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+# dda-devops-build
+
+[![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-clojurians-green.svg?style=flat)](https://clojurians.slack.com/messages/#dda-pallet/) | [<img src="https://meissa-gmbh.de/img/community/Mastodon_Logotype.svg" width=20 alt="team@social.meissa-gmbh.de"> team@social.meissa-gmbh.de](https://social.meissa-gmbh.de/@team) | [Website & Blog](https://domaindrivenarchitecture.org)
+
+
+## License
+
+Copyright © 2019 meissa GmbH
+Licensed under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](LICENSE) (the "License")
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
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+#  dda-devops-build
+#  Copyright 2019 meissa GmbH.
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+dda-devops-build
+
+tools to support builds combining gopass, terraform, dda-pallet, aws & hetzner-cloud
+"""
+
+from pybuilder.core import init, use_plugin, Author
+
+use_plugin("python.core")
+#use_plugin("python.unittest")
+#use_plugin("python.coverage")
+use_plugin("python.distutils")
+
+use_plugin("python.install_dependencies")
+
+default_task = "publish"
+
+name = 'dda-devops-build'
+version = "0.1.0"
+summary = "tools to support builds combining gopass, terraform, dda-pallet, aws & hetzner-cloud"
+description = __doc__
+authors = [Author("meissa GmbH", "buero@meissa-gmbh.de")]
+url = "https://github.com/DomainDrivenArchitecture/dda-devops-build"
+license = "Apache Software License"
+
+@init
+def initialize(project):
+    #project.build_depends_on('mockito')
+    #project.build_depends_on('unittest-xml-reporting')
+
+    project.set_property("dir_source_unittest_python", "src/unittest/python")
+
+    #project.set_property('distutils_upload_sign', True)
+    #project.set_property('distutils_upload_sign_identity', '')
+    project.set_property('distutils_readme_file', 'README.md')    
+    project.set_property("distutils_classifiers", [
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',])
diff --git a/src/main/python/credential.py b/src/main/python/credential.py
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+from subprocess import check_output, call
+import os
+import sys
+
+def gopass_credential_from_env_path (env_path):
+    env_path = os.environ.get(env_path, None)
+    credential = None
+
+    if env_path:
+        print('get credential for: ' + env_path)
+        if sys.version_info.major == 3:
+            credential = check_output(['gopass', env_path], encoding='UTF-8')
+        else:
+            credential = check_output(['gopass', env_path])
+
+    return credential