How to setup and use LastPass cli to retrieve secrets when scripting

lastpass-cli-how-to.md

Prerequisties

1. An active LastPass account
2. LastPass cli installed, see here

Create a password entry in LastPass with the following details:

• name: my-super-secret
• username: my-super-secret-username
• password: my-super-secret-password

How to login to LastPass

lpass login <your LastPass username>

NOTE: this will prompt you to enter your LastPass password

How to retrieve the username and password of the my-super-secret entry in LastPass

MY_SUPER_SECRET_USERNAME=`lpass show --username my-super-secret`
MY_SUPER_SECRET_PASSWORD=`lpass show --password my-super-secret`

How to logout

Add the following code to the start of your script to ensure that LastPass always logs out even if the script errors:

function finish {
  lpass logout -f
}
trap finish EXIT