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fieldju/cerberus-lifecycle-cli — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2017-02-01

★ 1JavaAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

TL;DR

A command-line control panel that automates setting up, running, and maintaining Nike's Cerberus secrets-management system on AWS.

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  root((cerberus-lifecycle-cli))
    Inputs
      AWS region and environment
      CLI commands and flags
    Outputs
      Provisioned Cerberus environment
      CloudFormation stacks
      Recovery actions
    Use Cases
      Provision new environment
      Bootstrap configuration
      Recover from failure
    Tech Stack
      Java
      AWS CloudFormation
      Vault APIs

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Provision a brand-new Cerberus secrets-management environment in an AWS region with one command.

REASON 2

Bootstrap a fresh Cerberus instance with its initial configuration.

REASON 3

Run ongoing maintenance tasks to keep an existing Cerberus environment healthy.

REASON 4

Recover a broken Cerberus environment without clicking through the AWS console.

What's in the stack?

JavaAWSCloudFormationVault

How it stacks up

fieldju/cerberus-lifecycle-cliakarshsatija/beastalexeygrigorev/codeforces-solutions-java
Stars111
LanguageJavaJavaJava
Last pushed2017-02-012021-02-172020-10-03
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyhardhardeasy
Complexity4/54/51/5
Audienceops devopsdatadeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1h+

Requires Java 1.8 and an AWS account with permissions to provision infrastructure.

License is not stated in the available content.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through using cerberus-lifecycle-cli to provision a new Cerberus environment in a specific AWS region.
Prompt 2
Show me the cerberus-lifecycle-cli command to bootstrap a freshly provisioned Cerberus environment with initial config.
Prompt 3
Using cerberus-lifecycle-cli, what's the recovery command if my Cerberus environment breaks, and what flags control logging?
Prompt 4
Explain how cerberus-lifecycle-cli uses CloudFormation and Vault APIs under the hood to manage a Cerberus deployment.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is cerberus-lifecycle-cli?

A command-line control panel that automates setting up, running, and maintaining Nike's Cerberus secrets-management system on AWS.

What language is cerberus-lifecycle-cli written in?

Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java, AWS, CloudFormation.

Is cerberus-lifecycle-cli actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2017-02-01).

What license does cerberus-lifecycle-cli use?

License is not stated in the available content.

How hard is cerberus-lifecycle-cli to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is cerberus-lifecycle-cli for?

Mainly ops devops.

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