SOPS Encryption

SkillFiles & storage

Encrypt files and configs with Mozilla SOPS. Integrate with AWS KMS, GCP KMS, or PGP for key management. Use when encrypting configuration files, Kubernetes secrets, or implementing GitOps with encrypted secrets.

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Account requirements not reviewed. Check the skill instructions before use; ahel provides instructions and does not run this skill.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the SOPS Encryption skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills in security/secrets/sops-encryption/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Encrypt secrets in configuration files while keeping structure visible.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

Encrypting secrets in Git
Implementing GitOps with secrets
Managing Kubernetes secrets as code
Encrypting configuration files

Prerequisites

SOPS installed
KMS access (AWS, GCP, Azure) or PGP key

Installation

# macOS
brew install sops

# Linux
wget https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.8.0/sops-v3.8.0.linux.amd64
chmod +x sops-v3.8.0.linux.amd64
mv sops-v3.8.0.linux.amd64 /usr/local/bin/sops

Basic Usage

# Encrypt with AWS KMS
sops --encrypt --kms arn:aws:kms:region:account:key/key-id secrets.yaml > secrets.enc.yaml

# Decrypt
sops --decrypt secrets.enc.yaml

# Edit encrypted file
sops secrets.enc.yaml

# Encrypt in place
sops --encrypt --in-place secrets.yaml

Configuration

# .sops.yaml
creation_rules:
  - path_regex: .*\.prod\.yaml$
    kms: arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:account:key/prod-key
  - path_regex: .*\.dev\.yaml$
    kms: arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:account:key/dev-key
  - path_regex: .*
    pgp: fingerprint

Kubernetes Integration

# encrypted secret
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: myapp-secrets
type: Opaque
stringData:
  password: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:encrypted...]
sops:
  kms:
    - arn: arn:aws:kms:region:account:key/key-id

# With ArgoCD
# Install ksops plugin for ArgoCD to decrypt secrets

Best Practices

Store .sops.yaml in repository
Use different keys per environment
Rotate encryption keys regularly
Never commit unencrypted secrets
Use key aliases for readability

Related Skills

hashicorp-vault - Centralized secrets
argocd-gitops - GitOps integration

Signals

GitHub stars: 1k
Forks: 159
Last commit: May 2026

ahel review

K1binfo
installs-packages

Automated review, not a security audit. Ruleset v1+k2.

Advanced

Item type: skill
Key: sops-encryption
Source: github.com/bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills

github.com/bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills