Purpose: the goal for this project is to encrypt .env files for a given Rust application and store them in an encrypted state, then decrypt them at runtime using an OS-based environment variable and pass them to the application. This requires any potential/illicit attacker to breach the operating system's security and access its environment variables before any application-level environment variables can be compromised.
Disclaimer: this project is brand-new. It's stable and can be used in production environments, but SLA-based support won't be offered until we're at v1.0. 
- Install Rust 🌎
- Clone/fork the env_encryption_tool repo ⚡
- Modify the encryption key in main.rs to your desired content 🔒
- Run "cargo build --release" - this outputs a binary in the target folder ✨
- Run the binary in the same folder as your .env file - this outputs a .env.enc file 🎊
- Integrate the included decrypt_config.rs file and its crates into your Rust project ⭐
- Set an OS-level environment variable named "DECRYPTION_KEY" ( 🌎 for Linux, 🌍 for Windows, 🌏 for MacOS) to the same value you placed in main.rs.
- Copy the .env.enc file to the same folder your Rust binary runs in and voila! You have encrypted environment variables provided to your application at runtime. 🎉
We welcome contributions from the community! A simple guide to get started:
- Fork the repository to your Github account (a.k.a create a branch).
- Clone your forked repo/branch to your favorite IDE (VS Code is our editor of choice) and make changes (or use the command-line: git checkout -b feature/your-feature).
- Thoroughly test and debug your changes, then commit and push them to your forked repo/branch.
- Open a pull request to have your changes reviewed and reintegrated into the main branch.
Contributors are strongly encouraged to read our CONTRIBUTING.md file before opening a pull request.
env_encryption_tool is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 license, making it free to use, modify, and distribute as long as the source code remains open-source. Using a modified version of this software without disclosing its source code is not in compliance with the AGPL-3.0 license.
Special thanks to contributors, open-source enthusiasts, and supporters of env_encryption_tool's vision.
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