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feat(ci-deploy): copy Secrets Manager secrets into Kubernetes on apply - #243
Lets an environment's secrets be created and distributed without any local write. First use is the direct-upload witness key, which relay-control and the pipeline's ingest edge must share.
deploy.jsonsecrets: maps one Secrets Manager secret to one or more Kubernetes Secret keys.
Apply: creates a missing secret when its entry has "generate": "base64url-32" (32 random bytes, unpadded base64url). It then writes the value to every target key, using server-side apply of that key only, so other keys of the Secret are untouched. It stops before the upgrade if a secret is missing and has no generate rule.
Plan: lists the mappings without values and never calls Secrets Manager.
Never exposed: the value is never in argv, logs, git or a laptop (tests assert this).
Module:secrets_manager_prefix (e.g. agentrelay-dev/) is the apply role's only Secrets Manager scope (Get, Describe, Create, Tag). The secret is encrypted with the environment KMS key.
Tests: 27 script tests (3 new) and 6 tftest runs pass; shellcheck and tflint are clean.
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Summary by cubic
Syncs an environment's secrets from AWS Secrets Manager into Kubernetes Secret keys on apply, so secrets are created and distributed entirely inside AWS with no local writes. First use is the direct-upload witness key shared by relay-control and the pipeline's ingest edge.
deploy.jsonsecrets maps one Secrets Manager secret to one or more Kubernetes Secret keys.
A missing secret is created when its entry has "generate": "base64url-32" (32 random bytes, unpadded base64url), then written to each target key with server-side apply of that key only.
Each key has its own field manager, so mappings sharing a Secret never remove each other's keys and the Secret keeps its type.
Apply stops before the upgrade if a secret is missing and has no generate rule.
Plan lists the mappings without values and never calls Secrets Manager.
Values survive trailing newlines and never appear in argv, logs, git, or on a laptop; tests assert this.
Secrets sync only on an apply, so rotating a value requires restarting consumers.
The new secrets_manager_prefix module variable (e.g. agentrelay-dev/) scopes the apply role's Secrets Manager access to that prefix, and secrets are encrypted with the environment KMS key.
Written for commit a578004. Summary will update on new commits.
deploy.json "secrets" maps a Secrets Manager secret to Kubernetes Secret
keys. Apply creates a missing secret when it has a generate rule
(base64url-32: 32 random bytes, unpadded base64url), then writes the
value to every target key with server-side apply of that key only. The
value never reaches argv, git, a laptop or a log; the plan lists the
mappings without values and never reads Secrets Manager. The module's
secrets_manager_prefix scopes the apply role to one name prefix.
First use: the direct-upload witness key shared by relay-control and the
pipeline's ingest edge.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The CI deployment module adds optional, prefix-scoped Secrets Manager access for apply jobs. The deployment script reports secret mappings in plan mode and reads or generates configured values during apply before applying the listed keys to Kubernetes Secrets.
Adds the optional secrets_manager_prefix input and validates its format. When set, the apply role receives permissions for matching Secrets Manager secrets. CodeBuild receives the configured KMS key, and Terraform tests cover valid and invalid prefixes.
Sync secrets during apply scripts/selfhost/ci-deploy.sh, scripts/selfhost/tests/test_ci_deploy.py
Apply reads configured secrets or creates missing values when base64url-32 generation is configured, then applies only listed keys to Kubernetes Secrets. Tests cover generated value format, target keys, reuse, and failure when generation is not configured.
Report mappings in plan mode scripts/selfhost/ci-deploy.sh, scripts/selfhost/tests/test_ci_deploy.py, docs/selfhost-ci-deploy.md
Plan mode reports configured secret sources and targets without reading values. The guide documents mapping behavior, access scope, generation, and when synchronization runs.
sequenceDiagram
participant Deploy as ci-deploy.sh
participant AWS as AWS Secrets Manager
participant Kube as Kubernetes API
Deploy->>AWS: Read configured secret
alt Secret is missing and generation is configured
Deploy->>Deploy: Generate 32 random bytes and encode as base64url
Deploy->>AWS: Create secret with generated value
end
Deploy->>Kube: Apply listed Secret keys with server-side apply
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AgentWorkforce/infra#241: Adds the CI deployment flow and AWS module that this change extends with secret synchronization and scoped permissions.
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 8259d
The new secret synchronization works for the first use, which maps two different Secrets. However, mapped keys that share a Secret can be deleted. Secret-only changes cannot be synced through the standard workflow. Services reading a shared key can end up with mismatched values after a partial rollout. These should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merge.
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A rabbit checks the secret store, Then carries keys to Kubernetes’ door. Thirty-two bytes, encoded just right, Reused on the next apply night. Plans list paths, but keep values out of sight.
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🔴 Later sync deletes earlier Secret keys
When two mappings target one Secret, sync_secrets removes the first mapped key while applying the second. The shared ci-deploy-secrets field manager relinquishes previously owned keys omitted from each server-side apply.
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Server-side apply tracks ownership of individual Secret data keys by field manager. Each target here uses ci-deploy-secrets but sends a manifest containing only one key. When another target addresses the same Secret, its manifest omits the previously owned key, so server-side apply deletes that key. Other unrelated keys owned by different managers remain intact, which makes this easy to miss.
Example: Map AWS sources env/db and env/api to ns/runtime[database-url] and ns/runtime[api-key]. The first apply writes database-url; the second apply leaves only api-key, so the database credential is missing before the Helm upgrade.
Recommended fix: Group all targets by namespace and Secret name and submit one server-side apply manifest per Secret containing every managed key. Validate duplicate target keys and test that repeated applies preserve all mapped keys and unrelated externally owned keys.
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🔴 Secret values lose trailing newlines
When a stored SecretString ends in a newline, sync_secrets writes different bytes into Kubernetes. Bash command substitution strips every trailing newline from the AWS CLI output.
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Secrets Manager stores the exact bytes of a SecretString. The AWS CLI text formatter adds a newline after the string, but bash command substitution removes all trailing newlines, including those belonging to the stored value. The same trimming also occurs on the post-creation read. The script then base64-encodes the shortened value into the Kubernetes Secret.
Example: If env/certificate contains "pem-data\n", the Kubernetes key receives "pem-data", not the value in Secrets Manager. Any consumer that requires the original bytes sees the wrong credential.
Recommended fix: Stream the CLI output to a private file and remove only the CLI-added final newline, without stripping any newline from SecretString itself; build the JSON manifest from the file. Alternatively use an output format/API that preserves exact string boundaries and verify multiline and trailing-newline inputs in tests.
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🟡 Typed Secrets reject mapped key updates
When a mapping targets an existing TLS or registry Secret, sync_secrets fails before the upgrade. Its manifest sets type to Opaque, but Kubernetes cannot change an existing Secret's type.
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Kubernetes Secrets have an immutable type. This manifest always sets Opaque, which matches newly created Secrets but not existing kubernetes.io/tls or kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson Secrets. Applying a data key to either existing type requests an invalid type change and aborts the entire deployment.
Example: Map a Secrets Manager TLS private key to ns/ingress-cert[tls.key], where ingress-cert is a kubernetes.io/tls Secret. The server rejects the type change before Helm starts.
Recommended fix: Avoid specifying type when updating an existing Secret, or inspect the existing type and preserve it. If only Opaque Secrets are supported, validate and document that limit before attempting to write the key.
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Preserve previously synced keys when applying another target
When two mappings target different keys of the same Kubernetes Secret, each invocation submits only one key using the same ci-deploy-secrets field manager. The second apply therefore deletes the first key if this manager is its sole owner: the Kubernetes merge documentation states that “each missing item not managed by any other appliers is removed.” Consequently, an apply can succeed while leaving only the last mapped credential, breaking workloads that require the earlier keys. The new tests target distinct Secret names and do not exercise this case. Aggregate all mapped keys per Secret into one apply, or use a stable, distinct field manager per key.
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Review comments at @docs/selfhost-ci-deploy.md:
- Around line 59-60: Update the description of secret synchronization near
sync_secrets to clarify that it runs only when the plan has changes, unless
FORCE_UPGRADE=1; document FORCE_UPGRADE=1 as the way to force synchronization on
a no-change apply.
- Line 73: Update the self-hosted CI deployment workflow and its documentation
to provide an approved way to synchronize secrets when the Helm plan has no
changes, including mapping-only changes and secret rotations. Ensure the
synchronization path works without a Helm change while preserving the existing
bundle and revision checks; document how to use it without assuming an
unsupported FORCE_UPGRADE setting.
Review comments at @scripts/selfhost/ci-deploy.sh:
- Line 231: Update the server-side apply in the Secret-writing path so separate
mappings to the same Secret preserve previously applied keys. Use a stable,
distinct field manager for each target key, or combine all mapped keys for a
Secret into one apply; retain the existing failure handling.
- Line 215: Update the secret retrieval flow around the aws secretsmanager
get-secret-value command to store the JSON response in a protected file and have
jq base64-encode .SecretString directly from that file. Avoid capturing the
decoded secret in a shell variable, and ensure the target receives the exact
stored value, including trailing newlines.
- Line 254: Update the deployment flow around sync_secrets so consumers of a
changed Secret receive the new value even when their release is skipped.
Coordinate rollouts of all consumers sharing the key to prevent them from using
different witness keys; preserve the existing rollout mechanisms and establish
how Secret changes are detected before triggering them.
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A mapping-only change or AWS secret rotation can leave the Helm plan unchanged. The workflow then skips apply, so Kubernetes keeps the old value or misses the new mapping. The workflow does not expose FORCE_UPGRADE.
Provide an approved way to synchronize secrets without a Helm change, and document it. Preserve the bundle and revision checks.
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Update the self-hosted CI deployment workflow and its documentation to provide an approved way to synchronize secrets when the Helm plan has no changes, including mapping-only changes and secret rotations. Ensure the synchronization path works without a Helm change while preserving the existing bundle and revision checks; document how to use it without assuming an unsupported FORCE_UPGRADE setting.
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Sources consulted:
- Secrets | Kubernetes — https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/
- Update Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets in Running Pods — https://www.golinuxcloud.com/update-configmap-secret-without-pod-restart/
- Secrets Rotation of Environment Variables and Mounted Secrets in Pods - Engineering Fundamentals Playbook — https://microsoft.github.io/code-with-engineering-playbook/CI-CD/gitops/secret-management/secret-rotation-in-pods/
- Kubernetes Env Variables: ConfigMaps, Secrets & Pod Spec — env.dev — https://env.dev/guides/kubernetes-env-variables
- We Rotated a Database Password, and Every Pod That Didn't Restart Started Failing Auth - TZoneLabs We Rotated a Database Password, and Every Pod That Didn't Restart Started Failing Auth — https://tzonelabs.com/secrets-rotation-stale-env-var-pods/
Coordinate consumer rollouts when a synchronized Secret changes.
When another release has changes, sync_secrets can update the witness Secret while the ingest-edge release is skipped. Running ingest-edge containers retain the old UPLOAD_WITNESS_KEY. Consumers can then use different witness keys.
Ensure affected consumers receive the new value, with a coordinated rollout for shared keys.
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Review comment at @scripts/selfhost/ci-deploy.sh at line 254:
Update the deployment flow around sync_secrets so consumers of a changed Secret receive the new value even when their release is skipped. Coordinate rollouts of all consumers sharing the key to prevent them from using different witness keys; preserve the existing rollout mechanisms and establish how Secret changes are detected before triggering them.
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- Each data key is applied with its own field manager, so two mappings
into one Secret no longer remove each other's keys.
- The value goes AWS JSON -> jq -> file: trailing newlines survive.
- No type in the manifest: an existing typed Secret keeps its type.
- Docs: sync runs only on an apply; rotation needs a consumer restart.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Lets an environment's secrets be created and distributed without any local write. First use is the direct-upload witness key, which relay-control and the pipeline's ingest edge must share.
deploy.jsonsecrets: maps one Secrets Manager secret to one or more Kubernetes Secret keys."generate": "base64url-32"(32 random bytes, unpadded base64url). It then writes the value to every target key, using server-side apply of that key only, so other keys of the Secret are untouched. It stops before the upgrade if a secret is missing and has no generate rule.secrets_manager_prefix(e.g.agentrelay-dev/) is the apply role's only Secrets Manager scope (Get, Describe, Create, Tag). The secret is encrypted with the environment KMS key.Tests: 27 script tests (3 new) and 6 tftest runs pass; shellcheck and tflint are clean.
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@codesmith-botwith what you need.Summary by cubic
Syncs an environment's secrets from AWS Secrets Manager into Kubernetes Secret keys on apply, so secrets are created and distributed entirely inside AWS with no local writes. First use is the direct-upload witness key shared by relay-control and the pipeline's ingest edge.
deploy.jsonsecretsmaps one Secrets Manager secret to one or more Kubernetes Secret keys."generate": "base64url-32"(32 random bytes, unpadded base64url), then written to each target key with server-side apply of that key only.secrets_manager_prefixmodule variable (e.g.agentrelay-dev/) scopes the apply role's Secrets Manager access to that prefix, and secrets are encrypted with the environment KMS key.Written for commit a578004. Summary will update on new commits.