Enable passing of profile information in cmk commandline

PaulAngus commented 2 years ago

Feature Request

Enable the passing of profile information in cmk command line

Use Case

Storing API and Secret Keys in a plain text file presents a large security hole.
Also, when using scripting from a central location where multiple profiles are in use, switching between profiles and altering config is cumbersome.
Plus cmk cannot be used against multiple environments (profiles) at the same time,

Subsequent Usage

Being able to override these parameters would allow config to be:

prompt     = ߐ
asyncblock = true
timeout    = 1800
output     = json
verifycert = true
profile    = localcloud

[localcloud]
url       = http://localhost:8080/client/api
username  = 
password  = 
domain    = /
apikey    = 
secretkey =

one could then use:

cmk cmk_url=http://acs_host:8080/client/api cmk_apikey=$APIKEY cmk_secretkey=$SECRETKEY cmk_output=csv list hosts

When scripting, APIKEY and SECRETKEY can be stored in a vault

rohityadavcloud commented 2 years ago

With latest v6.2.0 you can now pass the -p and -c options to specify custom config/server profile https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/wiki/Getting-Started#getting-help

PaulAngus commented 2 years ago

Hi Rohit.

I want avoid a text file with the endpoint and credentials in it. Using the existing nomenclature there would be

-s secret key -k api key -u api endpoint url -o output

possibly also -a asyncblock -v verifycert ....

soreana commented 1 year ago

@PaulAngus Do you work on this issue?

apache / cloudstack-cloudmonkey