Load Secrets from 1Password - GitHub Action

The action to load secrets from 1Password Connect into GitHub Actions.

Specify right from your workflow YAML which secrets from 1Password should be loaded into your job, and the action will make them available as environment variables for the next steps.

Usage

on: push
jobs:
  hello-world:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Load secret
        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v1
        env:
          OP_CONNECT_HOST: <Your Connect instance URL>
          OP_CONNECT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OP_CONNECT_TOKEN }}
          SECRET: op://app-cicd/hello-world/secret

      - name: Print masked secret
        run: echo "Secret: $SECRET"
        # Prints: Secret: ***

Longer usage example

on: push
name: Deploy app

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Configure 1Password Connect
        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action/configure@v1
        with:
          # Persist the 1Password Connect URL for next steps. You can also persist 
          # the Connect token using input `connect-token`, but keep in mind that 
          # every single step in the job would then be able to access the token.
          connect-host: https://1password.acme.com

      - name: Load Docker credentials
        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v1
        env:
          OP_CONNECT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OP_CONNECT_TOKEN }}
          DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: op://app-cicd/docker/username
          DOCKERHUB_TOKEN: op://app-cicd/docker/token

      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Print environment variables with masked secrets
        run: printenv

      - name: Build and push Docker image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          push: true
          tags: acme/app:latest

      - name: Load AWS credentials
        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v1
        with:
          # Remove local copies of the Docker credentials, which are not needed anymore
          unset-previous: true
        env:
          OP_CONNECT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OP_CONNECT_TOKEN }}
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: op://app-cicd/aws/access-key-id
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: op://app-cicd/aws/secret-access-key

      - name: Deploy app
        # This script expects AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY to be set, which was 
        # done automatically by the step above
        run: ./deploy.sh

Action Inputs

Name	Default	Description
unset-previous	false	Whether to unset environment variables populated by 1Password in earlier job steps

Secrets Reference Syntax

To specify which secret should be loaded into which environment variable, the action will look for op:// reference URIs in environment variables, and replace those with the actual secret values.

These reference URIs have the following syntax:

op://<vault>/<item>[/<section>]/<field>

So for example, the reference URI op://app-cicd/aws/secret-access-key would be interpreted as:

• Vault: app-cicd
• Item: aws
• Section: default section
• Field: secret-access-key

Masking

Similar to regular GitHub repository secrets, secret fields from 1Password will automatically be masked from the GitHub Actions logs too. A 1Password field is considered 'secret' when it's marked as concealed (which shows as ••••••• in the 1Password GUI) or when it's a secure note. So if one of these values accidentally gets printed, it'll get replaced with ***.

This means that a username or port field for example will not get masked.

1Password Connect Configuration

To use the action, you need to have a 1Password Connect instance deployed somewhere. To configure the action with your Connect URL and a Connect token, you can set the OP_CONNECT_HOST and OP_CONNECT_TOKEN variables.

If you're using the load-secrets action more than once in a single job, you can use the configure action to avoid duplicate configuration:

on: push
jobs:
  hello-world:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Configure 1Password Connect
        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action/configure@v1
        with:
          connect-host: <Your Connect instance URL>
          connect-token: ${{ secrets.OP_CONNECT_TOKEN }}

      - name: Load secret
        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v1
        env:
          SECRET: op://app-cicd/hello-world/secret

configure Action Inputs

Name	Default	Environment variable	Description
connect-host		OP_CONNECT_HOST	Your 1Password Connect instance URL
connect-token		OP_CONNECT_TOKEN	Token to authenticate to your 1Password Connect instance

Supported Runners

You can run the action on Linux and macOS runners. Windows is currently not supported.