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kelseyhightower / confd

Manage local application configuration files using templates and data from etcd or consul
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aws ssm parameter store documentation ? #688

Open pjuanda opened 6 years ago

pjuanda commented 6 years ago

i can't find documentation on how to enable aws ssm parameter store integration with confd. Should we add it in the documentation ?

I've found these environment variables needed to run confd

$ export AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG=true
$ export AWS_PROFILE="experiment"

Optionally, if you have custom path for your credential file, you should define its path.

$ export AWS_CREDENTIAL_PROFILES_FILE="/path/to/the/credentials"
okushchenko commented 6 years ago

To configure confd with a ssm backend you should use the same steps as you would use to configure aws-cli or any other app that uses AWS API, really. The steps are described here in many details: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html

pjuanda commented 6 years ago

I can have it running btw, just wondering maybe it's better if we provide short documentation or link to aws documentation. There probably some people out there not really familiar with aws-cli. I can help add the documentation if it's needed :D

okushchenko commented 6 years ago

Sure, that totally makes sense. Open a PR with the changes to docs if you want to contribute.

pjuanda commented 6 years ago

@okushchenko noted, i'll make the PR in this weekend :D

abeluck commented 5 years ago

Was googling for confd aws ssm docs and landed here. Any reason the docs aren't merged yet?

edit: I see the docs aren't complete yet.

abeluck commented 5 years ago

In particular, I want to learn how to set the prefix when baking an AMI with confd using ssm.

Given a confd config that is executed using a systemd ExecPreStart on the service it is generating a config for AND a situation where the paths are prefixed with the environment, e.g., /dev/app_name/db_pass vs /prod/app_name/db_pass... what is the best practice for injecting -prefix XXX into the instance at run time (and not AMI build time)?