Pssecret server

Pssecret is self-hosted service to share secrets (like passwords) with somebody over the network, but don't want them to appear in chats, unencrypted e-mails, etc.

This service tries to be as anonymous as possible. The only personal information that will be stored on a server will be IP address of the client that made request to the server.

Service is built with Python, FastAPI and is using Redis for data storage.

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• Redis
• Python development libraries (optional, only needed for hiredis module installation)

How to install

The recommended installation method is with the pipx

$ pipx install pssecret-server

For faster performance, install application with hiredis support.

$ pipx install pssecret-server[hiredis]

Running Pssecret server

Make sure you have the Redis service running.

After installation is done, you can start pssecret server with pssecret-server command. The web server will be started with uvicorn ASGI web server.

$ pssecret-server

Configuration

Configuration is done via environment variables.

Environment variables:

• REDIS_URL: URL for Redis access. Check what values are supported here.

You can also declare these variables in a .env file in the working directory.