What 1Password field type to store a json formatted secret?

wagnerone
wagnerone
Community Member
in Secrets Automation

I have a lengthy json formatted secret I want to store in 1Password and access for use in terraform (using the provider or otherwise), but I can't figure out how to store a json file in 1Password without it stripping the whitespace/formatting.

I tried adding it to a Password and that doesn't allow multi-line. It looks like Text would do it, but I'd prefer it not be immediately visible in the 1Password client.

I tried a txt file attachment to a record, but there is not "copy secret reference" for that field type (though maybe it is still accessible in that way?).

Thanks,
Mike

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Comments

  • csharpsteen
    csharpsteen
    Community Member

    For this situation, I typically remove the line breaks so that it can be stored in a field of type Password. jq -c can do the needed removals.

    Makes the secret cumbersome for a human to work with, but it works.

    Otherwise, pasting the pretty-printed value into a field of type Text works but the value is not obscured in the client.

    Another option is to create a template. Usually, only one or two values in a large JSON document are the actual sensitive secrets. Replace those with references to simpler Password or Login vault items and use op inject to render a file with the secret values filled in.

    Terraform may also have native templating features that can generate the JSON without the need for a file to live on disk.