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+Set Environment Variables with LastPass
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+:author: tyrel
+:category: Tech
+:tags: bash, automation, work
+:status: published
+
+I have to use LastPass at work, and I store some API keys in there. Rather than copy/paste and have the actual api key on my terminal, I like to use ``read -rs ENV_VAR_NAME`` to set environment variables, so they are hidden from scrollback.
+
+Recently my coworker set something up that we need an environment variable set up for running some Terraform commands. I don't feel like pasting it in every time from LastPass, so I figured out how to set this up and automate it. I'm sure I've already talked a lot about how I love ``direnv`` and I maintain a lot of different ``.envrc`` files for work things. For my last team I had one per repo! Well ``direnv`` comes to the rescue again.
+
+* The first step is installing the `lastpass-cli <https://github.com/lastpass/lastpass-cli>`_.
+* Then you need to set it up so you log in, how you do that is up to you. I have lpass checking status, and if it exits nonzero, then running lpass login again in my direnv.
+* After that you can use ``lpass show`` and capture that in a variable to export your API key as an environment variable.
+
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   lpass status
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+       lpass login email@address.com
+   fi
+   export API_KEY=$(lpass show "Secret-Name-Here" --password)
+
+Example ``.envrc`` file.
+
+
+I love automating things, and when a coworker says "oh no we have to do this"... I run to automate it!
+
+
+Resources
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* LastPass CLI https://github.com/lastpass/lastpass-cli
+* Direnv https://github.com/direnv/direnv