DockerCLI/docs/reference/commandline/secret_create.md

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secret create

Usage:  docker secret create [OPTIONS] SECRET [file|-]

Create a secret from a file or STDIN as content

Options:
  -l, --label list               Secret labels
      --template-driver string   Template driver

Description

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

For detailed information about using secrets, refer to manage sensitive data with Docker secrets.

Note

This is a cluster management command, and must be executed on a swarm manager node. To learn about managers and workers, refer to the Swarm mode section in the documentation.

Examples

Create a secret

$ printf "my super secret password" | docker secret create my_secret -

onakdyv307se2tl7nl20anokv

$ docker secret ls

ID                          NAME                CREATED             UPDATED
onakdyv307se2tl7nl20anokv   my_secret           6 seconds ago       6 seconds ago

Create a secret with a file

$ docker secret create my_secret ./secret.json

dg426haahpi5ezmkkj5kyl3sn

$ docker secret ls

ID                          NAME                CREATED             UPDATED
dg426haahpi5ezmkkj5kyl3sn   my_secret           7 seconds ago       7 seconds ago

Create a secret with labels (--label)

$ docker secret create \
  --label env=dev \
  --label rev=20170324 \
  my_secret ./secret.json

eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97

$ docker secret inspect my_secret

[
    {
        "ID": "eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97",
        "Version": {
            "Index": 17
        },
        "CreatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z",
        "UpdatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z",
        "Spec": {
            "Name": "my_secret",
            "Labels": {
                "env": "dev",
                "rev": "20170324"
            }
        }
    }
]

Related commands

• secret inspect
• secret ls
• secret rm