feat: External Secrets storage for credentials (#6477)

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Co-authored-by: Romain Minaud <romain.minaud@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Valya Bullions <valya@n8n.io>
Co-authored-by: Csaba Tuncsik <csaba@n8n.io>
Co-authored-by: Giulio Andreini <g.andreini@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Omar Ajoue <krynble@gmail.com>

packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type { IExternalHooksClass } from '@/Interfaces';
 import { InternalHooks } from '@/InternalHooks';
 import { PostHogClient } from '@/posthog';
 import { License } from '@/License';
+import { ExternalSecretsManager } from '@/ExternalSecrets/ExternalSecretsManager.ee';
 
 export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 	protected logger = LoggerProxy.init(getLogger());
@@ -134,6 +135,11 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 		}
 	}
 
+	async initExternalSecrets() {
+		const secretsManager = Container.get(ExternalSecretsManager);
+		await secretsManager.init();
+	}
+
 	async finally(error: Error | undefined) {
 		if (inTest || this.id === 'start') return;
 		if (Db.connectionState.connected) {

packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 		await this.initLicense();
 		await this.initBinaryManager();
 		await this.initExternalHooks();
+		await this.initExternalSecrets();
 
 		if (!config.getEnv('endpoints.disableUi')) {
 			await this.generateStaticAssets();

packages/cli/src/commands/webhook.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export class Webhook extends BaseCommand {
 		await this.initLicense();
 		await this.initBinaryManager();
 		await this.initExternalHooks();
+		await this.initExternalSecrets();
 	}
 
 	async run() {

packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ export class Worker extends BaseCommand {
 		await this.initLicense();
 		await this.initBinaryManager();
 		await this.initExternalHooks();
+		await this.initExternalSecrets();
 	}
 
 	async run() {