvault.key-vault-secrets["secret-x"].value'
syntax, then your output should be:
output "key-vault-secrets" {
value = azurerm_key_vault_secret.secret
}