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podman-secret-create(1) General Commands Manual podman-secret-create(1)

NAME

podman-secret-create - Create a new secret

SYNOPSIS

podman secret create [options] name file|-

DESCRIPTION

Creates a secret using standard input or from a file for the secret content.

Create accepts a path to a file, or -, which tells podman to read the secret from stdin

A secret is a blob of sensitive data which a container needs at runtime but is not stored in the image or in source control, such as usernames and passwords, TLS certificates and keys, SSH keys or other important generic strings or binary content (up to 500 kb in size).

Secrets are not committed to an image with podman commit, and does not get committed in the archive created by a podman export command.

Secrets can also be used to store passwords for podman login to authenticate against container registries.

OPTIONS

--driver, -d=driver

Specify the secret driver (default file).

--driver-opts=key1=val1,key2=val2

Specify driver specific options.

--env=false

Read secret data from environment variable.

--help

Print usage statement.

--label, -l=key=val1,key2=val2

Add label to secret. These labels can be viewed in podman secrete inspect or ls.

--replace=false

If existing secret with the same name already exists, update the secret. The --replace option does not change secrets within existing containers, only newly created containers.
The default is false.

SECRET DRIVERS

file

Secret resides in a read-protected file.

pass

Secret resides in a GPG-encrypted file.

shell

Secret is managed by custom scripts. An environment variable SECRET_ID is passed to the scripts (except for list), and secrets are communicated via stdin/stdout (where applicable). Driver options list, lookup, store, and delete serve to install the scripts:

[secrets]
driver = "shell"
[secrets.opts]
list =
lookup =
store =
delete =

EXAMPLES

$ podman secret create my_secret ./secret.json
$ podman secret create --driver=file my_secret ./secret.json
$ printf <secret> | podman secret create my_secret -

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-secret(1), podman-login(1)

HISTORY

January 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩