Hello everybody,

first of all thanks a lot for the awesome work you're providing here. This is my attempt to give something back :)

The last few days I built a prototype of a terminal UI which allows browsing through Vault's secret hierarchy tree by running

vault browse secret/folder

We often need to reference deeply nested secrets in our terraform scripts. Getting the path and key right requires a series of vault lists and vault reads. Doing this is quite tedious and switching to the web UI is not convenient for this use case either.

Initially I built the prototype in python by using curses and the hvac client. Then I thought it'd make a good fit in the original vault CLI, so I ported it to Go by using termbox. A more sophisticated library like termui may also be a good fit for this use case.

I actually should have read your contribution guidelines before I started this little endeavour:

That said, if you want to ensure that a pull request is likely to be merged, talk to us! You can find out our thoughts and ensure that your contribution won't clash or be obviated by Vault's normal direction. A great way to do this is via the Vault Google Group.

But anyways, here I am :) This is just a proof of concept and I would like to hear your thoughts.

I think this could also be beneficial to others as it provides a convenient way of browsing, searching and finding the right secret.

If you think this is a little project worth pursuing I would love to help out. Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Dennis